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You're right. I know mine were taught this at a very young age, along with many other safety rules for life. I get frustrated with how much ignorance is out there.
I was not taught this. I don't recall parents teaching us any safety rules for life. Certainly nothing about electricity.
The outlet was most likely Two Prong and the box was not grounded. This made the girl the ground when she touched the faucets and the frayed wire (one of them had to be frayed. As if both wires were frayed then that would've been a instant fire and the entire length of the cord would be burned) and thus closed the circuit.
Bingo:
Officials said the girl died from touching a frayed part of the extension cord that had water in it
I was not taught this. I don't recall parents teaching us any safety rules for life. Certainly nothing about electricity.
I know of two things we were taught when we were very young and both came from TV and not parents. They were to never touch a downed electrical wire out on the street and not to play with fire.
""There was so much water in her little lungs and it all seemed so unreal," her father said."
Her lungs were full of water, but the electricity killed her?
It sounds more like the electricity stunned her, and she drowned.
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Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth
Bingo: Officials said the girl died from touching a frayed part of the extension cord that had water in it
I included a link back on #29 that explains what happened. The electricity shocked her and froze her muscles. With the muscles frozen, she slipped under water and with her mouth open the water from the tub filled her lungs (if she were eating something while she was in the tub then her stomach would've most likely have been filled with water instead) with water. Here is the link again.
Medically, this condition of involuntary muscle contraction is called tetanus. Electricians familiar with this effect of electric shock often refer to an immobilized victim of electric shock as being “froze on the circuit.” ......the victim may not regain voluntary control over their muscles for a while, as the neurotransmitter chemistry has been thrown into disarray. This principle has been applied in “stun gun” devices such as Tasers, which on the principle of momentarily shocking a victim with a high-voltage pulse delivered between two electrodes. A well-placed shock has the effect of temporarily (a few minutes) immobilizing the victim.
I know of two things we were taught when we were very young and both came from TV and not parents. They were to never touch a downed electrical wire out on the street and not to play with fire.
What about "stranger danger" and crawling under your desk in case of tornado or missile attack?
I know of two things we were taught when we were very young and both came from TV and not parents. They were to never touch a downed electrical wire out on the street and not to play with fire.
In this article on NY Daily News, the step-mother states:
“She had her phone plugged into the extension cord and it was by the bathtub and I did it, she did it, we all had sat there in the bathtub with our phones plugged in and played our games,” Owens told the news channel.
The wire from the charger to the phone, and the phone itself does not have enough power (Voltage+Amps) to kill.
3-6 volts and few milliamps.
The 120V/15A outlet could but, Most bathroom the plug is not reachable from being in the "Tub" , If its a older home the outlet might not be protected by a GFIC circuit. A GFIC would pop with in a millisecond of touching the water.
Sorry this happened, but don't buy the phone fell into the tub killed her. Unless the phone charger was on a extension cord that fell into the tub.
Your speaking of a GFCI, and rest assured many homes do not have them everywhere they should be.
Also, don't assume all "wires from the charger" are going to reduce the level as you speculate. If someones phone gets fried because its cord allows it, what makes you think an accident cannot occur because so many kids/people are addicted to their smart phones.
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