Just reading a story in a local newspaper that someone has sent to me. The anguished family of the father-of-five electrocuted trying to.......... The last paragraph tells us that........... died in similar circumstances.. Just remember everyone that a accident always happens to someone else.
What newspaper? It is normal to quote sources for others to digest. We can then have a look on line for the story.
There's one electrocution a year by some bloke trying to get his rocks off using electro stimulation. But that can't be so in this case because if it were we'd read about in in the Screws of the World.
A lad killed himself mowing the lawn in a garden right next door to a house where i was working. Not a pretty site, i was only a 17yr old apprentice!!!
Just reading a story in a local newspaper that someone has sent to me. The anguished family of the father-of-five electrocuted trying to.......... The last paragraph tells us that........... died in similar circumstances.. Just remember everyone that a accident always happens to someone else. Is this a quote from the Daily Planet? Which Planet are you on?
Seeing as the majority of garden equipment is class 2 It would'nt make a lot of difference having a RCD or not !!! Tony
Surely it would have? As the current had gone to earth through the unfortunate victim, there would have been a net imbalance between phase and neutral currents, and this in turn would have caused an RCD to operate and disconnect the current.
but how would part P have stopped him plugging the thing in in his kitchen? Even to regs, it is still permissable to have most sockets non-rcd, especially if its a budget install. interpretation...interpretation...interpretation
Well silly woman living next door to me cut through mains cable with her hedge trimmer, mcb dropped out but rcd did not, if it had 3 core cable most prob rcd would have tripped too !!! Tony
Hi Plug Thats exactly what I've been saying, having an RCD in the circuit dos'nt make it fool proof safe, all depends on the load config Tony
The anguished family of the father-of-five electrocuted I knew these electric self-sterilization kits were a mistake! Tango