Hi, I received a link from my friend "The Neckless Steve'.
*Mehdi suddenly laughs*
Sorry Steve, he's my ex-colleague engineer and a very talented photographer. Make sure to check out his art.
Anyway, the webpage he sent claims that "woman dies after dropping charging phone into bathtub".
But as I've said in my previous videos by design such things should not happen.
But it seems people still keep dying one after another...
So would you or would you not die if you drop your charging phone in the bathtub while you're in the bathtub full of soapy water?
Is it possible to get electrocuted in the bathtub? Of course!
But there are specific protections in place to save you, at least where I live.
In two of my previous videos, I checked a specific case where a young girl was electrocuted in the bathtub.
She had bypassed the ground fault protection outlet (GFCI) by plugging her extension cord
which had frayed exposed live wires outside the bathroom with no ground fault protection.
Let me demonstrate; in North American bathrooms, they must have these GFCI outlets
and if the current instead of between live and neutral
runs between live and Earth
*GFCI pops*
* It detects it and shuts down.
Now, imagine you're in the bathtub the faucet and drain are grounded which grounds the water.
I connected my big spoon to live wire through the GFCI outlet and if I shove it in the water
*GFCI pops again*
The breaker opens. I put some soap in the water to make it even more conductive
See, I can even turn on an LED through the water.
* GFCI pops another time*
Oops, the breaker opened.
Now I put my leg in the water to show you that the protection actually works. You never try it at home.
Any electricity will only run through my leg and is not dangerous. Now if I put the spoon in the water;
*GFCI pops*
Scared me. If I put the spoon in the water;
*GFCI again*
I felt some electric tickling in my toes, but the breaker quickly opened. Most of the current runs through the water around my leg anyway.
It's much more dangerous if the current runs through your body first then into the water.
(Hesitant) Let's try it. (weak laugh)
Yeooowww! F*** (censored word)
Well, that was super painful, not even comparable to if you just put the spoon in the water.
*GFCI opens*
Fortunately, GFCI opened, which means the current was above five milliamps and limited the period of pain,
and let me tell you, that pain was the pain where your muscles contract and you can't let go and you're done.
Thank you, GF.
*kissing GFCI*
So this is important, If you need to plug any electronics in your bathroom
You must plug it into a GFCI protected outlet, and this will save you if anything happens
Also, if you drop your hairdryer in the water, it's less dangerous while it's in the water
It's more dangerous if you try to take it out because the entire current runs through your body
So jump out of the bathtub first,
unplug it then remove it.
A N D N E V E R T A K E L I V E W I R E S W I T H Y O U I N T H E B A T H T U B ! ! !
But what if you don't plug your phone charger into a GFCI and drop your phone in the bathtub?
Still nothing should happen because the output of the charger is isolated from the live wires.
Here, I'm probing between the charger output and live wire, both plugged into the same outlet.
And I see some AC voltage, but because the charger out with a live wire are isolated,
if I short them there is no current running between them and the edge of-
*sparks* [Profanity]
*facepalm x6* lol
The probe ground is connected to earth!
Why do I keep forgetting? Ugh, melted my probe, need more of these.
I guess that's one of the reasons this video was sponsored by Keysight!
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The winner not only receives up to $50,000 in cash,
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*huge pop*
F**K!
S**t!
Forgot to unplug this s**t. Anyways, here I am isolated from any conductor and this is, of course, live
Now if I touch the white neutral wire or the green ground wire, nothing happens and if I touch the live
Never try this at home. It is okay because I'm isolated
Okay, nothing happens
Again, I'm measuring between the charger output versus the livewire and this time with an isolated differential probe
And if I touch the charger contact versus the neutral wire, I feel nothing which means the voltage across my body is low
But what if I touch between the charger contact and the livewire and this shows 120 volt AC between them?
Look at that my body resistance is shorting the output so it's actually floating
Let me make my body more conductive
There my body shorts it completely
So the output of the charger is truly isolated and it's pretty safe to drop your phone in the bathtub while charging
but if you drop your hair dryer in the bathtub
There is no isolation and you are only relying on the GFCI to save you, so always plug it into the GFCI
With those two protections in place, why people are still dying in the bathtub?
Let's read up on the article a bit in one of those ad-infested pages
"A woman has been found dead after using her phone in the bath while the charging lead was a still plugged in"
I saw Nastya lying in an empty bath. I assumed the water drained over time
Hmm, "milkman who's never missed a shift force to retire after float stolen", well, somebody beated him up
According to reports she died from a severe electric shock
Legging for 24 them in just over a year five people have died in Russia having used their plugged in mobile phone in the bath
earlier this year
This girl died. In December. That girl died. Why is it all girls? Another 12 year old girl listening to the music on her phone.
Authorities in Russia have issued warnings about using your phone in the bathtub an
Electronic engineer said relaxing in a bathroom with your mobile phone plugged is like playing Russian roulette
Well, it shouldn't be unless I guess you're in Russia.
Now, I'm not racist
But it seems like these reports are from countries where the government
Doesn't regulate the product sold in their market and instead tells people to be careful
That's not racist. If people are consistently being electrocuted in their bathtub
It means there missing both the ground fault protection and the isolation in their phone charger.
I don't know
If you have seen the KREOSAN channel a bunch of fine
Ukrainian lads doing interesting and deadly projects in a successful YouTube channel
what I can't help what to notice is the
Environment they live in quite old homes and neighborhoods and if most homes around there are aged like this
I won't expect their bathrooms to be updated with GFCI outlets.
I also don't remember having those outlets back in Iran and both countries use
220 volt AC which is of course more dangerous. And for the isolation of the charger adapter
I'm afraid there are non isolated chargers out there being sold
I mean all it takes is for some guy to say "I'm gonna make a super cheap
Product and help everyone save tons of money and make money in the process" - and with no government regulations, they can sell it
I mean, have you seen the video reviews of the suicide showerhead done by youtubers like big Clive or diodes gone?
wild they actually sell it on Amazon too- basically the showerhead
consists of exposed wires of a heating element where the water passes through and gets hot
It shovels your brain with electrified water if you stand in the water or touch the faucets
You will get a shock
The funny thing is that they also have a ground wire in the way of the water thinking they are smart
And this will de-electrify the water before it hits your head
But if you watch those YouTubers' video reviews, you see that not only the water still has some good charge on it
But also in order to make this showerhead work, you have to bypass your ground fault protection
Otherwise the GFCI will pop open because the ground draws current from the live wire
So in order to use this showerhead you have to bring unprotected live wires with you into the shower
If something like this sells I have no doubt there could be crappy knockoff phone chargers out there cooking people
so the moral of the story is that don't buy questionable knockoff electronics and always plug them into a GFCI outlet and
Just don't bring your electronics into the bathroom with you
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