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Charging your phone in the bathroom.

Is it really a good idea to charge your phone and keep it handy on the side of the bath tub at the same time?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7665075/Girl-electrocuted-phone-fell-bath-charging.html


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  • Grumpy:

    Candidate for the Darwin awards maybe?




    Interesting .. phones charge at 5.1 V, and, according to BS 7671 (Reg 701.55), provided the safety source (phone charger) is located outside the Zones, 30 V DC is permitted in Zone 0.


    So, what's different in this case? Did the socket-outlet of a mains extension lead end up in the bath? If not, I think this is a harsh judgement, and questions need to be asked about the "charger".

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  • Grumpy:

    Candidate for the Darwin awards maybe?




    Interesting .. phones charge at 5.1 V, and, according to BS 7671 (Reg 701.55), provided the safety source (phone charger) is located outside the Zones, 30 V DC is permitted in Zone 0.


    So, what's different in this case? Did the socket-outlet of a mains extension lead end up in the bath? If not, I think this is a harsh judgement, and questions need to be asked about the "charger".

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