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Charging your phone in the bathroom.

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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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    Looking at the nature of the burns in the photos, I think what got wet must  have been the 220V mains side of things, or the charger itself was full of water and bridged internally from input to output.  A long USB lead to a proper charger in a socket would not do that.


    Equally the advice has to be that you should not handle things connected to the mains while you are wet, it sounds like a very near miss.


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    Looking at the nature of the burns in the photos, I think what got wet must  have been the 220V mains side of things, or the charger itself was full of water and bridged internally from input to output.  A long USB lead to a proper charger in a socket would not do that.


    Equally the advice has to be that you should not handle things connected to the mains while you are wet, it sounds like a very near miss.


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