Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live plug with penny.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59810383
I wonder what the legal position would be if someone had followed Alexa's instructions and not survived? Manslaughter?
Besides the chance of a severe electric shock, burns from the flash would have been very likely.
Having once cut a 6 mm² twin & earth cable which was live with a pair of side-cutters, (fortunately insulated), the flash and the bang is still clear in my mind. My Bahco side-cutters were not too good looking either...
I had earlier taken the fuse (30A) out, and then put it back in......
Clive
