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Water and electricity

Discussion in 'Humor & Satire' started by pjohns, Oct 10, 2019.

  1. pjohns

    pjohns Well-Known Member

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    My wife just now ran across a picture on Facebook. It showed a kitchen sink, with an AC outlet in the side.

    Beneath it was the caption: "This is why you hire a professional."
     
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    Of course you need an outlet next to the sink. How else you gonna use your hand mixer so you can Get suds like in the tv commercial?
     
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    Sockets are often fitted in the sink unit for dishwashers and/or washing machines.

    With the latest fuse boards, you can now have sockets in your bathroom.
     
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    With GFI it wouldn't be as dangerous.
     
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    Not even "next to" the sink; but actually in the sink.
     
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    In the sink?

    Are you aware of just how water and electricity mix?
     
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    Electricity mixing with water--under any circumstances--would not be especially dangerous?
     
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    In the sink, no.

    In the sink unit, yes. As in, the cabinet that the sink is fitted into. Obviously Brit terminology is different to your parts.
     
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    H2O is a good insulator.
     
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    Yep, to code. Any socket that is likely to be exposed to water.
     
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    I replaced an outlet the other day, that's about the extent of my electric work. Beyond that, electrician time.
     
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    I was an electrician on a Navy ship way back when.

    Lots of steel, lots of electricity, and lots of saltwater.

    Lots of fun.
     
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    Dont care to work on roofs or electric work, both are punishing of mistakes. Now I do weld but I do avoid touching the electrode and ground clamp at the same time! My flux core wire feed welder is 120amps and 110V. Think that could kill you?
     
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    Navy ships use 2 phases of 60 volts, rather than one 120V, and one neutral. So you're twice as likely to get shocked when touching a wire, but the shock will only be half as bad.

    My dad did some roofing when he was a young man, and he had this to saying of roofing work, "Roofing is a job that sucks when it's hot, and it sucks when it's cold, but, if the weather is just right, roofing still sucks."
     
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    I just recently spread a 5 gallon bucket of Kool seal on our roof as my friend rolled it out. My roof is a gentle slope and I still hated it. And it was hot as hell.
     
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    Roofing is one of those jobs you point at and say "Stay in school, kids."
     
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    Yes absolutely that could kill you.
     
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    Not inside the sink itself.
     
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    We have established that. That is obviously, obvious. Kitchen and bathroom sockets.
     
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    My inner sadist wanted to test on a mouse, but no...
     
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    Must be for them new-fangled submersible blenders.

    (It would help to actually show the picture).
     
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    Pure water is. However, when you put your hands in it and the salt from your sweat is mixed in new story and don't get me started on bubble baths. Have you ever noticed that all movies with murder by toasters in the bathtub the victim is always taking a bubble bath? I myself stay away from the stuff for that very reason.
     
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