NPR

average joe wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:58 am A bit of a tickle is all she would have got. I suspect some novishock.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:54 am The only way it could kill you is if the charger's internals were faulty and the separation between input and output voltage was breached if the charger was not in the water. Not clear from the one article I read if the charger fell into the bath too: that would take the mains element into contact with water.

Terrible waste:

64 chargers tested as part of this study,

• 63 (98%) failed one or more of the mechanical and electrical tests, meaning that they are highly unsuitable for use.

• In many cases, these chargers could overheat, catch fire, and deliver a potentially lethal electric shock to consumers while in normal use.

Over half of the chargers failed the electric strength test. Adequate insulation and creepage distances are critical to prevent users from coming into contact with potentially harmful voltages and currents over the lifetime of the product. A breakdown of the insulation barrier, as observed for 37 samples in this investigation, has the potential to result in the USB output voltage (normally 5 Volts) rising to mains voltage (around 240 Volts) presenting a real and unnecessary risk of fire and electric shock.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:54 am
Terrible waste:

Sandstorm wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:01 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:54 am
Terrible waste:

Do we know if her last selfie survived the dip?

GogLais wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:41 pm Electricity is a mystery to me but surely the charging cable isn’t at mains voltage. I do realise that propping an electric fire on the edge of the bath isn’t a good idea even if I have suggested it to Ms GL on occasions.

Lemoentjie wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:56 pm

GogLais wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:41 pm Electricity is a mystery to me but surely the charging cable isn’t at mains voltage. I do realise that propping an electric fire on the edge of the bath isn’t a good idea even if I have suggested it to Ms GL on occasions.

It's the current/ampage that kills, not the voltage. People have survived thousands of volts.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:44 pm

Lemoentjie wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:56 pm

GogLais wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:41 pm Electricity is a mystery to me but surely the charging cable isn’t at mains voltage. I do realise that propping an electric fire on the edge of the bath isn’t a good idea even if I have suggested it to Ms GL on occasions.

It's the current/ampage that kills, not the voltage. People have survived thousands of volts.

50k or more from a van der graaf and harmless.

GogLais wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:41 pm Electricity is a mystery to me but surely the charging cable isn’t at mains voltage. I do realise that propping an electric fire on the edge of the bath isn’t a good idea even if I have suggested it to Ms GL on occasions.

Uncle fester wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:51 pm Was the place fitted with RCD's?

Ymx wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:50 pm As most have said 5V wouldn’t do it. Current is a ratio of voltage, and ...

If this story is true it’s only really possible if the 5V side was somehow became directly connected to the phase of the 230V. And the bath then became the ground for the full whack.

Ymx wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:59 am Blimey Enz. That’s some dark thoughts considering the alleged situation.

Sandstorm wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:01 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:54 am
Terrible waste:

Do we know if her last selfie survived the dip?

Openside wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:37 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:01 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:54 am
Terrible waste:

Do we know if her last selfie survived the dip?

proper foruming

Yeeb wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:39 pm Not dissimilar was some bimbo leaning out of a car window wearing a bikini, doing a selfie whilst being driven along a road with a pretty view behind. Was busy looking at phone and didn’t notice the roadsign that they had veered a bit too close to - splat !

Edit - I recalled it a bit inaccurately , but the tits out & her dying part were spot on - was another Russian ! They are bonkers

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailym ... g-car.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit ... ar_window/

Yeeb wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:39 pm Not dissimilar was some bimbo leaning out of a car window wearing a bikini, doing a selfie whilst being driven along a road with a pretty view behind. Was busy looking at phone and didn’t notice the roadsign that they had veered a bit too close to - splat !

Edit - I recalled it a bit inaccurately , but the tits out & her dying part were spot on - was another Russian ! They are bonkers

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailym ... g-car.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit ... ar_window/

Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:11 pm

Kawazaki wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:17 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:11 pm

That's got fake writ large all over it

Blackmac wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:48 am https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/02/gangster ... -20053762/

This lad was a nasty piece of shit. Spent all day on Hogmanay live-streaming, taunting his rivals that they were too chicken to come and get him. Get shot in the head at the bells.

dpedin wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:34 am

Blackmac wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:48 am https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/02/gangster ... -20053762/

This lad was a nasty piece of shit. Spent all day on Hogmanay live-streaming, taunting his rivals that they were too chicken to come and get him. Get shot in the head at the bells.

I was juror on case against him not long ago in High Court Edinburgh. He was accused of trying to kill a fellow drug crook by ramming his car at high speed etc around Granton/Ferry Road area. First time I learnt what an 'Osman' was - warning your life is in immediate danger. The case collapsed after a few days as the prosecution key witness withdrew her statement made on the day of the crime, pretty obvious that she/family had been 'got at' by someone. He was, as Blackmac suggests, a nasty piece of shit and tbh this was always an inevitable outcome, it was just a matter of when not if. Case opened my middle class eyes to the organized crime scene in Embra though - Rebus isn't that far off the truth!