richardgaywood wrote:
nervouspete wrote:
That *must* be a hoax. No one would be that stupid. Surely.
I think it's a hoax based on how well laid out it is. It's too elaborate, and too perfectly framed, to be real I think. Anyway, if there were an RCD in the circuit somewhere (and most modern consumer units have them built-in on the ring main) then it would actually be safeish, certainly no more dangerous than a camping power set. If any water got in the plugs it'd trip in less than a millisecond. Also, it's clearly American circuit anyway (look closely at the sockets in the gang plug) and hence only wussy I-can't-feel-it is-it-on-yet 110V. Life begins at 240v... and ends with three-phase industrial 440V, although I know people who are even quite blase about taking shocks off that.
Well, to be fair, you'd have to be fairly unlucky to actually get a 440V shock (Especially as it's 415/400V anyway
), because any of the phases referenced to neutral or earth will be at 400/sqrt(3) which is 230V anyway.
But I agree, there really isn't much danger there compared to a hairdryer in the bath on an old-fashioned non-RCD supply.
Not that I recommend it of course.
BTW, camping power supplies are actually safer from the point of view of using mains equipment outdoors, because they have to have a TT earthing system. Domestic supplies are usually PME, which is just a bad idea all round IMHO.