Re: electrical deaths

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:24:11 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
wrote:

On 11/26/24 6:53 PM, john larkin wrote:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-rates-from-electrical-injuries-per-1-million-population-European_fig1_221916189
 
The US (0.63 PPM) is probably low partly because we have mostly 120
volt gadgets. I usually wire boxes hot, and get tickled now and then,
no big deal.
 
Some countries are astounding.
 

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Twice the line voltage makes a difference. Also, some countries such as
Germany have non-polarized wall outlets which was a clear mistake on the
part of the standards guys. Think toasters and forks.
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Risk taking is probably the biggest contributor. Like the handyman who
was standing on a metal ladder _in_ a public swimming pool, drilling a
hole in the ceiling above using a 230V power drill. Far from the next
outlet so multiple extension cords in a row and one of the couplings was
down in the water.

There was a guy in our marina working on his boat, about waist deep in
Lake Pontchartrain. He was drilling a hole using one of those old
2-wire aluminum-case drills. He died.

Lake Pontchartrain is 630 square miles and is largely waist-deep. Some
people claim parts hit 12 feet, but actually it just gets thicker as
you go down.