“Suicide” Shower Heads

Master Nater said:
how electricity acts in a body of water, with a human body with nervous system, immersed in it.

why do you think there are GFI protection requirements on a dock?
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Immersed is different from shower though. Mythbusters did a couple of their shows on the myth of people peeing on electric fences and getting zapped (painfully!). They busted it with high speed cameras showing that a stream of water quickly breaks into separate water droplets almost immediately upon leaving the “nozzle”, which I would extrapolate to a shower head too.

But TOUCHING an energized shower head while standing in a wet shower pan, that is certainly cause for concern!
 
Jraef said:
Immersed is different from shower though. Mythbusters did a couple of their shows on the myth of people peeing on electric fences and getting zapped (painfully!). They busted it with high speed cameras showing that a stream of water quickly breaks into separate water droplets almost immediately upon leaving the “nozzle”, which I would extrapolate to a shower head too.

But TOUCHING an energized shower head while standing in a wet shower pan, that is certainly cause for concern!
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So have you ever watched the arc from a fencer? Jumping from one droplet to another sure doesn't seem out of the question to me!
Did they actually try it? Knowing now the stream of a 7 year old is somewhat more consistent than us older persons. Shorter in duration, but much closer to the target.
 
Jraef said:
Immersed is different from shower though. Mythbusters did a couple of their shows on the myth of people peeing on electric fences and getting zapped (painfully!). They busted it with high speed cameras showing that a stream of water quickly breaks into separate water droplets almost immediately upon leaving the “nozzle”, which I would extrapolate to a shower head too.

But TOUCHING an energized shower head while standing in a wet shower pan, that is certainly cause for concern!
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no, we were not talking about a shower. we were talking about sitting in a bath tub with a tank-heater thrown in.

as for using Mythbusters, i'll leave that one right where you left it...tub.jpg
 
ptonsparky said:
So have you ever watched the arc from a fencer? Jumping from one droplet to another sure doesn't seem out of the question to me!
Did they actually try it? Knowing now the stream of a 7 year old is somewhat more consistent than us older persons. Shorter in duration, but much closer to the target.
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You can see for yourself.
 
An awful lot of arguments start with “a properly …”
That’s the issue: what happens when something fails? That’s the very essence of code (and testing labs).
I have found it curious: GFCI for the shaving receptacle, but not for the water heater. True, early GFCI’s didn’t work on 240v ( tho “hots” ) but now such are available.
In the past we could assume metal piping; we even had discussions here about the effect of dielectric plumbing unions. Yet today pipe is usually replaced with plastic PEX tubing.
As mentioned, outside the USA the entire household service has “RCD” or GFCI protection. We do not.
 
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