Probably a stupid question, but... here's the scenario:
You're wearing a pair of RUBBER BOOTS, while standing in (let's say - 1/2 inches) of water.
With your bare hand, you pick up a steel bar that supports a submersible sump pump that has suddenly stopped working (the sump pump has no ground wire connection). There IS continuity between the chasis of the sump pump and the steel bar it supports.
You're now holding the end of the steel bar (supporting the faulty sump pump) in your your BARE hand (lets say 2 feet above potential
earth ground), wearing your RUBBER BOOTS, while the opposite end of the of that "support bar" lays in the 1/2 inches of water - at earth
ground.
My question:
If a short were to occur on the circuit that supplies that sump pump, would you (yourself) become a part of earth ground? Would a possibility
of electrocution exist?
Hope I didn't confuse the heck out of anyone with this scenario..... I'll check back tomorrow.
You're wearing a pair of RUBBER BOOTS, while standing in (let's say - 1/2 inches) of water.
With your bare hand, you pick up a steel bar that supports a submersible sump pump that has suddenly stopped working (the sump pump has no ground wire connection). There IS continuity between the chasis of the sump pump and the steel bar it supports.
You're now holding the end of the steel bar (supporting the faulty sump pump) in your your BARE hand (lets say 2 feet above potential
earth ground), wearing your RUBBER BOOTS, while the opposite end of the of that "support bar" lays in the 1/2 inches of water - at earth
ground.
My question:
If a short were to occur on the circuit that supplies that sump pump, would you (yourself) become a part of earth ground? Would a possibility
of electrocution exist?
Hope I didn't confuse the heck out of anyone with this scenario..... I'll check back tomorrow.
