Little girl gets electrocuted .

[dbuckley]

That would require some major code changes, as that installation would not be permitted by the NEC rules.

Absolutely. But its clear that the NEC compliant solution is dangerous and isnt it the old story that behind every NEC rule is a dead body? Grounding the SDS is a good idea eight times out of ten, but the other two times its madness.

The same situation occurs in milking parlours too.

Let me run this past you - "Under Section 97D of the National Electrical Safety Code, neutrals can be isolated" - I dont know the relationship between the NEC and the NESC, but it seems that under some circumstances the NEC SDS rules can be "bent".

 

[Fulthrotl]

I definitely do not want to go OT, but are you talking about the group that feels every conductive path needs to be bonded to create an equipotential plane versus simply making a connection to dirt?

This boat and marina connection definitly need to have their bonding investigated.

whoever did the wiring needs to have his bonding checked as well...
as his liability insurance......

 

[Fulthrotl]

It is my opinion that one of the problems with bodies of water and an electrical fault is the voltage gradient created by the resistance of the water and that in many cases wet skin is a better conductor than the water. The wet body "shorts" out the voltage gradient permitting more current to flow across the wet skin.

in costa mesa, calif. last year, a boy got electrocuted in a swimming pool..
he and his friends were swimming, and could feel the tingle, and kept
getting closer, to see who could get closest to the pool light... sorta like
playing chicken with the tingle........

the building department there is still tweeked every time they come
out to do a pool inspection.... it's the only place i've ever had to megger
a wet niche fixture after the pool is filled......:-?