Alvas. Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Is someone really that stupid to chat while taking a bath. Is her chat with friends more important than her life ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate10 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Horrible accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonSkull Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 It makes you think, couldn't you run bathroom appliances on a reduced current? Not that a laptop is a bathroom appliance. If all the electrical outlets in the bathroom ran through a 12 volt DC transformer, the bulbs could be 12 volt, even the electric tooth brush and hairdryer. Then the most you could get off something being dropped into the tub would be a tickle. Unless you ran an extension cord from the next room. The laptop must of had an AC connector on the back, my mom's uses a power brick that plugs into the outlet. If she had that or was running on battery she couldn't get fried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB HacksouL Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 ... It happened to me, I did once answered my cell phone while taking a bath and I almost dropped it in the bathtub, it was exactly the same scenario, a collegue called to tell me the meeting place because I was late and in a hurry. Cell phones don't have enough juice to kill you in the tub. The AC adapter on most cell phones only runs 3.5 to 6 volts DC and half an amp. Even if it was plugged into a wall outlet you would have just lost your cell phone not your life. The girl's laptop must have had the AC power supply inside and not external. JAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) I bet she was blonde. Fail, but good try. I do feel very bad for her and her parents obviously, but you'd think it'd be pretty obvious not to do something like that. The +12V Bathroom idea is actually a pretty good one, although obviously if you brought something like a laptop in there that takes in 120V, it wouldn't really matter, because you couldn't plug it in there and if you were desperate, you'd run an extension to another room. If she had an external power brick, the 17.8V or whatever would not be enough to kill her, no matter what the amperage. But the short wouldn't be too great for the laptop or the power brick, lol.... Edited July 10, 2009 by Raybob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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