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Probably the battery was nearly flat.As to why anyone would want to charge a phone in the bath I don't know.
I suppose eric's point is that if there had been a wall socket close enough to the bath (with the charger plugged into it), the only cable going to the phone/bath would have been one carrying only 5V.I don't think having a socket in the bathroom would have saved her. If she wanted to use the phone while in the bath she would still have used the extension lead.
Bernard seems to believe that there is a significant chance of live electrical equipment being dropped into a bath (full of water and a person) in the UK.... it does not interest me what happens to silly girls who try charging a phone in the bathroom. If due to something likely to happen in the UK then OK.
Exactly and the provision of shaver sockets in a bathroom will stop people using an extension cable to shave. But I find my beard trimmer takes more than 200 mA so if I want to do it over the sink then need an extension lead, however I find the hairs block the sink so better doing it over a bin.I suppose eric's point is that if there had been a wall socket close enough to the bath (with the charger plugged into it), the only cable going to the phone/bath would have been one carrying only 5V.I don't think having a socket in the bathroom would have saved her. If she wanted to use the phone while in the bath she would still have used the extension lead.
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Although some of the poorer chargers can have considerable capacitive leakage from the supply, certainly enough that I wouldn't want it in water with me. Not to mention if it was a really bad charger with a good chance of complete breakdown from supply to output.I suppose eric's point is that if there had been a wall socket close enough to the bath (with the charger plugged into it), the only cable going to the phone/bath would have been one carrying only 5V.
No idea - but I would suspect the latter. The more recent '3m rule' suggests that they are trying to avoid a situation in which an appliance plugged into a socket can 'reach' to a bath or shower, which makes some sense..... most of the world seems to get along just fine with sockets in bathrooms, the U.K. & Ireland being the notable exceptions. Here in the U.S. the National Electrical Code actualy requires at least one receptacle in a bathroom, with GFCI protection specified since 1975. ... I do wonder why the IEE Wiring Regs. banned bathrooms sockets in 1955. Had there been any specific incidents which prompted it, or did it just "seem like a good idea" at the time?
I know the feeling! I am very old-fashioned, and generally only switch on my mobile if I want to make a call, or if I am wanting/expecting to receive a call I want!It's those damn mobile phones again! I dream of a world where mobile phones are banned and my boss can't phone me on site to pester me while I'm working.
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