I'm not talking about tossing a live line into the pool and taking chances. That wouldn't be....prudent. I'm talking those hollywood scenes where someone dumps a radio or something in the hot tub and the occupants all do the twist while bursting into flames.
Yes there's a hot line, and a ground line fractions of an inch away. I have my doubts old man electricity is going to bypass this direct path, take the round trip across the hot tub to your salty meat bag, and then to a random ground somewhere.
Working in the welding industry I've had a few run ins with electricity. You never want to be the best ground path.
The worst case was when I was working on a stress furnace that used spark plug fired gas burners, one of which wouldn't light. I pulled the line from the plug and a brainiac thought it would be funny to hit the start button. I did a short 50,000 volt dance and then did my best to chase down and kill the practical joker. I thought THAT would be funny. I didn't catch him, but he gave up the jokes.
Yes there's a hot line, and a ground line fractions of an inch away. I have my doubts old man electricity is going to bypass this direct path, take the round trip across the hot tub to your salty meat bag, and then to a random ground somewhere.
Working in the welding industry I've had a few run ins with electricity. You never want to be the best ground path.
The worst case was when I was working on a stress furnace that used spark plug fired gas burners, one of which wouldn't light. I pulled the line from the plug and a brainiac thought it would be funny to hit the start button. I did a short 50,000 volt dance and then did my best to chase down and kill the practical joker. I thought THAT would be funny. I didn't catch him, but he gave up the jokes.
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