2007-08-31 02:13:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
If your house is all wired the way it is supposed to be, you'd be fine. Maybe a quick jolt. That's assuming you have ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI) on your bathroom outlets. They're required by newer code for bathrooms but a lot of older houses still don't have them. You could definately die though.
Don't do it, man! You've got too much to live for!
2007-08-31 02:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't be a dead short. The water has some resistance, but it is low enough to allow a mass of current to flow and it will trip the breaker. The question is, do you have a GFI circuit on the outlet in the bathroom? This would depend on the age of the house and any improvements that have been made.
Keep anything electrical away from the bath or shower or even the sink. As I remember, it only takes 20 miliamps to stop your heart and kill you. The circuits you are playing with will have at least 15 and more likely 20 Amps before the breaker will trip. So there is more than 1000 times the current required to kill you.
Don't play or take chances with electricity.
2007-08-31 11:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it does depend on the circuit from which the electric appliance is plugged. No time to worry about the short circuit though, you would still be electrocuted.
2007-09-03 13:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by candleslightup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of a short yeah. But the impedance through your body and the water and plumbing would be somewhat high compared to a bolted short circuit. Why?
2007-08-31 16:14:57 · answer #4 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of what you just asked, you would be dead , who would check to see for a short circuit
2007-08-31 20:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by diggin_thedirt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would kill you before it tripped the breaker unless the circuit was ground faulted.
2007-08-31 09:16:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is true it would short right after you met your maker.
2007-08-31 09:25:05 · answer #7 · answered by Danny K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be unless somethign failed in the breaker.
2007-09-03 07:57:22 · answer #8 · answered by rallanmartijr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋