Thread: Can I be electrocuted?

Originally Posted by fishlocker

Cut the power at the breaker

if the breaker does not power the whole house

and is the breaker single pole ?

you need to find the other end of the cable and disconnect it - use an insulated screwdriver and dont touch bare metal and then tape up the exposed ends

It's the grounding wire coming from the shower water heater, don't disconnect it.

Does your wife have life insurance? If so, get her to disconnect it. It's her house I believe.

Have you checked out your young neighbours shower room. Tell your wife to get it fixed or you will be "showering" there.

The wire is in the foking kitchen, not bathroom, floor.

You have 3 options imo.
Rewire the entire house with 3 prong plugs and a proper ground.
Build a new house
Do nothing and get electrocuted.

Up to you ที่รัก

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

The rat or some other creature may come and night and chew on it.

I've always found leaving a bowl of this on the floor stops them chewing cables:

A bowl of polit?

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

Something I noticed in my wife's house I should have noticed years ago.

This power cable was installed for the shower heater. The place floods sometimes during heavy rains and she will often pour a bucket of water when she washes floors. I mean, how dangerous is this? The rat or some other creature may come and night and chew on it.

I said to wife this needs to be fixed immediately and in her pissy tone she goes off at me "buy new house!" (it's her house bought before we met).

How dare I mention a fucking imperfection!!!

Anyway, what can I do to make this a little safer? I'm gonna call someone and do it behind her back because I know she thinks there is no issue here.

1. ~ The fact that you have just now noticed that obvious "life-threatening" safety hazard, is a topic worthy of its own thread.

2. ~ The fact that you'd remain a bed-partner with any woman, as blocked-headedly stupid, as you've described, is yet another topic,...still.
Indeed(s) your wife's twat must really be out-of-this-world fantastic, for you to be putting-up with such a level of total disrespect.

3. ~ Advice: Be a better friend to your wife, than she obviously is to herself. Get the job done, behind her back, of course,...
then quietly (w/ immediacy) walk away from the marriage...A word to the wise,...should be sufficient,...eh?...

It's not "life-threatening"; it's not a live wire, numpty.

Btw, good troll, daddy.

Dbl post

Compared to your 7 minutes to post an off-topic attack at a fellow member.

Originally Posted by stroller

Compared to your 7 minutes to post an off-topic attack at a fellow member.

DITTO! ^ Not an attack, on my part. Just the facts. You ^, like several others on the forum, are a mean, angry-spirited poster personality. Look at yourself ^, for a change...You ^ have the mic...

Oh, another off-topic attack.
... and all for pointing out it's not a live wire, which you could easily have concluded yourself, had you bothered to read before spouting off.

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

1. ~ The fact that you have just now noticed that obvious "life-threatening" safety hazard, is a topic worthy of its own thread.

2. ~ The fact that you'd remain a bed-partner with any woman, as blocked-headedly stupid, as you've described, is yet another topic,...still.
Indeed(s) your wife's twat must really be out-of-this-world fantastic, for you to be putting-up with such a level of total disrespect.

3. ~ Advice: Be a better friend to your wife, than she obviously is to herself. Get the job done, behind her back, of course,...
then quietly (w/ immediacy) walk away from the marriage...A word to the wise,...should be sufficient,...eh?...

It's her epic ass actually, but no.... I won't be leaving. I won't be saying why as it will piss your friend Aging One off

Very professional-looking job in that photo, Daddy-oh. I am sure the earth underneath that lot of tiling is going to be a good earth.

NOT.

People die from bad wiring. My advice is to get it sorted by someone who knows what they are doing, and get an earth leakage device.

Daddy:
Lots of Prego jars stached in her house?

Have you got a pic of the consumer unit or where the power comes in? It might give an idea as to just how safe that bit of wire is.

Originally Posted by stroller

Daddy:
Lots of Prego jars stached in her house?

Very naughty

Originally Posted by Troy

Have you got a pic of the consumer unit or where the power comes in? It might give an idea as to just how safe that bit of wire is.

There is a breaker actually. Might explain why I survived the floods. I'll post a pic.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

The wire is connected to the shower heater which is in the bathroom.

The wire goes all the way to the kitchen where it's burried to the ground.

As stroller posted in post #28 ...

Originally Posted by stroller

It's the grounding wire coming from the shower water heater, don't disconnect it.

It can't really be anything else (but TiT so you never know). There could/should be an earthing rod in the ground. Leave it as it is, or perhaps put something over the wire to prevent people knocking it/tripping over it/damaging it, etc.

Just to check what it really is, take the front cover off the shower unit and take a photo of the inside showing where all the cables go, including that one.

Short-circuit the breaker, take out the grounding wire, if you're interested in the insurance premium.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

A bowl of polit?

Keeps one regular, I've found.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

Very professional-looking job in that photo, Daddy-oh. I am sure the earth underneath that lot of tiling is going to be a good earth.

NOT.

This wayne's world revival ao started seems to be gathering pace.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

People die from bad wiring.

And, you do not troubleshoot and diagnose a potential wiring problem or hazard over the internet with photo's. Get a "qualified" specialist in there to review and repair the problem. Considering this example exists, it would behoove the poster to have the entire house electric installation reviewed for safety.