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Electric Shock Drowning
 

 

Topic - Safety
Subject - Electric Shock Drowning

September 11, 2007
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Electric Shock Drowning

 

ImageYachts moored in a marina and connected to shore power present a unique electrical safety hazard which may be as lethal as the proverbial “hair dryer in-the-bathtub.” This review will explore the implications of this and what we have learned from investigating many in the water electrical accidents, a number of which have involved fatalities. The respected IAEI mentor Eustace Soares would have been intrigued by this unique lesson in the importance of grounding and bonding.

 

Click here to read the rest of this article by James D. Shafer, AMS.

 

Used by permission of IAEI News.

 

 

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  • This is an excellent analysis of a problem that has probably caused incidents of death that were attributed to simple drowning without discovery of the responsible voltage gradient. For years I've promised myself I would build a voltage gradient detector that could work on both land in the water. I haven't done so but maybe this article will prompt me to work harder on it. Fallen power lines are usually the cause of voltage gradient deaths-of course lightning both in the water and on land is also responsible.

    Bob

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