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Darwin award goes to Texas girl fried in bathtub by her cell phone

37,386 6,517 July 12, 2017 at 04:54 AM in Chat (3) USA TODAY
Unplug it STUPID!

A 14-year-old girl from Lubbock, Texas, died Sunday after being electrocuted in a bathtub while using her cell phone, according to local reports.

Madison Coe was electrocuted after she either grabbed her phone that was plugged in or plugged in her phone, her grandmother Donna O'Guinn told KCBD-TV. The teen was visiting her father in New Mexico when the incident occurred.

"There was a burn mark on her hand, the hand that would have grabbed the phone. And that was just very obvious that that's what had happened," O'Guinn told the news station.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/ne...467225001/
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slapshot136
07-13-2017 at 10:39 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:39 AM.
Quote from Frogstar :
What type of person is that?

My bathroom's outlet is not GFCI. I'm pretty good with my electrical safety, over 4,000 days without an accident.
safety is also about reducing the potential for accidents/injury, not only not having accidents due to luck / skill / etc.
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Fallacy
07-13-2017 at 10:39 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:39 AM.
Quote from DC :
I'm here for the is there any left?
I'm waiting for someone to say something controversial so I can stir up shit, so no, no popcorn now.
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DC
07-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
Quote from Fallacy :
I'm waiting for someone to say something controversial so I can stir up shit, so no, no popcorn now.
I'm surprised that no one said she was also holding a Tesla Coil in the bath when she reaced for her phone...Ha ha
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Fallacy
07-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
Quote from slapshot136 :
safety is also about reducing the potential for accidents/injury, not only not having accidents due to luck / skill / etc.
I'd rather be lucky than skilled.
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Frogstar
07-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:41 AM.
Quote from slapshot136 :
safety is also about reducing the potential for accidents/injury, not only not having accidents due to luck / skill / etc.
So what type of person am I? Scratchhead
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Fallacy
07-13-2017 at 10:42 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:42 AM.
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So what type of person am I? Scratchhead
A frog person? Confused
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euuser3818772
07-13-2017 at 10:42 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:42 AM.
Quote from dayv :
diodes and a capacitor or a step-up transformer for DC. for AC no idea, never worked with it. if you want to buy me a beer and bring the schematic from the article you prev posted, i'll explain it. i'll hold your hand and walk you through it. fair warning though, i don't assign extra credit.
Was that a trap?

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That's actually... the correct answer laugh out loud
I love to know where I can buy a DC-DC transformer.
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Frogstar
07-13-2017 at 10:46 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:46 AM.
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A frog person? Confused
Good enough for me.
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07-13-2017 at 10:47 AM.
07-13-2017 at 10:47 AM.
Quote from joeg9897 :
Was that a trap?


I love to know where I can buy a DC-DC transformer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-to-DC_converter

I dunno, digikey, grangier or one of the hundreds of other places that sell electronics.
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euuser3818772
07-13-2017 at 11:00 AM.
07-13-2017 at 11:00 AM.
Quote from Fallacy :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-to-DC_converter

I dunno, digikey, grangier or one of the hundreds of other places that sell electronics.
That's for PDC, not exactly DC anymore...
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Fallacy
07-13-2017 at 11:05 AM.
07-13-2017 at 11:05 AM.
What is this thread about again? Whee
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DC
07-13-2017 at 11:16 AM.
07-13-2017 at 11:16 AM.
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What is this thread about again? Whee
It's about:
Popcorn
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dayv
07-13-2017 at 11:29 AM.
07-13-2017 at 11:29 AM.
Quote from Fallacy :
That's actually... the correct answer laugh out loud
i used to breadboard with an arduino. also Purdue degree but mainly arduino.

Quote from joeg9897 :
Was that a trap?

I love to know where I can buy a DC-DC transformer.
transformers are Hasbro and marvel not DC. (but seriously, digikey like every mentioned)
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SnakePlisken
07-13-2017 at 11:39 AM.
07-13-2017 at 11:39 AM.
Quote from DC :
It's about:
Popcorn
thought you knew better about using the microwave in the bathtub?

p.s. UP THE VOLTAGE!!!
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euuser3818772
07-13-2017 at 11:50 AM.
07-13-2017 at 11:50 AM.
Quote from Fallacy :
What is this thread about again? Whee
Eating popcorn while making others choke on them?
Popcorn
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