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Old 3rd May 2019, 9:50 am   #21
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Default Re: Vintage SWAN brand percolator

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Originally Posted by Herald1360 View Post
Sounds very much like both no RCD and an earthing fault. Clearly not impossible, but still unlikely. I wonder if the death rate from this type of scenario is high enough to be statistically significant?
I'll speculate that in the reported case the victim grabbed a bare stranded copper wire which had become disconnected from an earth spike. I've read many reports of investigations into electrocutions and a very high proportion relate to installations with no earth or RCD. Then a second fault develops and...…….

Best to get back on topic though.
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