Mother dies after being electrocuted while holding her charging phone in the bath, inquest hears

[Aaron carter]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15150195/Mother-dies-electrocuted-charging-phone-bath.html

 

[glockman]

If only she had used an android phone instead of an iPhone, she would still be alive.

 

[Sustanon]

Darwin Award Winner....

 

[crimsondue]

Nil

 

[Leongsam]

Something smells fishy. 15V won't kill you.

It smelled fishy which is why she was taking a bath.

 

[CharKuayTeow]

Something smells fishy. 15V won't kill you.

Not only that, the chargers re not simple voltage sourcing devices, they negotiate the voltage to be delivered with connected devices, shut down on short circuits, etc.

 

[crimsondue]

Nil

 

[PatriotMissile2025]

Current 0.1 or 0.2 A can kill. The voltage's job is to drive the current ( in ampere A) into your body. The resistance of your body drops when it is wet.

 

[CharKuayTeow]

@Loofydralb USB PD 3.1 max voltage is 48VDC, max power is 240W. USB PD 3.0, which is what is mostly out there, is 20VDC max, 100W max.

 

[CharKuayTeow]

Current 0.1 or 0.2 A can kill. The voltage's job is to drive the current ( in ampere A) into your body. The resistance of your body drops when it is wet.

But not likely since it takes the path of least resistance. If the connector or cord was faulty, and if the adaptor didn't automatically shutdown on an overcurrent event, then the path of least resistance is across the connector pins or break in the cord. It would not want to take a detour through a body since even broken skin has a resistance of 500 ohms (100 to 500 ohms for internal body resistance).

 

[PatriotMissile2025]

But not likely since it takes the path of least resistance. If the connector or cord was faulty, and if the adaptor didn't automatically shutdown on an overcurrent event, then the path of least resistance is across the connector pins or break in the cord. It would not want to take a detour through a body since even broken skin has a resistance of 500 ohms (100 to 500 ohms for internal body resistance).

Wet body reduces resistance by factor of 10 leh

 

[Froggy]

Husband murdered wife and blamed iPhone

 

[CharKuayTeow]

Wet body reduces resistance by factor of 10 leh

Internal body resistance (wet) is 100 to 500 ohms. Unless you stick two probes into the body across the heart so that there is no chance of the current favoring the bath water instead, nothing fatal will happen. Froggy is right, something else (e.g. husband) happened.

 

[True Believer]

In Nov 2024, an 18-year-old boy in Penang was found electrocuted while charging his phone from a power outlet on an express bus. Authorities found the charging cable melted and burn marks on the victim's fingers.

 

[CharKuayTeow]

Definitely possible if the charger not designed properly. For example, insufficient isolation between low and high voltage sections of the circuit, use of low quality components, etc. make sure you buy UL listed devices, not shit stuff designed/made/copied by dumb/unscrupulous tiongkok companies, etc.

 

[crimsondue]

Nil