Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath

[Hottage]

Too bad for his relatives, but he was fucking dumb as shit...

How do you make it to 32 and not know that water + electricity don't mix?

Also, as much as I detest Apple, them being sent "safety recommendations" by the cornener is plain stupid.

[dlhak]

Sorry for the guy but ... LoL

[caervek]

Technically speaking it wasn't the 5v from the iPhone charger that killed him, it was the 240v from the extension strip.

[Murderdoll]

...and the gene pool has been improved.

[Deathquoi]

"A coroner ruled his death was accidental"

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I think the point is people don't think a phone has enough power to cause death and thus forget about the risk

A phone doesn't have enough power to kill you. What killed him was the charging cable.

[caervek]

If this was the US, standard building codes would have saved him from this, as all bathroom outlets are code to be GFI. The lab coat dudes already solved this problem. Just sayin...

It wouldn't because codes in the UK are just as good, he ran an extension lead from another room because we don't even allow bathroom outlets over here and all our sockets are on RCD circuits.

[Karon]

Would've been a non issue in germany since our fuses and breakers actually work. In the UK they don't have centralized breakers and fuses but ha e them build-in in their power cords. That those are pure garbage and obviously unreliable most of the time doesn't matter it seems.

[caervek]

Would've been a non issue in germany since our fuses and breakers actually work. In the UK they don't have centralized breakers and fuses but ha e them build-in in their power cords.

The 1920's called, they say your post is no longer correct ^^

Seriously though, the dude dropped a mains voltage appliance into a bathtub he was lying in. His fate was sealed before the breakers popped and it would have been the same in any first world country.

[Elim Garak]

One less millennial to worry about

[caervek]

One less millennial to worry about

Technically this happened in the UK so he was Gen Y not Z

[Super Kami Dende]

"A coroner ruled his death was accidental and plans to send a report to Apple about taking action to prevent future deaths."

As much as I dislike Apple, short of them making a completely idiot and Water proof charger system, why is it their responsibility to stop idiots from being idiots.

Goddamn this World and people being unable to be responsible for their own fuck ups.

[caervek]

As much as I dislike Apple, short of them making a completely idiot and Water proof charger system, why is it their responsibility to stop idiots from being idiots.

The funny thing is it wouldn't matter if they did, it wasn't the iPhone charger that killed him it was the power strip it was plugged into.

[zenkai]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418



Perhaps a stark reminder for people here

An iphone user, I wasn't surprised. I kid I kid.

[Dalheim]

Natural selection tbh.

[Zigrifid]

A coroner ruled his death was accidental and plans to send a report to Apple about taking action to prevent future deaths.

Apple should change the laws of nature and make water a bad conduct of electricity

[Elim Garak]

A coroner ruled his death was accidental and plans to send a report to Apple about taking action to prevent future deaths.

Apple should change the laws of nature and make water a bad conduct of electricity

No, they can implement IQ tests on each purchase and sell no more than one iPhone per person to avoid bulk purchases for future distribution among low IQ people.

Sadly that will kill Apple, so they will never do it.

[haxartus]

Actually, 5V can kill you if you try hard enough. Check this Darwin award:
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-50.html

The only reason 240V is dangerous and 5V isn't is skin resistance.

[Puupi]

The Brits are asking for Darwin awards with showers like these:

[caervek]

The Brits are asking for Darwin awards with showers like these:

Why?

At no point does the water come anywhere near the electricity. Those unit are basically just water heaters with a high duty rate.

The reason they are mandatory in rented accommodation is so the tenant can still shower if the boiler breaks.

[Puupi]

Why?

At no point does the water come anywhere near the electricity.

Until it does.

Those unit are basically just water heaters with a high duty rate.

Seriously do they not have them in your country? get with the times dude :P

We don't need those as we can actually build water systems that aren't from the 19th century and we have learned to use this marvelous technology the Brits haven't yet embraced:


No need to have a god damn electrical water mixer in the god damn shower.