U.K. Woman electrocuted while vacuuming her artificial lawn has life saved by her Puma rubber sliders.

[Robert59]

How much voltage did the lady have go into her body? Doesn't U.K. have like 220 volts instead of 120 volts here in U.S. ?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...cial-lawn-life-saved-Puma-rubber-sliders.html

 

[Warrigal]

It's 240 volts in Oz.

I've always believed that obsessive tidiness can be deadly.

 

[Harry Le Hermit]

Was this an older home? I thought the U.K. required ground fault protectors... RCDs?

 

[Nathan]

Modern electrical service breaker panels supply 240V. The panels have two 120V buss bars, and one neutral buss bar.

 

[bowmore]

Modern electrical service breaker panels supply 240V. The panels have two 120V buss bars, and one neutral buss bar.

UK service is 220 Volts at the outlet. That is why they have those big plugs

 

[sch404]

Miriam Webster Definition of electrocute​

transitive verb
1: to kill or severely injure by electric shock.

The woman was not electrocuted. Just sayin.'

 

[Capt Lightning]

I don't like using electrical goods in the garden, however if I have to, I use a cable that is protected by and RCD. how that lady received a shock is a mystery unless there was a fault in the cable. European voltage varies slightly from country to country but all fall within the range 230Vac (+10%, - 6%).

 

[hawkdon]

Okay, who the h**** vacuums a lawn???

 

[Judycat]

So I guess having an artificial lawn also has its drawbacks

 

[HoneyNut]

transitive verb
1: to kill or severely injure by electric shock.

The woman was not electrocuted. Just sayin.'

Language is so hard. She was left with nerve damage in her arm, so she was 'injured' but I'm not sure how bad an injury has to be to be classified as 'severe'. If it happened to me I would agree with someone saying I was electrocuted.

 

[jimintoronto]

Another candidate for the Darwin Award. JimB.