OT a little bit - does coolant conduct?

[tim eh?]

...electricity I mean.

[Ross]

In short, yes.

[tim eh?]

In short, yes.

Thanks Ross, guess I'll go fix that leak right now.

[Tiger]

Yep, it is water...water does conduct electricity.

[Ross]

Pure H2o not.
Long answer here;
http://sancarlosradiator.com/electrolysis.htm

[whiskychaser]

H2O conducts electricity. Thats why you dont have any rocker switches or power sockets in your bathroom Depends on the circuit, distance, current etc. The 12V one I saw on Mythbusters the other day failed miserably

[ryan roopnarine]

H2O conducts electricity. Thats why you dont have any rocker switches or power sockets in your bathroom Depends on the circuit, distance, current etc. The 12V one I saw on Mythbusters the other day failed miserably

You don't GFCI electrical outlets in bathrooms in the UK?

[whiskychaser]

You don't GFCI electrical outlets in bathrooms in the UK?

The light switch has to be either outside the bathroom or if its inside its normally a toggle switch on the ceiling which you operate with a string. With the exception of a shaver socket (powered by a transformer-not mains!), sockets just arent allowed. The standard circuit breakers installed in houses are only for overload protection and wont stop you being killed. So if you are using, say, an electric lawnmower, you would put an RCD into a socket and put your plug into that. Should I have just said 'NO'?

[ryan roopnarine]

they have these in the US and canada for all recent (<20 year old) construction for power distribution in bathrooms, as well as outdoor outlets
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question117.htm

I have no qualms about the protection ability of them. As they get older, you find that gfcis here will start tripping at the slightest provocation (IE, false leakages). IIRC, they protect against as low as 4-5ma, whereas a rcd is much higher 10-25, IIRC.

I did not know what the deal with the shaver outlets was....good to know.

The light switch has to be either outside the bathroom or if its inside its normally a toggle switch on the ceiling which you operate with a string. With the exception of a shaver socket (powered by a transformer-not mains!), sockets just arent allowed. The standard circuit breakers installed in houses are only for overload protection and wont stop you being killed. So if you are using, say, an electric lawnmower, you would put an RCD into a socket and put your plug into that. Should I have just said 'NO'?

[Tiger]

Ryan, UK use 240V power for everything... not like us that we use 120V.

240V really hurt when you get shocked. Don't ask how I know. I work with electricity all the time and 120V live is easy to handle and mild shock. 240V really grabs you and hurt. Now if we add water to the equation.... youch!