Electric shock when the heater is malfunctioning
Good afternoon! Please answer my question! If my neighbors (right or left, a floor above or below) have a defective water heater, or they steal electricity (they connected the neutral wire to the water pipe), or the wiring in the bathroom is faulty and the current gets into the water, but at that moment I will take shower or lie in the bathroom. What will happen to me? Can kill or hit?
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Hello! If you touch the tap, it may strike. Therefore, it is recommended to make a potential equalization system in the bathroom, and to arrange grounding in the apartment itself + put an RCD in the bathroom This way you can protect yourself from electric shock in the bathroom.
Thank you so much for the answer! And yet, I want to clarify the moment in my question. In the situation I described, you replied that you could be shocked! Question! Can he kill, or just hit?
It all depends on the magnitude of the current. AC power, which can be fatal, starts at 100 mA.
And what determines the magnitude of the current?
From the nature of the emergency (breakdown of the heating element in the bolier, theft of electricity by neighbors, etc.). The greater the leakage current, the more dangerous the situation.
And how much will it cost about? Install a potential equalization system, grounding in the apartment, and RCD for wiring in the bathroom. Thank!
Everything on the spot is miscalculating. There are many nuances on which the cost of work depends (is there grounding in the entrance itself, etc.).