Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath

[MickZA]

Mr Bull is believed to have plugged his charger into an extension cord from the hallway and rested it on his chest while using the phone, the Sun reports.

He suffered severe burns on his chest, arm and hand when the charger touched the water and died on 11 December, the newspaper said.

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

Darwin award candidate ...

 

[Baxteen]

iPhone users....

 

[Necropolis]

:crylaugh:

 

[skeptic_SA]

iCall Bull

 

[marioat1]

 

[SauRoNZA]

No earth leakage?

 

[konfab]

iCall Bull

More like iCall Sheep..

 

[satanboy]

iBath

 

[Solarion]

No earth leakage?

Real men don't use earth leakages.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Hmm, ye sounds like the AC isolation on the charger probably didn't work because there was too much moisture in the air, that and/or was using a cheap knock-off charger.

 

[SauRoNZA]

iBath

More like iBathed.

 

[3WA]

Can't say I'm shocked.

 

[The_Librarian]

Will Apple get slapped with a lawsuit regarding this?

I will not be surprised if it do happen...

Oh, let us not forget the companies that sell and supply electricity...

 

[Compton_effect]

Chances are it was also a cheap-ass iPhone charger.

 

[Neoprod]

Hmm, ye sounds like the AC isolation on the charger probably didn't work because there was too much moisture in the air, that and/or was using a cheap knock-off charger.

yep, should have gone to Ohm Depot.

 

[MickZA]

No earth leakage?

Wouldn't surprise me to hear that the extension cord was plugged into the hallway light fitting, Y type double adaptors for bayonet fixtures were quite common when I was young and used for hair dryers and gawd knows what.

... makes me shudder now when I look back on growing up in the post-war UK.

 

[AstroTurf]

lelz. so basically he plugged the charger into an extension cord and then rested the cord and charger on his chest...

That's a nice AC charge straight to his heart right there.

 

[Dave]

lelz. so basically he plugged the charger into an extension cord and then rested the cord and charger on his chest...

That's a nice AC charge straight to his heart right there.

This ^^

Nothing to do with the phone or phone charger, getting into a bath of water with an extension cord on your chest is prime Darwin Award territory

 

[Solarion]

User has gone offline.

 

[Thor]

Well that is not the smartest thing one can do, which doesn't surprise me, it still seems there are quite a few people who do not fully fathom the dangers of electricity think a battery and a wall socket is the same thing.