[Closed] Odd question - if an electric fire* was thrown into a 25m pool...

Fire would probsbly short before anyone got hurt. Even if it didn't short I reckon most, if not all the people in the pool would be ok, if a little tingly 🙂

Water's not a great conductor

Not far. Fresh water (bearing in mind all swimming pools are filled with impurities like chlorine and wee), does not transmit electricity very far. Finger in the air I'd guess a few feet, I reckon people a couple of metres away would be fine although I'm not prepared to test the theory.

edit: but yes, as woody says, it'd blow a fuse almost immediately. if you had no fuse it'd probably burn itself out very quickly.

I'm not sure it would do anything.
The easiest path for any flowing current is going to be straight back in on the neutral line of the fire rather than some alternative path to earth through the water.

That said IIRC Cows are more likely to die in thunder storms than sheep as to due to their extra length. The voltage gradient across the ground from a lighting strike means there's enough voltage difference between their front and rear legs to give em a heart attack. Sheep being that bit shorter just get a bit of a jolt.

Oh well, that's d_s's plan for the annual STW swimathon scuppered. 🙁

I'm not sure it would do anything.
The easiest path for any flowing current is going to be straight back in on the neutral line of the fire rather than some alternative path to earth through the water.

Agree.

A swimming pool is a bit different to a bath tub. The path to earth in a bath tub is a lot shorter.

Its a bit like asking why don't all the fish get electrocuted when lightning strike the sea

So in same sense how about a hair dryer in a hottub

So, is this a sweep stake? I'll put £5 on 3 dead, two ginger afros and one permanent speech impediment with a far away look in their eyes. This is the new event for the next big bike bash isn't it?

Ginger afro, speech impediment and a far away look in her eye?

I have the strangest...

is this a sweep stake?

Ooh, I'll play!

£5 on two dead (one from electrocution, the other from a coincidental case of verucca plague) and one superhero implausibly created from the connection of electricity, chlorine and wee.

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"Who dropped the 'leccy fire in the pool?"

With all these devices lobbed in baths, swimming pools, hot tub time machines etc. you need to take the plug apart disconnect the neutral and earth connections, then lob it in.

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James Bond once did it.

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But found it was easier to conceal a Walther PPK in his tux.

I remember going to a fish farm in the early 80's. you plonked a net in the seathing tank and 'caught' your fish, carrying it wriggling around into the shop. The owner would empty the fish out into a little fish tank in the shop- sort of goldfish bowl sized. A couple of cables coiled out of the tank and on to the floor where they were attached to a bank of old car batteries. He''d flick a Frankenstein style switch, the fish would spasm then flip onto its back and float to the surface.

Not sure if this is a legit way to despatch fish these days (seems better than my fluffed attempts with a priest) but always wondered if you could scale it up to swimming pool size!

FTFY

seems better than my fluffing attempts with a priest

There are no plug sockets in swimming pools