Electrical safety around the spa

[Jermin]

Hello,

I want to make sure I am protecting the users of my spa which now has
a string of Xmas lights stapled to the walls around the spa. These
lights are on a ground fault interupt protected circuit AND are
further protected with a 300v, 1.5 amp fuse. In the highly unlikely
situation that the lights fell into the spa AND the ground fault
failed to interrupt the power, will the 1.5 amp fuse prevent lethal
amounts of current from entering the water and cooking my guests?

--Jermin

 

[Soeren]

Hi Jermin,

I want to make sure I am protecting the users of my spa which now has
a string of Xmas lights stapled to the walls around the spa. These
lights are on a ground fault interupt protected circuit AND are
further protected with a 300v, 1.5 amp fuse. In the highly unlikely
situation that the lights fell into the spa AND the ground fault
failed to interrupt the power, will the 1.5 amp fuse prevent lethal
amounts of current from entering the water and cooking my guests?

Sorry, but *NO* !

 

[Don Bruder]

Hello,

I want to make sure I am protecting the users of my spa which now has
a string of Xmas lights stapled to the walls around the spa. These
lights are on a ground fault interupt protected circuit AND are
further protected with a 300v, 1.5 amp fuse. In the highly unlikely
situation that the lights fell into the spa AND the ground fault
failed to interrupt the power, will the 1.5 amp fuse prevent lethal
amounts of current from entering the water and cooking my guests?

--Jermin

No. 15-20 milliamps (1 milliamp = 0.001 = 1/1000th of an amp), or even
less, can be lethal in certain circumstances. And a spa sounds to me
like "prime circumstances".

Do the thing that says you've got some intelligence: Keep *ALL*
electrical items that aren't *SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED* for tolerating
immersion *FAR* away from the spa. Anything else is sheer stupidity on
your part, and an invitation for a wrongful death lawsuit (or worse).

 

[Gareth]

Hello,

I want to make sure I am protecting the users of my spa which now has
a string of Xmas lights stapled to the walls around the spa. These
lights are on a ground fault interupt protected circuit AND are
further protected with a 300v, 1.5 amp fuse. In the highly unlikely
situation that the lights fell into the spa AND the ground fault
failed to interrupt the power, will the 1.5 amp fuse prevent lethal
amounts of current from entering the water and cooking my guests?

--Jermin

It takes a lot less than 1.5 Amps to kill somebody so the fuse may not
save you or your guests.

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