Fun side fact: if you live in the UK and have a fairly modern “fuse box” you can sit in the bath and throw a live toaster in, the power will drop within 30mS – for reference it takes you around 50mS to blink. Electroboom tested this with his body, because of course he did.
I believe in America they’re called gfci.
It’s very very hard to die from electricity now in the UK whilst working with standard kit… It still happens obviously, but you’ve got to work hard for it.
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