Eli5: Why wouldn’t a submerged Tesla just electrocute everyone?

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Video keeps showing up on [TikTok ](http://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8vYsWq1/) of a Tesla driving partially submerged.

Why isn’t this a story of hairdryer meets bathtub and that dude in the back isn’t toast?

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It’s totally possible to make weatherproof electronics. It just requires that you plan to make something weatherproof. We don’t make hairdryers weatherproof because they’re intended for indoor dry controlled usage, and we protect people in bathtubs by mandating protection on the electrical circuits in the bathroom so if something shorts into the water, the circuit trips before harm comes to a person.

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