NO, I am NOT planning on trying this.
I watched on the news about [a girl who was electrocuted after using her phone while charging in the bathtub and it fell into her bath.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg6nPthiuLs)
This made me wonder if it would also happen with a magnetic phone charger. Or would it only happen with a phone charger that connects inside the charging port?
FYI, I am talking about a magnetic phone charger like this one, while it is plugged in and actively charging: [https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXH3AM/A/magsafe-charger](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXH3AM/A/magsafe-charger)
This question might seem dumb, but some of us aren’t well-versed in this topic. Sorry if it’s a dumb question. I legitimately don’t know.
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Like others have told you, if only the end of the cable falls into the water, there’s only low DC voltage (5v) coming out, which is not enough to affect you in any way. There may be higher voltage (for example up to 20v) once you have the phone connected and the phone “talks” to the charger and tells it that it can handle higher voltages.
There are risks of electrice shocks if the main body of the adapter falls in and water gets inside or gets access to high voltage AC input. Even then, in lots of places, outlets or electrical panels have built in protections that should disconnect the AC outlet as soon as they detect a short circuit or something out of the ordinary. But it’s not.a good idea to rely on this, and some older houses don’t have these protections by default.
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