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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I am not sure this accounting is completely cell phone danger alone. The scenario is an extension cord from the wall, to a charger, to her phone.
She may have had water on her arm, run down the phone to the extension cord connection point to the charger, water tension could easily stay connected to her and the length of the cord that could have been the shock that stopped her heart.
The bigger issue was the lack of a GFCI on the outlet in the bathroom. A GFCI would have immediately sensed a problem in the circuit and popped its fuse, safely preventing the death. Every firefighter knows the importance of these electrical devices in rooms with water, and around kitchen areas. So I’m surprised that this story, with a fireman father, is pointing the blame at phones instead of pleading with everyone to have a GFCI in all bathrooms. There are many electrical items used that could kill people when around water. Curling irons, toilet bidet’s, electric water piks, these are just a couple of examples.
No, it wont.
And in many countries that have laws for RCD to be mandatory on every outlet you wont be electrocuted by dropping the whole brick in either, because the RCD will trip before any harmful current will hurt you.
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