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I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by practicemaths »

MathMonkeyMan wrote: post #38
mikedelfino wrote: post #30

On a related note, I wonder if people around the world are familiar with electric showers. Essentially, it's a resistance similar to the one found in a toaster, placed right inside the showerhead. It heats the water as it flows through. People hearing about it for the first time are usually shocked that we don't die from electrecution.

I was literally shocked at a hostel in Nicaragua because whoever installed the heater didn't ground it. Those electrons wanted that sweet, positively charged earth and I was the fastest way to get there. I don't know if the circuit was through the running water or if it was the metal tap handles, but it was quite a jolt. edit: Now that I try to remember it, it was definitely either the tap handle or the metal pipes.…

Made me think of Electroboom's visit to Mexico.

https://youtu.be/d1mPemYUrVc?si=C9zfy6jQJaO3BZ7e

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by snozolli »

MathMonkeyMan wrote: post #38
mikedelfino wrote: post #30

On a related note, I wonder if people around the world are familiar with electric showers. Essentially, it's a resistance similar to the one found in a toaster, placed right inside the showerhead. It heats the water as it flows through. People hearing about it for the first time are usually shocked that we don't die from electrecution.

I was literally shocked at a hostel in Nicaragua because whoever installed the heater didn't ground it. Those electrons wanted that sweet, positively charged earth and I was the fastest way to get there. I don't know if the circuit was through the running water or if it was the metal tap handles, but it was quite a jolt. edit: Now that I try to remember it, it was definitely either the tap handle or the metal pipes.…

A soldier died in Iraq in 2008 because a water pump wasn't grounded.

https://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/military.electrocutions/

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by jccalhoun »

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #42
hughdbrown wrote: post #16

My son is starting his first week of high school. I am recommending to him that he pose related questions to his physics teacher: - "Is it okay to wash a toaster in a dishwasher?" - "Is it okay to put an electric hair drier in a fish tank when it is plugged in?" And I am hoping he gets a very productive year of science for the effort.

If he's anything like my high school science teachers he'll be told to shut up and hated by his peers for daring to ask questions.

We loved to get my high school physics teacher off on tangents by asking questions about weird things or stories about how he almost died or something

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by Alupis »

llimos wrote: post #26

Jewish law requires some new utensils to be ritually immersed in water before use[1]. There are differences of opinion around electrical appliances, but I have successfully dunked toasters, cheese toasters, and many other small appliances, let them dry for a few days, and never had any issues. In fact, had OP found this[2] article, they would have seen that > Practice has demonstrated that immersion generally does no…

Are appliances such as toasters considered a culinary utensil?

Kitchen Utensil appears to be defined as `A kitchen utensil is a small hand-held tool used for food preparation.`[1]. Perhaps you don't actually need to submerge electronic appliances in water...

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_utensil

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by snozolli »

I stopped watching the show Ozark because of the episode where the saboteur takes an AC line and drops it into the water by a dock in order to electrocute someone. I'm no expert in electricity, but I know that your body has to become a part of the circuit.

Similarly, the pivotal moment at the end of The Astronaut's Wife (1999) had me groaning.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by boricj »

klodolph wrote: post #50
throwaway7ahgb wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

New homeowners: Know where your GFCI reset switches are located. I just had a fun time debugging why some of my outlets weren't working. Turns out there was a GFCI tripped in the garage, a few rooms down from the outlet.

I have never seen a GFCI reset switch in a different room from the outlet. I’m not surprised it exists, but it would make me unhappy.

In France (and apparently the rest of Europe too) our GFCIs are not located at the outlets. They are inside the electrical panels and protect a row of circuit breakers.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by hammock »

mikedelfino wrote: post #30

On a related note, I wonder if people around the world are familiar with electric showers. Essentially, it's a resistance similar to the one found in a toaster, placed right inside the showerhead. It heats the water as it flows through. People hearing about it for the first time are usually shocked that we don't die from electrecution.

Yeah I used one in Costa Rica... it was shocking me the whole time. I didn't realize until after my shower what was going on.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by Tomis02 »

mikedelfino wrote: post #30

On a related note, I wonder if people around the world are familiar with electric showers. Essentially, it's a resistance similar to the one found in a toaster, placed right inside the showerhead. It heats the water as it flows through. People hearing about it for the first time are usually shocked that we don't die from electrecution.

> People hearing about it for the first time are usually shocked

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by EricE »

klodolph wrote: post #50
throwaway7ahgb wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

New homeowners: Know where your GFCI reset switches are located. I just had a fun time debugging why some of my outlets weren't working. Turns out there was a GFCI tripped in the garage, a few rooms down from the outlet.

I have never seen a GFCI reset switch in a different room from the outlet. I’m not surprised it exists, but it would make me unhappy.

I've seen builders put the all the outlets for bathrooms on one circuit with the GFCI in one bathroom - typically the master bath. In my last house the outside outlets were on the GFCI with the outlets in the garage. Anything to save a few bucks as long as code allows it.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by raicem »

> These commenters are speaking authoritatively on subjects about which they are completely ignorant, but they are strident in doing so because they are repeating what everybody knows. They are intellectually secure in the center of a vast mob; their wisdom was received, not crafted.

This is an important takeaway for me, maybe even more than “electirc devices are washable”.

World is filled with conventional wisdom that limits us in countless directions. Knowing how things work empower us to break these “rules”.

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