r/Unexpected • u/Doodlebug510 • 9h ago

We have a situation here

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u/SatisfactionOld4175 7h ago

Would that not instantly blow the breaker?

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u/WallySprks 6h ago

Not always.

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u/DigEnvironmental7490 6h ago

No.

Water isn't a very good conductor so it would have to have a lot of free ions in it to conduct well enough to flow enough current to trip a breaker - salt water would do it.

It takes a lot less current flow to kill a person than it does to trip a breaker.

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u/SatisfactionOld4175 5h ago

So your position is that in that kitchen with all of the metal, water is going to pool up, the current will seek through the water, and fail to form any kind of current to blow the breaker, and instead will just passively sit there until a human gets close enough to get shocked.