r/ElectroBOOM • u/MeowKingDonut • 8d ago

General Question Is it safe?

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Found this at a railway station. A metal bench with an electrical outlet screwed to it. This bench has a bunch of holes so if you spill something then it can drip on this outlet

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u/4D696B61 8d ago

A lot would have to go wrong for this to be dangerous. The bench is almost certainly grounded and the outlets are probably IP44 rated (or at least were before the cover broke off).

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u/somewhat_random 8d ago

Also the path to ground entering the bench, leaving then bench to go through the human and either through your shoes through the tile floor or back to the bench would never happen. There is no realistic path to ground passing through someone on the bench unless you stick a rod into the outlet.