Electrocution swimming warning.

birchhaven · 08-09-2012, 03:00 PM

I am probably way off, but I will throw this out there for someone smarter than me to finish.

When I was considering adding a irrigation system to my lawn. One contractor suggested pulling water from the lake. He said there is two ways to do it but only one right way. What he said is the wrong way is putting the pump in the lake, rather than on the land sucking it out.
He said that the pump in the lake can create an electrical field that will zap a swimmer even tho no electrical current would be going from the wires to the water, as in it is installed properly and there is no reason for the breaker to pop.
He could have been blowing smoke but he sounded like he knew what he was talking about.
Does any body else know what he was talking about? I wonder if a similar thing is happening with people swimming in a marina, since marinas tend to pack some serious amperage.

08-09-2012, 03:00 PM	#13
birchhaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Thanks: 14 Thanked 54 Times in 30 Posts	I am probably way off, but I will throw this out there for someone smarter than me to finish. When I was considering adding a irrigation system to my lawn. One contractor suggested pulling water from the lake. He said there is two ways to do it but only one right way. What he said is the wrong way is putting the pump in the lake, rather than on the land sucking it out. He said that the pump in the lake can create an electrical field that will zap a swimmer even tho no electrical current would be going from the wires to the water, as in it is installed properly and there is no reason for the breaker to pop. He could have been blowing smoke but he sounded like he knew what he was talking about. Does any body else know what he was talking about? I wonder if a similar thing is happening with people swimming in a marina, since marinas tend to pack some serious amperage.