# Girl electrocuted after dropping charging Iphone in tub. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 11, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037 "2017-07-11T21:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/41 "2017-07-12T23:30:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Mine doesn’t cost that much, but I’m perfectly capable of doing without my phone for the amount of time it takes me to get in and out of the tub. For some people, a bath tub isn’t something to “get in and out of.” It’s where you lie down and relax for a while. Maybe read. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/42 "2017-07-13T01:31:29Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > […]did one of the articles mention that the battery in the phone was fully charged? > The only thing I read was that she and her step mother both regularly used their cell phones in the bathtub, while plugged in. Given the tragic nature of the situation, the press apparently has not intruded and asked a bunch of pesky questions; the family seems to have made limited statements. Apparently the Consumer Product Safety Commission will conduct an investigation that may reveal more details, but it’s not clear how we would be informed of them if they do. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/43 "2017-07-13T01:51:01Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > For some people, a bath tub isn’t something to “get in and out of.” It’s where you lie down and relax for a while. Maybe read. I can still do without my phone. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/44 "2017-07-13T01:58:02Z")
She had to receive 120AC. I didn’t read the details, but that could not happen from a healthy transformer/adapter that was stepping down the power from the wall to the phone. There was either a faulty transformer that didn’t step down the voltage/amperage, or as others have speculated, she might have used an extension cord – possibly an older one that had been cut open somehow. I doubt it was from wet fingers at the socket. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/45 "2017-07-13T02:10:13Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > She had to receive 120AC. I didn’t read the details, but that could not happen from a healthy transformer/adapter that was stepping down the power from the wall to the phone. There was either a faulty transformer that didn’t step down the voltage/amperage, or as others have speculated, she might have used an extension cord – possibly an older one that had been cut open somehow. I doubt it was from wet fingers at the socket. I have a Master’s Degree in Instrumentation and electronics, but it has been a long time since I was in school. Apparently power supplies now rectify 110v and use a DC-DC converter to step it down to 5v. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/46 "2017-07-13T06:17:20Z")
> [@Frankenstein\_Monster](#): > > One more shout-out for Big Clive. He (or perhaps it was another Youtuber) has torn down not only some of those dangerous cheap third party chargers, but also Genuine Apple chargers. And proven that Genuine Apple chargers are well designed, well built and VERY WELL ISOLATED. Yeah, I think he had good things to say about the ones that are on sale in the UK high street pound shops too - which was a bit of a surprise, but I guess they are more exposed to litigation than some internet factory outlet selling from halfway across the world. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/47 "2017-07-13T06:20:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ve seen Samsung advertise the water-resistant features of its phones but didn’t know until I just searched that the iPhone 7 is also water-resistant. That’s an incentive for me to upgrade my existing iPhone 6 (although I’m waiting for the new model to be released later this year). Sony is the most fun with their waterproof phones - their current stance is “Hey, you can use our cool waterproof phone to take pictures underwater while you’re swimming or diving, but please don’t” > **[Sony: Don’t use waterproof Xperia phones underwater](https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/sony-don-t-use-waterproof-xperia-phones-underwater-2926003)** > > Sony’s mobile division doesn’t have much going for it right now, but hey, at least its smartphones are waterproof, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/48 "2017-07-13T06:21:43Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I think there’s an entire AvE dictionary on reddit somewhere with hundreds of words and phrases in it. Yeah, I heard it’s not tea bag. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/49 "2017-07-13T10:32:29Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ve seen Samsung advertise the water-resistant features of its phones but didn’t know until I just searched that the iPhone 7 is also water-resistant. That’s an incentive for me to upgrade my existing iPhone 6 (although I’m waiting for the new model to be released later this year). That’s one of the reasons Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/50 "2017-07-13T18:03:32Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Given the tragic nature of the situation, the press apparently has not intruded and asked a bunch of pesky questions; the family seems to have made limited statements. Apparently the Consumer Product Safety Commission will conduct an investigation that may reveal more details, but it’s not clear how we would be informed of them if they do. I was really more just trying to find a nice way to ask Acey for a cite on the phone being fully charged or not inject made up information into thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/51 "2017-07-13T18:28:47Z")
AvE is the best, love his vijeos, despite not understanding 2/3ds of the stuff he talks about. I’m more on the software side, will be checking BigClive out tonight. Not an electrossian, but I remember there was a brouhaha about usb-c cables from many vendors not being [up to the task](https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/16/9742360/oneplus-usb-type-c-cable-adapter), could this have been the culprit? Then again, the ole extension cord in bath-tub could have just easily done it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037/52 "2017-07-13T20:17:29Z")
> [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](#): > > AvE is the best, love his vijeos, despite not understanding 2/3ds of the stuff he talks about. I’m more on the software side, will be checking BigClive out tonight. Not an electrossian, but I remember there was a brouhaha about usb-c cables from many vendors not being [up to the task](https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/16/9742360/oneplus-usb-type-c-cable-adapter), could this have been the culprit? Then again, the ole extension cord in bath-tub could have just easily done it. ANother one to check out is [EEVblog](https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog) if you want to add an Aussie accent to the mix. 🙂 I don’t know AvE’s stuff that well, but Big Clive and EEVblog have kept me well entertained as well, even though I have no idea what half they’re talking about means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-electrocuted-after-dropping-charging-iphone-in-tub/791037.md?page=2)