Neeranam Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Can wearing rubber "gerb keep" in a shower prevent an electric shock or is it a waste of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Rubber shower mat, Homepro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You obviously don't know 'gerb keep' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted December 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Don't know but something tells me the water flow is a continuous connection to ground with you in it. Edited December 30, 2013 by transam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Rubber shower mat, Homepro. The question was whether or not rubber would save from an electric shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjn Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) In a Thai Shower yes in a Farang Shower,shower over bath no Edited December 30, 2013 by Rooo Font Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 No, but a good, insulated, earthed shower unit will. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjn Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You do it out of the shower when you sit in a chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satcommlee Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The problem may be when the water is running through the pipes and making a weak Ground/Earth connection, this was the case in a house I stayed at. I'd try and find the fault when not using the shower with a voltmeter but everything seemed normal... Only when I was in the shower and the water was running would I feel electrical tingles from the metal taps etc. Water is a very poor conductor so the shocks were not serious, but the only way to end it once and for all was to run a proper electrical earth to ground, problem solved.. I don't think rubber shoes would have helped in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You do it out of the shower when you sit in a chair Then break your neck slipping on the wet floor. ..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Rubber shower mat, Homepro. The question was whether or not rubber would save from an electric shock. well that puts me in my place for trying to be helpful. Answer: no they won't as you will be wet through anyway, which you might have been able to work out for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSmiles Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 In a Thai Shower yes in a Farang Shower,shower over bath no Thai shower as in bucket of water with a bowl ? I believe that there is no risk of electrocution, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You obviously don't know 'gerb keep' Yeah obviously, Google does not seem to know gerb either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Is this really a post about is it ok to wear a gimp outfit in the shower? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Mountain Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Would an earthleak switch the solution? or is that not possible with heaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suthansman Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Never mind rubber shoes or mats. Wear a condom over your manhood to prevent a shock in the more delicate regions of your anatomy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 No, but a good, insulated, earthed shower unit will. +1, add an RCD and all is hunky-dory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You obviously don't know 'gerb keep' No I don't! Please tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZEMADE Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Water is a great conductor, so if you are in the shower and you dont have your shower earthed as a lot in Thailand are not earthed, you stand a good chance of dying from an electric shock as a lot of people here have done already. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post somchaismith Posted December 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You obviously don't know 'gerb keep' No I don't! Please tell me. I didn't either, so I googled it and it seems that it's a political party in Bulgaria. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celso Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Yes! A rubber mat or rubber shoes will work perfectly. As long as there is no water running, making a connection all the way from the shower, to your body, and down into the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You obviously don't know 'gerb keep' No I don't! Please tell me. I didn't either, so I googled it and it seems that it's a political party in Bulgaria. I did Google it too - but the results that came seems not to apply for this. Maybe, if you join that political party in Bulgaria you can have an electric hot water shower safely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 How would you clean between your toes ? You obviously don't know 'gerb keep' No I don't! Please tell me. I didn't either, so I googled it and it seems that it's a political party in Bulgaria. I think its a short phrase for where he keeps his gerbil when he showers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchaismith Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Of course it would be a waste of time as the rubber would have to be dry. Therefore the only way for that to happen would be that the shower had no running water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I think pure water does not conduct electricity, but the minerals in the water do. Regardless, the mat would not help. As others have indicated, a good ground is needed, One of the big downsides to the PVC plumbing is that unlike copper of even galvanized, it does not provide a good ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Lots of people dead from unsafely wired shower heaters. No your rubber shoes won't save you. Get it wired right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 In a Thai Shower yes in a Farang Shower,shower over bath no Thai shower as in bucket of water with a bowl ? I believe that there is no risk of electrocution, Exactly we have posters on TV who claim to be at one with their Thainess, and strongly criticise other farangs for not embracing their Thainess, but yet here we are discussing "electric" showers, not very "thai" if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Rubber shower mat, Homepro. The question was whether or not rubber would save from an electric shock. well that puts me in my place for trying to be helpful. Answer: no they won't as you will be wet through anyway, which you might have been able to work out for yourself. So will a rubber mat from Homepro save from an electric shock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 WE do have a ground rod made of copper but it is only about 1m long. The shower also has some built in circuit breaker or something. Maybe I am paranoid but still don't feel totally relaxed in the hot shoer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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