Sad really....

Rest in Peace

Meantime...why is it always some innocent child or a good person rather than some slime ball politician that the nation could do without.

Cheers

These are commonly used for a few baht. Neon tester.

Those are good for sensing live 110v or more, but I'm referring to a device that can sense whether or not a chassis is floating (i.e. lacking earth ground) and therefor may not be an electrocution hazard now, but has the potential to become one in the future.

The problem that nobody wants to talk about is that Thais have very low IQs not all but nearly all.

I was at the Klaeng (pronounced Glang) Land Transportation office Yesterday, sat the exam less than 5 mins -2 wrong, the Thais looked stunned. The Guy in charge said to my girlfriend " the foreign people get everything right the first time even if they speak no Thai, your boyfriend, those two Japanese people. But our own, people we have to tell them again and again and they still don't understand" His words not mine

Thailand has imported the 21st century but is overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, I think I'll stop there...

About time Thailand introduced Portable Appliance Testing...

A earth leakage trip should also be mandatory on machines like that.

Not only electrical issues but also looks like a breading ground for all sorts of nasty bacteria.

Earth leakage trip? (coach trip?)

Thai electricity........no need earth. Sadly this seems to be the attitude here. I have refused to purchase many items in large stores with metallic cases but no facility for an earth wire.

There are usually 2 steps to a safe isolation. First you turn the equipment off (in this case by pulling the plug) and then you make sure it can't be restarted by use of danger tags and locks or other methods. In this case, simply cutting off the plug would have prevented a death.

that's not always true! maybe in this case it would have helped, but I guess you still have to see thai plugging the wires directly without a plug...

Sad story but as others have said it has happened before. It will happen again nothing will be learned from this. Thailand is like a big merry-go-round nothing new just reincarnations of

previous mistakes

laws broken

committees formed

crackdowns

ETC ETC.

Do you believe in karma?

I, along with approximately 2.5 billion do. There are no accidents.

The problem that nobody wants to talk about is that Thais have very low IQs not all but nearly all.

I was at the Klaeng (pronounced Glang) Land Transportation office Yesterday, sat the exam less than 5 mins -2 wrong, the Thais looked stunned. The Guy in charge said to my girlfriend " the foreign people get everything right the first time even if they speak no Thai, your boyfriend, those two Japanese people. But our own, people we have to tell them again and again and they still don't understand" His words not mine

Thailand has imported the 21st century but is overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, I think I'll stop there...

Totally rubbish racist post. I hope you are not married to a Thai or is she one of the ones with a high iq?

The water cooler in the OP looks so filthy that if the electricity doesn't get you, the toxins in the water will.

Do you believe in karma?

I, along with approximately 2.5 billion do. There are no accidents.

Nice - blame the dead child.

Do you believe in Santa Claus? A billion or so children do. I guess that means he must be real. Belief in silly things doesn't make them real.

The problem that nobody wants to talk about is that Thais have very low IQs not all but nearly all.

I was at the Klaeng (pronounced Glang) Land Transportation office Yesterday, sat the exam less than 5 mins -2 wrong, the Thais looked stunned. The Guy in charge said to my girlfriend " the foreign people get everything right the first time even if they speak no Thai, your boyfriend, those two Japanese people. But our own, people we have to tell them again and again and they still don't understand" His words not mine

Thailand has imported the 21st century but is overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, I think I'll stop there...

Totally rubbish racist post. I hope you are not married to a Thai or is she one of the ones with a high iq?

I didn't say it, a Thai said it about his own people, to a room full of them. I can get you the address you can go and argue with him Yes/no?

No matter how it happened the school is either lieing or guilty by just removing this defective water cooler. Some one in this school did not do there job!

Sad story but as others have said it has happened before. It will happen again nothing will be learned from this. Thailand is like a big merry-go-round nothing new just reincarnations of

previous mistakes

laws broken

committees formed

crackdowns

ETC ETC.

Do you believe in karma?

I, along with approximately 2.5 billion do. There are no accidents.

you're gonna be very disappointed , just because (yawn) 2.5 billion do does not mean it exists in fact I bet you can provide zero evidence it exists, much like religion.

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Sad story but as others have said it has happened before. It will happen again nothing will be learned from this. Thailand is like a big merry-go-round nothing new just reincarnations of

previous mistakes

laws broken

committees formed

crackdowns

ETC ETC.

Do you believe in karma?

I, along with approximately 2.5 billion do. There are no accidents.

Only competent and incompetent.

It is a little known fact that as of 2008 16 US service personnel died in Iraq due to electrocution. These deaths were not in the houses of Iraqis but in the safety of their bases. The deaths were recorded as negligent deaths and the Military's contractor went on a recruitment drive to hire UK qualified electricians to assist them make their electrical installations safe. Can you imagine your kid or father going off to war and he comes back in a body bag because he got electrocuted in the shower?

The big difference in this case was that someone was found culpable for the deaths and action was taken. I doubt that this will happen in this poor kids case. One can only hope. Maybe one day someone of importance or influence in Thai society will lose their child to shoddy electrical installations and something may change.

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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/07/08/national/Thai-students-found-below-global-average-30159779.html

Tragic accident , One thing I find with Thais , my wfe and family especially , they walk past something if its broken or not working properly with no attempt to fix it properly, get it fixed or throw it out. I got fed up with it as it was turning a nice house into a crack house and I wrote a list of things to replace/repair or throw out while I was away at work, ceiling fan, door lock and catch not working properly,dining chairs with rungs broken, Cable TV remote with non functioning on/off button for 2 years, she did it all but it was like pulling teeth

Maintainance is mai sanook.

this is rank carelessness on behalf of the school authorities to remove the dangerous cooler having replaced same they should have removed it .

looks like they are trying to blame the boy

Horrible story written horrifically. 1 and half years ago SAME thing happened in Goh Kha district of Lampang.

0 zero!! maintenance in this paradise lost. I got 2 little ones and dread their contact with this population.

When approaching any of these kind of machines, ATMs, vending machines etc., I always wait until I see somebody else touch it and use it before I do so.

RIP little fella.

The normal incompetence regarding safety.