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> Hello everyone,
>
> I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a problem I am having.
> We have one of those portable hot tubs (the kind that you can assemble
> and reassemble easily). I recently put it up outside (it is about 2
> years old)and filled it up. I plugged it in, and when I put my hand in
> the hot tub to feel the water, I was electrocuted! There weren't any
> burns or anything. Thankfully, it was just my hand and I was able to
> pull it right out.
>
> How could this have happened? There were no live wires touching the
> tub or anything. I can understand there being a risk of something
> going faulty with where it was plugged in, but this was the actual
> water inside the tub.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Matt
Tubs have motors, heaters, and sometime lights. When moving them sometimes
electrical parts become twisted and cracked.
Was the outlet that you plugged the tub into a GFCI? Or does the tub have a
GFCI?
Electrocution is death, you do well for a person who is dead.
Time to call a pro
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