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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact a toaster in water probably won’t kill you, I mean it could obviously but it’s more likely that the electricity goes straight to the ground within the toaster, and slowly heat up the water, I wouldn’t try it but interesting nonetheless.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago

Mythbusters tested it https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768493/

If your drain is grounded, it can.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

This is what I had in mind: https://youtu.be/1RBwoUbvxx0 ...may not be an actual toaster, but pretty damn close