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From: jmc@riccb.UUCP (Jeff McQuinn )
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Subject: Re: Re: Question about Electricity
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 08:32:51 EST
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> > A question came up over the weekend about electricity.
> > If you put a live electrical wire into a large
> > swimming pool, what happens to the current?
> 

The current will take the shortest path from the wire to the nearest
ground (probably the drain) assuming the water is a homogenous mix of
contaminates.
                             Jeff McQuinn just VAXing around