Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site riccb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihopa!riccb!jmc From: jmc@riccb.UUCP (Jeff McQuinn ) Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: Re: Question about Electricity Message-ID: <576@riccb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 08:32:51 EST Article-I.D.: riccb.576 Posted: Wed Nov 6 08:32:51 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 06:05:54 EST References: <621@hlwpc.UUCP> <1200@teklds.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Rockwell Telecommunications, Downers Grove,Il. Lines: 9 > > 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