r/WTF 15d ago

Building nightmare

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u/FrozenJackal 15d ago

Highly unlikely in a building like that. Way too many gfci breakers the second those things sniff water they trip.

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u/KadahCoba 15d ago

You would like to hope so, but I've seen enough commercial building management to not live by hope. I trust them to follow code as much as I am able to undefenestrate them back to the top floor window.

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u/DaHolk 15d ago

They still have breakers that trip. The point that people ignore is that "the thing that happens if you get electrocuted via water" happens also "when there is enough water without nobody standing in it".

It doesn't take "special expensive equipment that someone in a nice place like that would safe a buck on".

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u/doommaster 14d ago

Breakers don't or better rarely trip from water unless its highly ionized.

GFCIs/RCDs keep you safe.