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Getting electrocuted when using a cell phone that is charging?

Asked by fau 2 months ago, 5 answers.

Has anyone heard of someone getting electrocuted when using a cell phone that is charging? Some one just told me of someone that did but I'm not sure if it is true or not. the person supposedly died.

Me and my little one (5 months old here) Answered by kdsmm on Sep 03, 2009, 07:47AM
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Here's a helpful website: check out snopes.com
They basically fact-check all the junk email, forwards, rumors, chain mail, whatever for you.
Snopes.com says this is FALSE. Nobody has ever died from being electrocuted by a charging cell phone.

Hi!! :) Answered by jodyd on Sep 03, 2009, 07:49AM
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no, just don't stand in water or jump in the pool with it plugged in, common sense.

Gir rules. Answered by mikeh on Sep 03, 2009, 07:51AM
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If you are going to link to snopes, at least read the article first. The article says ONE person has died this way, not zero.

This was most likely caused by a manufacturing defect, however, and had nothing to do with the fact that he answered the phone while it was charging.

Me and my little one (5 months old here) Answered by kdsmm on Sep 03, 2009, 02:11PM
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I did read the article, I just misread it, lol. For some reason I took the article as meaning that one person had died of a battery explosion- and not being electrocuted. I'm not sure why I took it that way, as it doesn't even indicate that when I re-read it. Oh well- I still stand by what I said about Snopes being a helpful website, at least. happy

Answered by surferjoe2007 on Sep 03, 2009, 11:38PM
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That's impossible. The box that plugs into the wall converts the outlet voltage to battery voltage. So the wire going to the phone is battery low voltage.

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