Can a person be electrocuted if a cordless phone falls in their bathtub?

Subject: Can a person be electrocuted if a cordless phone falls in their bathtub?

Date: Thu Feb 6 18:10:01 2003
Posted by Laurie
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My husband talks on the cordless phone while in the bathtub.  I think it's 
possible if he dropped it in the water, he might be electrocuted.  He thinks 
not.  What's the answer?  I am worried something will happen to him.

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