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Old 05-19-2014 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 36Tango
Houseboats, or any boat with a generator for that matter, can also put stray current into the water.

If you feel a "tingle", swim away!
Just had a 7 year old kid killed in Miami from the pool light, an adult felt the tingle and was screaming to get out but the kid swam right to the source (pool light) and it killed him. http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/7...255735721.html
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Old 05-19-2014 | 05:22 PM
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My then girl friend's son was in his last year of law school. He came home to her house on Lake Washington while on break. He tossed a ball for their dog to fetch off their dock. We later surmised the dog was electrocuted first and her son next while trying to rescue the dog. Both were found dead washed onto shore. His watch had been removed and was on the dock. The boat lift that got them was a home made project using an 'inside' motor for an outside job using a 35 amp breaker and no GFI. This was tragic.
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Old 05-19-2014 | 06:07 PM
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When you had the generator running on our Bluewater Yacht, and hooked up shore power then switched the power to shore but had not shut the generator off it would shock you in the water behind the boat. I have tried it with two other Bluewater's and both did the same thing.
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