[scohesc]

The anecdote of walking into a flooded band room to unplug a submerged power bar is uhh.... "shocking" to say the least.

I would never walk over to a live, submerged power bar to unplug it. Especially with your feet in the water. Very risky.

[thrawaway3292]

I can't get over the irony of doing this because one was previously wrong about something they thought they were right about.

[gumby]

Why? If both your feet are in the water (or one, for that matter) there’s no current flow. But do be sure to pull the plug from the wall by grasping the plastic cord and not touching anything else dry.

The rest of the time don’t ever pull the plug out by the cord, even though NEMA requires some appliances to use a power cord with a special bar in it to defend against such mistreatment.

[greatgib]

Personally I think that it is how you finish with a Darwin award. Being overly confident. Same kind of thing as driving a bicycle without a helmet because you are used to and never had a problem or like working on fixing your wall power plugs without stopping the electricity because "it is ok, you will not touch the metallic part of the live wires"

[netsharc]

> They are intellectually secure in the center of a vast mob; their wisdom was received, not crafted. It doesn’t need to be crafted, because it is already known, established, beyond question (but demonstrably wrong).

Fwiw I wouldn't do it either... But I guess if there's a valid reason, it's good to know the risk is apparently (as this article says...) exaggerated..

[rendang]

"Power bar" is that a Commonwealth English term? As an American, power bar sounds like something you would eat

[gumby]

It’s what we say in Australia.

If you purchase an edible “power bar” anywhere (not just America) you can be sure it has and can provide no power. It might have a little energy stored as a carbohydrate though.

[strken]

I live in Victoria and I've always called them powerboards. Which state/territory/island calls them "power bars"?

[gumby]

I say "board" too but hear "bar" sometimes in SA.