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Inside a heated shower head. (suicide shower)

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What it is

BigClive tears down a heated electric shower head of the type common in some countries, often called a suicide shower. He examines the construction and the dangerous fault conditions, such as poor insulation and missing earthing.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it as a teardown from a YouTuber who dissects appliances, showing live wires in contact with water.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Big Clive also did a teardown and analysis of them, including the fault conditions that would make it dangerous”

    Teardown and analysis of shower heads including dangerous fault conditions

    sitharus, 2024-09 · Recommendation · in “Brazilian Electric "Suicide" Shower Heads [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: teardown, shower heater, mains voltage, electrical safety, bigclive

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