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| Topic | A 16-Year-Old Dies After Being Electrocuted By His Headphones |
| dancer62 12/26/18 2:13:45 AM #5: | Has to be a constructed story. I can't imagine earbud wires carrying enough current to melt plastic before burning themselves out. Even if they were plugged directly into a light socket. Then imagine the transformer in a charger shorting out and shooting 110 or 220 VAC into the battery of a cell phone, ipod, or whatever, likely just fry the charging diode, maybe explode the Lithium battery, but earbuds? That's one that doesn't even need Mythbusters or Snopes. Edit: Yep, found it on Snopes: unproven --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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