Ungrounded power cord: Will I die?

02-01-12: Kijanki
Their logic is a little fuzzy.

It makes me curious about how much some of these companies know about power grid, cords, and other products they make. Any electrical engineer knows about the risk.

Maybe this was brought to their attention, and they put the risk, warning part in the manual to help keep them from getting into trouble if they go into litigation. They can say the customer didn't take the warning serious.

That pin removal was, or still is a selling feature for them.

Those ground adapters are banned in Nova Scotia Canada.
Also, a college professor was electrocuted using one. So that shows it can happen. That's in the Wiki link. Link [http://www.gov.ns.ca/lae/electricalsafety/esbadapterplugs.asp]Wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater_plug]

Hi all ! This is a short story about how I almost died from my refrigerator . I noticed my freezer smelled like bad food . So I went through all the questionable food (lots of it as I am single) and threw it out , wiped out the fridge and freezer . Next day , freezer and fridge smelled like bad food again , cleaned out everything wiped out freezer and fridge . Next morning get up , grab fridge door and bang !!! Grabbed the crap out of me , I couldnt let go of the door handle , finally fell down and was able to let go . Reason ? I lifted the ground as it would make a popping noise through my speakers when the compressor came on . I plugged the fridge into a 2 plug noise filter . One of the wires inside the fridge was burnt and was touching the cabinet . 1 in a million ? Not good enough odds for me when messing with electricity . Thanks for reading....brad

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Glad to hear you are OK, but how does stinky food relate to the wire being burned?

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Yes. Let us know the date of your funeral. :) :)

Hi all ! The insulation on the wire was burning and causing the smell I thought was bad food . Moral of the story.... dont mess around with any voltage , 120 volts will kill you as easy as 480v .