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