so I'm tired as all get out of the kids in the outdoor pool getting in the lap lanes:frustrated: But that isn't my gripe. Decided that I would go back to the indoor pool today. Our indoor pool has a fairly high-A line type of roof. When I walk into the pool area one of the guards has an electric fan hooked up by an extension cord on the deck (not exactly in water, but water around/close to it) pointing up at him in the guard chair. I question him about the safety of that and his reply was that he was hot. I'm sure it is a lot hotter up in the chair than on the deck, but..... I went to the pool office and looked for the aquatics manager and she was at the other pool. I went up front to find some other management and according to everyone I talked to, no one was in their office. I decided not to swim today. For those of you who are familiar with pool safety, do you think I was over reacting?
Lainey
Counterpoint…
Yes, you may have overreacted. But how would you have known. And you should absolutely have pointed it out the pool management.
Any electrical outlet in the relative proximity of a swimming pool MUST be on a ground fault interrupt (GFI) circuit. So unless the guard had the fan on say a real long foot extension cord from a non-GFI circuit you are safe. And even if the fan was on a non-GFI circuit and the fan went into the water with you your chance of receiving a major electrical shock before the circuit breaks are practically none.
And how many of us have an electric pace clock standing next to the pool or the guards are playing a radio? If the pool was constructed to code, you are safe.
Counterpoint…
Yes, you may have overreacted. But how would you have known. And you should absolutely have pointed it out the pool management.
Any electrical outlet in the relative proximity of a swimming pool MUST be on a ground fault interrupt (GFI) circuit. So unless the guard had the fan on say a real long foot extension cord from a non-GFI circuit you are safe. And even if the fan was on a non-GFI circuit and the fan went into the water with you your chance of receiving a major electrical shock before the circuit breaks are practically none.
And how many of us have an electric pace clock standing next to the pool or the guards are playing a radio? If the pool was constructed to code, you are safe.
