STRAY VOLTAGE IN POOLS AND
LAKES.
ELECTROCUTING SWIMMERS IN HERE
JUST HAVING FUN.
WHEN YOU HEAR A TOPIC LIKE THAT,
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING TO
YOURSELF.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
HOW OFTEN DOES THAT REALLY
HAPPEN?
AND COULD IT REALLY HAPPEN TO
ME?
THE ANSWER IS YES TO BOTH
QUESTIONS.
TWO, NEW DEADLY CASES IN THE
LAST WEEK.
AND THE SCARIEST PART OF ALL,
YOU WOULD HAVE NO IDEA LOOKING
TO IT, THAT A POOL IS
ELECTRIFIED UNTIL YOU SWIM UP TO
A LADDER AND TOUCH IT.
THERE'S A NEW DEVICE, GUYS.
IT'S CALLED THE SHOCK ALERT.
IT'S HERE RIGHT HERE.
IT CAN SPOT STRAY VOLTAGE BEFORE
YOU JUMP IN AND PROTECH YOUR
FAMILY.
THIS MORNING, WE'RE PUTTING IT
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST.
>> FEMALE ELECTROCUTED,
UNCONSCIOUS, BREATHING.
>> Reporter: PANICKED MOMENTS IN
NEW JERSEY.
THIS 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL, SWIMMING
IN A LAGOON WITH HER FRIENDS
OVER THE WEEKEND, SUDDENLY
SHOCKED WITH ELECTRICITY.
AFTER TOUCHING THE RAILING OF
THIS BOAT LIFT.
SHE LATER DIED.
>> VERY SAD.
I MEAN, I WAS OVERTAKEN.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THERE
WAS STRAY VOLTAGE.
ALSO THIS WEEKEND IN OHIO, A
19-YEAR-OLD ELECTROCUTED IN THE
WATER AT THIS MARINA.
HE DIDN'T MAKE IT, EITHER.
MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN IN
SWIMMING POOLS.
LOOK AT THIS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN
FLORIDA, AS SOON AS SHE TOUCHES
THE RAIL, SHE IS SHOCKED AND
GOES LIMP.
HER FATHER PULLING HER TO
SAFETY.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE
WATER.
>> Reporter: HER BROTHER ALSO
SHOCKED BY THE RAILING.
LEFT IN THE WATER FOR 15 SECONDS
BEFORE HE'S PULLED OUT, TOO.
LUCKILY, THEY BOTH SURVIVED.
WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?
WHY IS THERE ELECTRICITY IN A
POOL OR A LAKE?
>> THERE'S ALL SORTS OF POWER
AROUND A COOL.
OUTLETS, LIGHTS, PUMPS.
THERE CAN BE A LOOSE WIRE AROUND
THAT LIGHT.
AND THERE'S VOLTAGE IN THE
WATER, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL ELECTRIC
SHOCK DROWNING A SILENT KILLER.
>> Reporter: ONE LOOSE WIRE
BEHIND THAT POOL LIGHT?
>> THAT CAN CAUSE IT.
>> Reporter: THIS PRODUCT IS
CALLED SHACK EED SHOCK ALERT, TO SPOT
STRAY VOLTAGE IN THE WATER
BEFORE YOU GO IN.
LATE MONDAY NIGHT, WE FTRY IT
OUT.
THIS IS PRETTY SMALL.
>> THREE AAA BATTERIES.
>> Reporter: IT'S FLASHING
GREEN.
>> IT'S GOOD TO GO.
S TO TOSS IT IN THE POOL.
>> WALK IT AROUND THE PERIMETER
OF THE POOL.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> IT WILL HELP DETECT.
IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, IT NEEDS
TO BE CLOSE TO THE SOURCE.
>> IF IT'S FLASHING GREEN?
>> EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
IT'S SAFE TO WOMESWIM.
>> Reporter: NOW, FOR THE REAL
TEST.
CAN IT SPOT ELECTRIC CURRENTS?
HIS TEAM SETS UP SPECIAL WIRING
TO PURPOSELY ELECTRIFY THE POOL,
TURNING UP THE VOLTAGE AND
STICKING THE WIRE IN THE WATER.
WE HAVE THE WIRE IN THE WATER
RIGHT NOW.
WE KNOW THERE'S ELECTRICITY IN
HERE NOW.
>> DANGEROUS AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: AND THE ALARM WILL
GO OFF?
>> CONFIDENT.
>> Reporter: WOW, ALREADY.
BEEPING RED.
AND IT'S LOUD.
>> IT'S LOUD TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
STAY OUT OF THE WATER.
>> I WANT TO WALK IT DOWN TO THE
OTHER END OF THE POOL.
I FIND IT INTERESTING HOW FAR
VOLTAGE TRAVELS.
WE'RE ON THE OTHER END OF THE
POOL.
LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S STILL BEEPING RED ON THE
OTHER END OF THE POOL.
THIS IS HOW DANGEROUS VOLTAGE
IS.
IT CAN SAVE LIVES.
>> IT'S DESIGNED TO SAVE LIVES.
>> Reporter: PRETTY COOL.
WORKED EVERY TIME WE TRIED IT
OUT LATE LAST NIGHT.
THAT SHOCK ALERT, THAT PRODUCT
COSTS LESS THAN $150.
IF YOU DETECT ELECTRIC CURRENTS
IN YOUR POOL, THE FIRST THING
YOU WANT TO DO, IT SEEMS
OBVIOUS, BUT A GOOD REMINDER,
SHUT EVERYTHING OFF THAT'S
ELECTRIC.
THE JETS, THE LIGHTS, THE
FILTERS.
IF YOU HAVE A POOL, YOU WANT TO
BRING AN ELECTRICIAN OUT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SEASON TO CHECK
ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO
ADD TO THE LIST.
BUT YOU SEE HOW DANGEROUS AND
DEADLY THAT CAN BE.
>> HAD NO IDEA.
>> JEFF, GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> NOW, CHANGE GEARS.
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