enblethen wrote:
Try sticking two copper rods in wet organic soil about 2 inches apart and see what happens
Well since the standard copper rod is 10 feet long, That is, A WHOLE LOT MORE METAL than is what is in that outlet.
Try two 2 inch copper nails That is closer to the surface area.
As I said, Many hot-steam humidifiers you find at your local drug store have 2-3 times the metal in contact with the water than the outlet has in it and you still have to add salt.
And they run on a standard 15 amp circuit.
I am talking about things I have seen with my own eyes.. I am giving testimony here. Not 3rd hand, Not "I have read" but I have personally seen and/or fixed (Got the outlet out of the mud puddle)