Name:   Shortbus - Subject:   tragedy in Sandy Date:   7/20/2021 11:52:05 AM

In most cases, yes.

For a disaster to happen, you need three things.

1st, the ground connection goes bad or open.

2nd, the hot side of the line somehow makes contact with the ungrounded motor case.

3rd, someone bridges between the hot metal and true ground, the lake.

Say a jackleg electrician says the lift doesnt need a ground wire to work and doesn't hook it up.

Then he strips the insulation on the black (hot) wire wrong and lets it touch the metal case of the motor.

Thats all you need for disaster to strike.

Even if your ground fault power cord or breaker is hooked to the jackleg example above, you still should be safe.