"I read recently somewhere about a case where an internal situation caused the exterior metal casing of a washing machine to become "HOT". The individual touched the washer and the faucet of the laundry sink, & became the conductor."
This is the concern of everything electrical, and is why there is an EGC; and why wasn't that event prevented by the EGC of the washing machine's cord and circuit opening the fuse/breaker?
