How a Fire Under a Metal Barrel Becomes a Hot Tub #shorts - Video

A fire under a metal barrel is the dumbest hot tub there is, and every fix you add brings a new danger.

The bottom burns your feet, so you hang an electric heater on the side. A worn wire can zap the whole tub, so it goes on a safety outlet that cuts the power in a blink. Left on all night, the water gets hotter than you and you can doze off and slip under, so a dial stops it at 104°F, the heat of a bad fever. A pump that pulls through one small drain can pin you to the floor, so the drain gets a safety cover and a valve that lets air in and breaks the pull.

The jets throw a fine mist, and in water this hot chlorine barely touches some germs. Doctors call it hot tub lung, and almost every case comes from tubs indoors.

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