Water, especially salt water, conducts electricity, and if it reaches radio equipment the insulators will be rendered useless and the high voltages will flash over, causing burning and serious damage throughout the equipment .
Amanzi, ingakumbi amanzi etyuwa, ayawenza umbane, kwaye ukuba athe adibana nesixhobo zikanomathotholo isixhobo sokunqanda umbane sakubonwa njengesingenamsebenzi kwaye ivolthsi eziphezulu zizakutshisa, nto leyo enokuthi ibangele umlilo kunye nomonakalo omandundu kuzo zonke izixhobo.