[Avodah] water and electricity

[David Riceman]

RMB:
>
> <<To really be similar, there has to be a load that does work only 
> when the
>
> circuit is closed.>>
Me:
>
> This misrepresents the CI's opinion.  He prohibited closing an 
> electric circuit because of boneh, not because of the work that it does.
Consider attaching a wire with a plug to a metal pole in the ground and 
plugging the wire in.  IIU the CI correctly he would prohibit that 
because of boneh, but it doesn't fit RMB's model.

David Riceman