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Psst, has anyone told them that it doesn't?Some countries put the electrical outlets about 1' below where we normally mount wall switches. To them, it makes sense.
Psst, has anyone told them that it doesn't?Some countries put the electrical outlets about 1' below where we normally mount wall switches. To them, it makes sense.
Psst, has anyone told them that it doesn't?
:lol:I love it how there is currently a three page thread on electrical sockets.
We have them down by the floor with the switches on. It just makes it easier with chargers and stuff to switch them off but leave them plugged in. Most stuff I just leave on though.Some countries put the electrical outlets about 1' below where we normally mount wall switches. To them, it makes sense.
I've always called the computer style sockets "Euro-leads", or, if somebody doesn't know what I am referring to, "kettle-leads.
And finally Australian plug
^ Hmm, well they are uncommon here. I don't even have one in my bathroom, but I do have this weird test mechanism thing on mine that I'd not seen until now. Hah, like my electrical outlets came with a instruction manual.
https://pic.armedcats.net/s/sh/shawn/2009/02/22/DSC_0521.JPG
Yes, but they seem to like their outlets with moving parts, so... :shrug:
And there is a certain amount of logic for them to have it there... but not much.
That's because the fuses come before the electrical outlet, and are in a grey control panel somewhere in the building.I've never seen a US/Euro plug with a fuse built in.
That "test" is actually a Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) and is required on all plugs in a bathroom or within a given proximity to a water source. They have been required under the building codes for many years. In the event of an electrical fault (such as dropping a hair dryer in the sink) the GFI will trip and shut the circuit off much faster than waiting for it to trip the main breaker.
Standing on a UK plug, is twice as bad as getting kicked in the nuts.