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-Zydeco-: Nov 12, 2007

OwlFancier posted:

Americans I think do have special thingies in their bathroom sockets to stop them frying themselves, the UK I think does not, we just say you have to put the socket further away from a water source

Europe just puts the GFCI in the circuit breaker panel I believe and cover the whole home

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OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

europe may do a lot of intelligent things but the UK has interesting ideas about electricity so I would not rely on us to do anything sensible.

# ? Dec 9, 2020 19:39

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

If you like British building electrics, you�ll love British car electrics.

# ? Dec 9, 2020 19:40

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

OwlFancier posted:

europe may do a lot of intelligent things but the UK has interesting ideas about electricity so I would not rely on us to do anything sensible.

That's because British electricity causes 5g Covid.

# ? Dec 9, 2020 19:41

DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

American bathrooms and kitchens have to have GFCIs on each outlet in new construction, AND items like hair dryers are required to also build them into their plugs to cover older construction.

https://youtu.be/ILBjnZq0n8s

# ? Dec 9, 2020 19:52

Thomamelas: Mar 11, 2009

Platystemon posted:

If you like British building electrics, you�ll love British car electrics.

I'd love to own an XKE one day but I know I'd need to budget in the cost of having all of the electrical wiring replaced. And heavily documented.

# ? Dec 9, 2020 19:55

Foxfire_: Nov 8, 2010

-Zydeco- posted:

Europe just puts the GFCI in the circuit breaker panel I believe and cover the whole home

Depends on the country mostly and is a good idea, but not a substitute for individual socket GFCIs. The smaller the circuit, the lower you can set the trip current without running into nuisance trips. Breaker panel ones are typically 30mA which will protect equipment but not reliably protect people. US single socket ones are required to trip at 5mA. Ideally you have both (some European countries require this on new construction).

# ? Dec 9, 2020 19:56

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

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# ? Dec 9, 2020 20:43

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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Haschel Cedricson posted:

Someday I will remember that we mooch off of my sister-in-law's Amazon Prime account and that she'll be able to see items that I previously viewed. But apparently today is not that day.

And now it's out of stock, so...

# ? Dec 9, 2020 20:44

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

TSNEGPOVCH(?)
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# ? Dec 9, 2020 20:45

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

Foxfire_ posted:

Connecting wiring back together past two circuit breakers makes them not work for overload protection anymore. If you plug one of those cables into sockets that are on different breakers but the same electrical supply, current through the breakers can be under their limit while some wiring past them is over and starts a fire

GFCI would probably trip if one of them has a GFCI

Picking a voltage+frequency that triggers muscles wasn't the best decision in hindight. Should have done power grids on 400Hz or something like that

Look at this mfer who's never had the poo poo shocked out of them with 400hz 115v AC power

# ? Dec 9, 2020 21:05

Elviscat: Jan 1, 2008; Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

OwlFancier posted:

Americans I think do have special thingies in their bathroom sockets to stop them frying themselves, the UK I think does not, we just say you have to put the socket further away from a water source

You kinda do, it's called an RCD and it's like a GFCI but has a higher trip setpoint and typically trips the main breaker.

Or there's the weird isolation transformer workaround for bathrooms y'all have in hotels and poo poo.

EL BROMANCE posted:

As a non-electrician Brit who lives in the US, I think way too much about which power system I prefer from an end user point of view. It comes down to the rare but awful 'accidentally stepped on a UK plug' vs the '2 prong cable just fell out of the wall in the US' factors.

Germany and the US hosed everything up when they each took half of Tesla's recommended frequency and voltage, then went "nah" to the other half (US to voltage, Germany to Frequency)

The German reason for not adopting 60hz as standard is no poo poo "it's not metricy enough" which is even loving stupider than the US adopting 120V because Edison was basically the Elon Musk of the day just rage tweeting about the lethality of Alternating Current, murdering dogs, that type of thing.

# ? Dec 9, 2020 21:16

Foxfire_: Nov 8, 2010

Riot Carol Danvers posted:

Look at this mfer who's never had the poo poo shocked out of them with 400hz 115v AC power

Aircraft power shock will hurt like a bitch, but at least it won't lock up the muscles in your hand so you can't let go of the wire :science:

# ? Dec 9, 2020 21:25

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

Foxfire_ posted:

Aircraft power shock will hurt like a bitch, but at least it won't lock up the muscles in your hand so you can't let go of the wire

Fair point yeah

# ? Dec 9, 2020 21:34

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

# ? Dec 9, 2020 22:52

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

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# ? Dec 9, 2020 23:06

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

https://twitter.com/falican/status/1336587147231383552

# ? Dec 10, 2020 03:16

Yngwie Mangosteen: Aug 23, 2007

https://twitter.com/standplaats_krk/status/1336651217632628743?s=21

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-Zydeco-: Nov 12, 2007

https://twitter.com/Skweezy/status/1336879120156819457

# ? Dec 10, 2020 04:49

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

https://twitter.com/KylePlantEmoji/status/1336842768681902082

# ? Dec 10, 2020 05:11

freeedr: Feb 21, 2005

ultrafilter posted:

https://twitter.com/KylePlantEmoji/status/1336842768681902082

Is this a joke that Kyle is a random and obscure person or is KylePlantEmoji legit a famous person

I�m not too cool to know celebrities; I�m just out of touch and irrelevant

# ? Dec 10, 2020 14:56

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

Twitter famous

# ? Dec 10, 2020 15:03

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

The joke is that you don't want your irl employer to connect you to your shitposting account

# ? Dec 10, 2020 15:05

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

https://twitter.com/cursecats/status/1337030268343955456

Sound on.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 15:12

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

https://twitter.com/ATOMHAWK_/status/1336474044728655872

# ? Dec 10, 2020 15:15

Untrustable: Mar 17, 2009

Foxfire_ posted:

Aircraft power shock will hurt like a bitch, but at least it won't lock up the muscles in your hand so you can't let go of the wire

That's why you use the back of your hand to make sure nothing is live.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 15:41

Shai-Hulud: Jul 10, 2008; But it feels so right!; Lipstick Apathy

ultrafilter posted:

https://twitter.com/cursecats/status/1337030268343955456

Sound on.

How is a super chill cat threatening in any way?

# ? Dec 10, 2020 15:56

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

That cat has power over your immortal soul

# ? Dec 10, 2020 16:58

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Cocaine Bear posted:

https://twitter.com/ATOMHAWK_/status/1336474044728655872

I'm Canadian and even I thought that was Ted Cruz

# ? Dec 10, 2020 17:14

Shai-Hulud: Jul 10, 2008; But it feels so right!; Lipstick Apathy

Milo and POTUS posted:

That cat has power over your immortal soul

Well yes, but that's all cats.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 17:21

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

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# ? Dec 10, 2020 18:55

Stealth Tiger: Nov 14, 2009

Sound necessary

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# ? Dec 10, 2020 19:31

Yngwie Mangosteen: Aug 23, 2007

https://twitter.com/newsovietposter/status/1336846088339329030?s=21

# ? Dec 10, 2020 22:09

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

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# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:03

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# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:30

Captainsalami: Apr 16, 2010; I told you you'd pay!

divabot posted:

https://twitter.com/lerinjo/status/1336816324408963073

Off topic but thats uhhh...one hell of a red text, my friend.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:40

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Captainsalami posted:

Off topic but thats uhhh...one hell of a red text, my friend.

Holy poo poo lmao.

You have been annoying the right people!

$240 to $18,000 and back again several times.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:42

CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Wow the forum still has Bitcoin shills, what a world

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:45

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# ? May 12, 2024 07:32

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Captainsalami posted:

Off topic but thats uhhh...one hell of a red text, my friend.

constantly permabanned user s(e)raph84 has spent literally thousands of dollars reregistering here so he can post in the bitcoin thread once or twice and get perma'd again. These people don't have any consideration that they ever might be wrong.

Check out the leper's colony filtered to only permabans and hit citrl-F "sera"

https://forums.somethingawful.com/banlist.php?adminid=&actfilt=9&ban_month=&ban_year=#list

33 in the last month alone.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:58

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