They're like that in this apartment we're renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don't get it.
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UK household electricity is pretty spicy compared to many other places - it has more safety features as a result. (3 pinned fused plug, socket switches etc)
The rest of Europe has 220V as well and they don't have switches on their outlets.
I have been with 110v plenty of times used to wire houses in my youth. Been hit once with 220v knocked me on my ass for 3 days. I stopped being so cavalier after that I wish they had those outlets vs the midevil outlets the US has.
Isn't it just 230v 50 Hz like most of the world?
Apparently around 65-70 % of the world population (with access to electricity) has 230v 50 Hz.
How is it more "spicy" than anywhere else in Europe?
I was mainly referring to almost all of the American continent(s), lots of Africa, China and a few other places too. I didn’t think I’d mentioned Europe.
The many other places is the US
And Japan, and Canada, and Mexico, and the majority of South America, and a handful of countries in Africa and the Middle East.
A lot of dodgey wiring.
In our defence, most of that is legacy from the post war rebuild (copper shortages etc). The modern regs are comparable or better than a lot of places.
There's enough of the dodgy stuff around that it needs to be accounted for, but it's being phased out as new stuff it built or renovated.
Do they have the wiring on the outside of the houses so it's easier to repair?
I've heard in UK they tend to do such things.
No, it's usually buried in the wall behind the plasterboard. Although it is possible to use surface trunking. It's quicker and therefore cheaper to use trunking with less making good afterwards
It was a joke on UK putting water pipes on the outside of their houses.
Making them sometimes freeze and burst in the winter, but it's easier to repair. 😋
Hmm the only water pipes I’ve ever seen outside are for the garden hose 🤔
Well duh, they freeze and burst in winter so they obviously need to be outside for easier repair! Think of the mess they would make if they were inside the walls.
Absolutely, it's not the UK that are crazy, it's everybody else.