"Thanks, Mr. Goodretch!" 🙄
That sounds like something I'd do. I think I speak for a lot of folks when I say that I despise such attempts to make consumer devices non-user-serviceable.
That sounds like something I'd do. I think I speak for a lot of folks when I say that I despise such attempts to make consumer devices non-user-serviceable.
Tubelab: Once you begin to master "Air Ministry" nuts bolts and plumbing; everything else seems EZ
Now I see your picture - yes, a UK type shaver plug.
We have shaver outlets in our bathrooms which are transformer isolated for safety and accept this type of plug.
It doesn't fit your adaptor? That's strange.
traderbam
Looks like you need to add a UK to Euro adaptor: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-Travel-...2+Pin+Plug+Euro+Adapter&qid=1668207946&sr=8-5
Looks like you need to add a UK to Euro adaptor: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-Travel-...2+Pin+Plug+Euro+Adapter&qid=1668207946&sr=8-5
My research reveals that the use of not earthed sockets and plugs ended in the UK in 1970 following the introduction of the BS 4573 standard which defined 2-pin shaver sockets and plugs. They are the only not earthed domestic sockets allowed nowadays in the UK.
Of course, they have an isolation transformer (at least here they have). PE would be more dangerous.
What is allowed nowadays and what one sees in reality is sometimes different.
What is allowed nowadays and what one sees in reality is sometimes different.
Absolutely! I was at a very large cottage/residence in the Gatineau region of Quebec. Our bedroom had an en suite with a lovely Bear claw footed tub/shower with a wrap around curtain.
I could part the curtain and switch off the lights while standing in the tub!⚡
That’s not to code even a little bit and the place wasn’t that old.
Here too. I mentioned the isolation transformer in UK bathroom shaver sockets earlier.
Good grief! You could have switched your own lights off.
Gatineau is really nice, though.
Dodgy showers are pretty well standard in holiday accommodation.
Tape bomb connections are standard in come countries.
Tape bomb connections are standard in come countries.
That picture could be from a US Army shower. A few years ago some serviceman got electrocuted in a shower in Iraq due to poor electrical practice.
Grounding of piping is critical at times.
As another aside my mom once had a light over her kitchen sink that was not GFI protected and could be easily contacted while touching the faucet.
Got that fixed for sure.
Grounding of piping is critical at times.
As another aside my mom once had a light over her kitchen sink that was not GFI protected and could be easily contacted while touching the faucet.
Got that fixed for sure.
I have never seen a photo of one of those shower heads with a sooty star printed on it so at a guess they are so cheap that if you call room service and tell them that the tape bomb has gone off they just pick another new one and a roll of tape from a box behind the desk and come to your room and fit a new one and arm it with a new tape bomb.
A few years ago I spotted a much bigger tape bomb in a local city street not that far from my home.
A few years ago I spotted a much bigger tape bomb in a local city street not that far from my home.
In the Danish Army we used to say, "Recruits are cheap. A new one only costs a postage stamp".
That tape bomb reminds me of a wooden utility pole in the neighbourhood where I used to live. It got struck by a large truck that was hauling a house (yes, really!) off the street. That utility pole remained wrapped in caution tape for over a year even though it was all but snapped in half.
Tom
That one was also like that for about a year before it was removed and replaced with another one against a wall.
A story about why the rebels clung to the pound and yard.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/22/retro_metric_imperial/
Tommy Jefferson was hep to the Metric thing. But a war came up. Later (I think typo on the date) he asked the French to send a KiloGram and a Meter. Somehow pirates (OK, privateers) intercepted the ship, the courier died before ransom. Then the French got annoyed at the US for not rushing to their aid against the Brits. Then Napoleon messed with the Metric system.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/22/retro_metric_imperial/
Tommy Jefferson was hep to the Metric thing. But a war came up. Later (I think typo on the date) he asked the French to send a KiloGram and a Meter. Somehow pirates (OK, privateers) intercepted the ship, the courier died before ransom. Then the French got annoyed at the US for not rushing to their aid against the Brits. Then Napoleon messed with the Metric system.