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There’s no question I was paying for his time. I’ll do my own electrical, mostly, but not 240. That stuff will kill you.
by GlenTheMachine 7y ago
There’s no question I was paying for his time. I’ll do my own electrical, mostly, but not 240. That stuff will kill you.
- icebraining 7y agoThat's a bit paranoid; plenty of Europeans with our 220V lines do our own electrical, and there are very few domestic deaths by electrocution.
- ben_bai 7y agoNitpicking: 230V +-10%, so on a good day it can be as high as 253V. But yes most people will work on it for their own, but shy away from 400V outlets.
- Symbiote 7y agoI think that's just familiarity. I've used 400V outlets, as they're the standard outlet in a European datacentre (for the UPS or PDU). Most people don't use them, and can be a bit uncomfortable even touching them. I can understand Americans also being fairly unfamiliar with a 240V outlet, taking more care with it, and preferring to employ a professional to install one.
- ben_bai 7y agoIt's just 3 phases with 230V each, which gives you 400V across individual phases. Same safety rules apply as on standard outlets, so yes, it really is just familiarity. Also lots of European households do have 400V outlets (we have 2 in our house, basement and garage). I even installed one temporarily in my living room for construction/remodeling and working with the required thick wires they are unconfortable to work with.
- hackeraccount 7y ago"very few". Well, that's a comfort.