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While sibling comments mentioned a bit about differences in building approach with heavy use of brick and concrete in Europe, at times it reaches into cultural
by p_l 6y ago
While sibling comments mentioned a bit about differences in building approach with heavy use of brick and concrete in Europe, at times it reaches into cultural incomprehension.
When US action movies started to show up more in Poland, many people joked how american movies exaggerate things by using cheap plywood scene sets for houses. Finding out that american homes are actually built like that was a bit of a shock to many.
- rootusrootus 6y agoTo be fair, a little 4.9 earthquake counts as one of the biggest ever recorded in Poland.
- why_Mr_Anderson 6y agoAnd if you know anything about electrical wiring, do not look up how they do it in those plywood houses in US, any European building inspector would have a heart attack :)
- p_l 6y agoI get shivers just from the standard outlets in USA...
- mikewarot 6y agoWhat's wrong with our outlets? We've got less voltage, and a ground plug that makes contact first. When the outlet is in a room with water, or outdoors, it goes through a ground fault interrupter to keep people from being electrocuted. We reserve 220 volt outlets and higher voltages (3 phase 480, etc) for the larger loads, and those plugs are huge, and not something found in a typical home.
- lmilcin 6y agoWhile this is all true, less voltage comes with a price and that is more current. 2 times less voltage === 4 times more heating for the same resistance (heating is calculated from R times I^2). This means that short circuits, wiring problems are potentially much dangerous.