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Further, the UK has twice the voltage which means twice the current will pass through you. The US 120v system is pretty safe in general. If you do something r
by edrxty 5y ago
Further, the UK has twice the voltage which means twice the current will pass through you. The US 120v system is pretty safe in general. If you do something really dumb it'll kill you but 120v isn't really that concerning compared to 230-240. The cutoff for dangerous voltages is usually considered to be around 60v.
- gumby 5y agoThe bulky UK plugs also have a longer ground, as do compliant plugs in Germany and Italy (at least)
- masklinn 5y agoYes, pretty much all european plugs are designed such that you can not connect the live before the ground is connected. In UK plugs, the connection of the neutral will also open the safety doors and allow connecting the live at all (that is not the case for mainland plugs, at least not the 7/7 ones). With respect to UK plugs, it's also common for them to have the live pins only half exposed, with the rest being insulator, to avoid the possibility of touching live pins while the plug is partially inserted. On the mainland the sockets tend to be recessed to work around the risk, but the "europlugs" (which are not grounded) almost all have this property as they can't really be "sealed in".