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In the ex-USSR there was usually no grounding at all. All plugs had just 2 pins. Even if the socket is new, the wiring most often isn't. Everything works mostl
by thriftwy 4y ago
In the ex-USSR there was usually no grounding at all. All plugs had just 2 pins. Even if the socket is new, the wiring most often isn't.
Everything works mostly normal, except that you can have 110 (220/2 via capaciator bisection) volts with large impedance on "supposedly grounded" metal surfaces to give you minor shocks/uncomfortable feeling.
- brianwawok 4y agoMy house built in 1950s in the US is the same. Grounds were’t in style yet. There are very few things that actually need grounded. Kitchen appliances and laundry (which are both retrofitted with grounds).