ElectroBOOM Stalks Sydney

[EEVblog]

53 minutes single take randomly walking the streets of Sydney with Mehdi from Electroboom. That is all.




Mehdi's Australia video:

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And the original teaser:

[SiliconWizard]

Question is, has he made anything blow up in your own lab? Or maybe you weren't fool enough to allow him into it?

[EEVblog]

Question is, has he made anything blow up in your own lab? Or maybe you weren't fool enough to allow him into it?

He didn't have time to come to the lab unfortunately. This was a family trip for him, not a work trip.

[John B]

He also received a pretty narrow idea of things across the country. Even I was a bit surprised that old parts of Sydney have electrical distribution that look like it's 100 years old, or a third world country. I would have thought things would have been upgraded over the decades, especially with those inner Sydney council rates.

[EEVblog]

He also received a pretty narrow idea of things across the country. Even I was a bit surprised that old parts of Sydney have electrical distribution that look like it's 100 years old, or a third world country. I would have thought things would have been upgraded over the decades, especially with those inner Sydney council rates.

As I understand it, there is no requirement to upgrade existing switchboards unless you do a complete rebuild. And these old terrace houses can't be rebuilt because they are all heritage listed, so stuck in time they remain.

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(…) I would have thought things would have been upgraded over the decades, especially with those inner Sydney council rates.

It’s pretty much the same in Poland. For Soviet-era buildings, often the sole upgrade inside the apartment is replacing cork fuses with a resettable version. Two circuits (mains outlets, ceiling lighting), no grounding in outlets, no GFCI.

It’s only different for modern buildings and commercial ones (like hotels).

[ozcar]

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As I understand it, there is no requirement to upgrade existing switchboards unless you do a complete rebuild. And these old terrace houses can't be rebuilt because they are all heritage listed, so stuck in time they remain.

I'm not sure about the "complete rebuild" part. I've heard of some people having to get switchboards brought up to current requirements, at their expense, simply in order to update the meter. And, such updates are not always customer-initiated, they can be because of electricity retailer meter replacement programs. Some people faced with this issue have been advised to change to a different retailer that has not (yet) decided to upgrade meters for all their customers, but that is probably just delaying things a bit.

[EEVblog]

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As I understand it, there is no requirement to upgrade existing switchboards unless you do a complete rebuild. And these old terrace houses can't be rebuilt because they are all heritage listed, so stuck in time they remain.

I'm not sure about the "complete rebuild" part. I've heard of some people having to get switchboards brought up to current requirements, at their expense, simply in order to update the meter. And, such updates are not always customer-initiated, they can be because of electricity retailer meter replacement programs. Some people faced with this issue have been advised to change to a different retailer that has not (yet) decided to upgrade meters for all their customers, but that is probably just delaying things a bit.

Yes, I've heard that, but obviously still countless houses that have never been upgraded.