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Deadly problem with house wiring
langwadt:
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--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 06, 2022, 06:26:31 pm ---It does appear that the equipment in the first portion of the video is connected via an ungrounded socket (not that such a thing has any business being used), which would indeed explain matters. Whether that is safe or not depends on further details we are lacking.
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As you said this, yeah. Looks like some extremely outdated garbage even with no recess for a plug, not to say earth connection. I don't think anything like this can be possibly legal these days. Electrician most likely won't be able to do anything with this as cable in the wall most likely does not contain an earth conductor. And therefore cannot be fixed without doing total rewiring.
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On other thought I googled for Danish plug and it uses an earth prong unlike a usual Schuko socket. However plug in the video seems to be a usual Schuko. Therefore socket may actually have an earth contact but a wrong plug was used so there is no earth connection.
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that's correct, and that why for stuff shuko that needs earth you should either replace the plug or get on of these:
https://elektronik-lavpris.dk/images/user_uploaded/2016/studio_2016-07-08_10:47:22.jpg
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