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@Erpel he is very handy in burning houses down.
@melroy @Erpel Not if the sink is connected to neutral and the cooker is connected to live
@tryst @melroy @Erpel I'm very confused too cause I thought they sound like North American voices both but I see 50Hz. I was about to say if that said 60Hz even worse because it means both sides of the hot are connected, one to each @.@
@KayOhtie @tryst @melroy @Erpel I doubt this is the original audio; Iโ€™ve heard the same one used in a video of a thermal camera on an overloaded wire in a breaker panel
@SuperSluether @tryst @melroy @KayOhtie The audio is some old recording from England, if I remember correctly.
It's kind of a meme now especially under professional electricians.

(Training some myself, this kind of video is always nice to make people think about electrical safety)

@Erpel @SuperSluether @melroy @KayOhtie @tryst I once had a customer who said "I get a shock when I touch the sink and the washing machine"

Told them not to touch the sink and the washing machine!

I then proceeded to touch the sink and the washing machine. Oooh tingly!

I'll just touch it again to make sure. Yep. That's an electrical fault!!!

@SuperSluether @melroy @KayOhtie @tryst @Jencen Depending on the voltages a RCD (GFCI in north America) should catch that.

we feel way smaller currents than the ones that make those trip rhough
@Erpel @SuperSluether @melroy @KayOhtie @tryst I'd say it was about 5-10 mA
But a lot of houses UK side still don't have RCD stuff. I imagine it's more now than when I was a site spark 15 years ago.
But that was the main part of the business at the time. Board changes to meet RCD regs
@Jencen @Erpel @SuperSluether @melroy @KayOhtie Had this exact fault at my parents' in Italy. The supply was TT, but the spark had wired it as TNC-S, so there was a few volts between the CPC and the water pipe. A ground rod and separating N and E fixed the problem.
@Jencen @SuperSluether @melroy @KayOhtie @tryst TN-C-S by accident is not something I hear very oftenโ€‹โ€‹
@Erpel @SuperSluether @melroy @Jencen @KayOhtie The sparky was not competent. My great uncle Guido knew someone who could "do it cheaper" than a qualified electrician. There are so many issues with that installation.
@tryst @Jencen @Erpel @SuperSluether @melroy @KayOhtie This type of mixup is very common where I live! It's Belgium, so homes here are TT, but very close to Germany and with many Germans living here who are used to TNC-S.