Charlie StrossFeb 5

RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

Notes for Americans:

1. Until 1992 you had to wire your own plugs onto new electrical appliances in the UK (they were sold without pre-molded plugs).

2. Mains voltage is 230VAC, not 110VAC. It'll kill ya.

3. If you follow ChatGPT's advice *YOU WILL DIE*.

Show threadSteve MitchellMar 1
@cstross My mum once sent me this photo with an explanation that she had dropped the iron and wanted to know if I thought it was still safe to use. Even though I will inherit the house when she goes, I did tell her not to use it until I had a chance to fit a new plug
Show threadCadbury Moose

@SteveMino @cstross

I've seen worse: an acquaintance had a "buy to let" as part of their retirement funding, and one set of tenants made unauthorised (and frankly fucking dangerous) modifications to the electrics, including an outside floodlight for the back garden, connected via "twin & earth" cable to a 13 Amp plug. The cable was too big for the plug so they simply didn't fit the back cover at all. (I should have photographed that in situ but just cut the plug off immediately.) 3:O((>

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