Elon Musk *spawn*

New construction here (Canada) requires GFCI outlets, but I own a property that still has single wire power in places.

You're quite unlikely to die by electricity in your home unless you really try or have a pace maker. Breakers typically top out at about 30amps which is usually just enough to give you a good buzz. I can tell you with experience that the 700 amp battery in your car will set you on your ass if the rubber handle on your pliers has broken away. And then you need a hammer to get your pliers off the terminal.

 

You are weird

 

Up until about a decade or two ago, Japanese outlets very very rarely had a ground/earth socket. And even now it's fairly rare. lnstead in a lot of houses when they get a computer, they just have power strips with a ground/earth wire that you are supposed to ground. However, most people just screw it down with the screw that holds the faceplate of the outlet on. And those aren't always grounded. Well, that's if they even bother. Most times they just cut off the ground/earth prong and use them directly in the outlet or with a standard 2 prong extension cable.

Regards,
SB

 

Sir, what am I now supposed to do with my western stereotypical illusion that japanese are an impeccable example of proper form, engineering and guideline adoption?

 

Hmmm. Well, I'm not the one obssessing about the plumbing in other countries...

 

Other countries have humor.

 

Digi you can just buy a gfci outlet and replace one in the string to make the rest gfci. I once was plugging in an electric griddle and got shocked from one hand across chest to other hand and I was fine. Uncomfortable though.

I also got shocked from a broken distributor cap across chest (one hand was on bumper ground, other on the cap). Holy crap that was a good jolt.

 

But that it should be restored but to align with what I was saying earlier

Inevitably something like this would happen. We will have to wait for court to see what the details are but given the culture promulgated it seems all too believable.

 

Tesla has already lost a couple of racist work environment cases. The most recent to the tune of $137m. Their employees are usually forced into arbitration agreements to avoid public trials.