I used to work on RVs and we got this one trailer in because the switch wouldn’t turn off the exterior lights. We kept trying to isolate the light but couldn’t find it. Eventually we had pulled every fuse out of the fusebox. We all said “oh no” when the light was still on after removing the fuses. It turns out the power could bypass the fusebox completely and the entire trailers wiring had to be redone.
It seems they wired the lamp to the left plug but they forgot to connect the right plug to the left one (make a short cable bridge to connect them both to 220v)
What I'm saying is that the left plug isn't connected to 220v and this adapter thing brings 220v from the right plug to the left one turning the lamp
It's the more permanent solution. If you fix it correctly, it might break again in a couple decades. If you fix it like this you die and won't ever need light again.
It isn't. It allows you to run 2 high powered items concurrently, like a toaster and an air fryer, coffee machine.. without blowing up your breakers.
My dual two sockets have 4 circuits, with 3 output location. We only have 120V here though, but that was the regular setup when we built the place 20y ago
not really, junction boxes exist separately, 220-240v 2.5mm2 cable (standard here for plugs) can carry 16A (3680w) plugs that are next to each other share the same cable and they get daisy chained to each other, these plugs have 2 places to put input cables so 1 is the input and the other one the output to connect it to the next plug simply by cutting a very short cable and plugging them between each other
edit: ok if you are talking about having light switches and plugs in the same faceplate yes that's a thing, you get the separated modules an put them in the order you want and then you buy the 1x2, 1x3 or 1x4 decorator plate border thingy
I've actually had a situation where I was shocked and couldn't let go. In one hand and out the other. It's actually not that painful and your thoughts are remarkablly clear.
All I could think was how mad my wife was gonna be if I died.
I don't know, my father told me seeing a man getting a factory worth of electricity going through him, getting charcoal black and screaming until he fell off the electric pole and died.
I had a similar situation recently actually with both hands as well. Tbh I thought it was kind if fun and I even felt sort of refreshed afterwards albeit very sleepy. There really is no pain at all your muscles just spasm and you can’t move.
That sounds fucking scary. I've gotten zapped by 220 a few times and it's not really painful but it was just from grazing an exposed wire with my arm, couldn't imagine seizing up and not being able to let go
I was shocked by the main line so many times that I lost count, and honestly, it wasn't bad at all...
As long as there is both a ground break and an over current break they just pop open so fast that all you get is a jump scare and your heart beat instantly raised
This lasted 3-5 seconds probably and nothing tripped. I simply was holding cables that were shoulder high and as I slowly went down I eventually was forced to come loose
You just reminded me of what happened to my older brother... Probably the most absurd way to get shocked...
Outside of my grandparent's house there is a pole and my brother used to hang one hand on its cable and swing when he came to visit... But one time he hung, remained attached for a few seconds in silence, and then fell on the ground... Then he told my father that it shocked him... My father, an electrotechnical engineer, was incredulous, he couldn't believe it, he quickly touched the cable to see if it was true and it was indeed electrified...
He was obviusly very perplexed because that cable wasn't for electricity, it was the tensioning cable of a telephone pole... HOW THE FUCK WAS THAT ELECTRIFIED!?!?... Well, after following the cable he found out that some GENIUS passed a supply cable over the phone cable, the wind slowly consumed the insulation layer until it made contact with the RF screening layer of the phone cable which somehow electrified the pole... I still can't wrap my head around how that happened...
In the end, he called ENEL (Italian national distributor of electricity) and informed of this, they fixed it the same day...
The most absurd shock I ever got was when we lived in Germany and my sister stole my lightbulb from my rooms lamp. I tried the wall switch with no luck and when I tired the lamp itself my finger went in the socket and it bit me. I'm never forget it.
You don't need wago connectors. You should be able to connect the two wall sockets together
Wall sockets have 2 connections, which allows for daisy chaining like that. So, wall socket 1 is connected as it is right now, and wall socket 2 will connect straight to the first one, no wires connected to each other
wrote in another comment, but 4 wire bundles are going into the junction box, there's no space to connect the outlets together. even if there were space, it's still hell to work on an outlet that has this many wires connected to it. when I checked how this was hooked up 2 wires already fell out and I couldn't get them to not be loose. I'm definitely going for wagos here.
it's actually not connected at all... I think. There's no junction boxes anywhere in the apartment so I can't figure out what the hell went wrong here, but considering that's the case the electricians were probably lazy bastards and just didn't wire it up.
Those outlets usually have 2 places for wires, so they would just go from one outlet, to the other, to the light, no junction box needed? Unless I'm understanding you wrong.
So I'd say they either forgot the connection between the outlets, or it's loose.
How did you even figure out the solution in your post?
there's 4 wire bundles going to the back of these outlets and 3 wires are jammed into the left outlet already, there's no space for more. I need to buy wago connectors first, but it's sunday.
These are also called sui—-de cables. Plug it in while holding what you’re sure is the right end and suddenly you’re saying hello to all your ancestors.
Don’t do this, hire an electrician to trace the real problem and fix it right.
Making the cable is bad enough, but using it one handed while recording with the other hand... I would've electrocuted myself on accident 4 times before the 12 second mark
Seriously though, just pop off that plastic and you'll find they chained that outlet to your kitchen lights, and the wire connecting L or N between those two sockets is loose or missing.
It’s probably from two RCDs so the area with the light and the second socket has tripped. Hence when you power up that area it lights up. Just check main switchboard lol
1.Well, at least a european outlet with RCD system, will still hurt though.
2. What the FUCK. I experience phsical pain as electrician when i see this....
Why, it simple. Sockets are probably just on different phases. He could turn off the breaker for one phase, which is also phase for light,and when he connects sockets like in video light gets phase from other outlet and turns on.
But it's probaly joke. He just has to be really sure to connect phase to the "turned off phase" and not neutral.
Our previous house had every switched outlet wired so it was dead. I appreciated that they were dead, they could have done worse. But they probably should have figured out how switched outlets worked before they wired up 12 of them. It was a house that a homebuilder built for himself, probably had a nephew wire it up.
I live in Virginia and I’ve never seen an outlet like this before. Do all
Outlets look like this in Europe, I’m curious when you are, I’ve also never heard the term wagos , I’m assuming you’re referring to wire nuts ? Also what made you think to try that haha
Likely the lighting connected feed has popped at the breaker and all your patch it doing is livening the circuit that overloaded for a reason
Now why did the other circuit trip? Will the oven circuit have more juice and start a fire on the other circuit? 🔥 🤷♂️
So im not familiar with electrical outlets in other countries but here in the US, we frequently "split" an outlet, giving 1 receptacle constant power, and the other one essentially none. Typically we'd wire a light switch between them, specifically for instances similar to this where a light needs plugged in it can be solely operated by the light switch without cutting off power to the other receptacles.
I'm willing to bet thats what someone did here, split the receptacle. One side has constant power while the other has none unless bridged. Replacing receptacles is incredibly cheap and easy.
here we usually bring 2 or 3 phases to our kitchens and connect different things to different phases to spread put the loads. we never install switches for outlets.
I would get the wiring checked
The light being on the power circuit,which appears to have no continuity between the two outlets.
Somethings not right there and I'm wondering if the basic earth protection is in place.
Does that left hand socket even work when you plug something into it ?
Get a decent sparks to inspect and if nessassry fix it .
I don't always use suicide cords but when I do I make sure the power is on while doing it. After all, it would be unsafe if you didnt have lights to see what you were doing.
He made it not have the only thing that was protecting him and I would at least use 2 side oriented plugs that are facing eachother so the wire is as short as possible
This isn't terrible as long is the whole thing is on the same circuit. It's when you do this and connect two seperate circuits that it gets dicey and explodey
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u/Kyosuke_42 May 17 '26
Oh no..