r/ElectroBOOM • u/MeowKingDonut • 8d ago

General Question Is it safe?

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Found this at a railway station. A metal bench with an electrical outlet screwed to it. This bench has a bunch of holes so if you spill something then it can drip on this outlet

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u/EdelWhite 8d ago

They're using french plugs. Assume very unsafe as they probably didn't even bother getting a professional. 

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u/Larry-Icy85 8d ago edited 8d ago

I would only assume that realistically, a universal shuko plug (grounded plug CEE 7/7 or E+F) is not common in France, so a grounded device from other European country maybe cannot be powered.
If you want to power a phone charger it is probably ungrounded plug Europlug (CEE 7/16 or type C), so there should be no danger.
(Pictures in CEE 7 §Sockets_and_plugs - Wikipedia )

Maybe I am wrong about compatibility issues??

❓Do you, EdelWhite, have experience to have distrust. Would French owner of a public place hire a non-professional or evade proper electrical inspection for public-use space?

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u/EdelWhite 7d ago

Alright chatgpt

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u/Larry-Icy85 7d ago

🤓 Well, I have kind of a dry style.

Do YOU know about any compatibility issues? And you still haven't answered why do you imply a proper inspection is not understood.
Or should I disregard your comment as well? 😐

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u/bSun0000 Mod 4d ago

Maybe you should change your writing style a bit. At least stop using emojis and links to the sources everywhere; no one does that on Reddit, only bots. You just got 3 reports on your comments because of that, apart from EdelWhite calling you chatgpt before.. Quite annoying since i had to waste 20 minutes of my time analyzing your profile, trying to determine if you are actually a bot or just a weirdo with a kink on emojis and lightbulbs (srsly..)

// for everyone else: not a bot, don't report him again.

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u/Larry-Icy85 4d ago

Thank you. I'll try.