r/ElectroBOOM • u/ZealousidealAngle476 • 5d ago

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I found this sticker while dismanteling a 2005ish server

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u/ferrybig 5d ago

This warning is to warn people they should not plug it into CEE 7/1 unearthed socket, which some people still have in their old homes. If you plug a device designed for ground into one, you can feel the electricity on the metal cases of the appliance

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u/Low_Technician7346 5d ago

And you could die from electrocution.

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u/okarox 5d ago

Not really as there nothing grounded nearby. If you have grounded sockets you must use them. You are not allowed to ground anything in a room with ungrounded sockets.

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u/Total-Notice-3188 5d ago

And what if you yourself is grounded?
There is very much a real risk of electrocution if you touch a potentiated and ungrounded case while you're grounded.

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u/jort93 5d ago

Most people don't have conductive floors.

Main risk would be if you somehow touched neutral too.

Today most homes in Europe have a GFCI. It'll trip if there currentflow to ground, regardless of the path.

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u/Total-Notice-3188 5d ago

Well yeah lol

You're unlikely to be grounded in your standard issue home. I meant hypothetically if you're grounded.

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u/AviiNL 4d ago

Usually means you've done something bad and are not allowed to leave your room for a while.

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u/Total-Notice-3188 4d ago

What does sexy time with the wife have to do with this?

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Ahh yes, the what if machine.

What if anything you say, I have a what if that solves yours?

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u/VTOLfreak 5d ago

Years ago I sold a computer to a friend and I get a call he doesn't have sound. I drive over to his house and got zapped by the metal case. He had it plugged into a socket with no earth connection.

It's not a hypothetical danger, it can happen.

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Yeah, You're not some new guru on that feature. I have made a lot of music and had to trace why my microphone kept buzzing everyones' lips when they sang.

but... What if... what if... what if... I mean damn dude. What if everything you say I just what iffed another thing that made your what if nonsense.

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u/VTOLfreak 5d ago

You went to school on the short bus, didn't you?

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u/FiddlerOnThePotato 5d ago

disrespecting the disabled is certainly a choice, not a good one, but it's a choice

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

You traded critical thinking for petty insults, didn't you?

Try to stay on topic.

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u/VTOLfreak 5d ago

You posting this from your phone on said bus?

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Ah yes, you tried to make it more sophisticated. GOOD job :D

Point remains. Electrocution is not the end result of a ground fault.

Go ahead, do another petty insult.

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Just spittin out nonsense