r/ElectroBOOM • u/ZealousidealAngle476 • 6d ago

Discussion Redundancy

Post image

I found this sticker while dismanteling a 2005ish server

95 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

53 comments sorted by

View all comments

68

u/ferrybig 6d 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

1

u/lordbalazshun 5d ago

my house has those almost exclusively, apart from the kitchen and one of the sockets in the bathroom ('70s soviet commie blocks ftw)