"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
08/24/2017 at 17:42 • Filed to: None
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"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
08/24/2017 at 17:42 • Filed to: None | 2
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Why? Because fuck window washers, that’s why!
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 17:53 |
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I don’t get this at all. Power outlets should always be on walls, maybe sometimes pointing down, but never pointing up.
It’s like those window switches right next to the window on Range Rovers that will get wet if the window is open.
ttyymmnn
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 17:59 |
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Why would you cut a big hole in a perfectly good piece of countertop/windowsill for an upward facing outlet? This is just stupid on so many levels.
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ttyymmnn
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 17:59 |
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Why would you cut a big hole in a perfectly good piece of countertop/windowsill for an upward facing outlet? This is just stupid on so many levels.
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AestheticsInMotion
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2017 at 18:06 |
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This is a good question.
I wish I had an equally good answer.
shop-teacher
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 18:16 |
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That’s always been my motto! ;)
$kaycog
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 18:16 |
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Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2017 at 18:17 |
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Sometimes there are weird code requirements. The builders put an outlet right in front of my kitchen sink. Most useless place ever. They told me they had to put so many outlets every something or other.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
08/24/2017 at 18:35 |
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In the wall? Cover it up and paint over it. The guy who remodeled our kitchen never mentioned anything like that. He put in a few extra outlets. It’s great.
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AestheticsInMotion
> $kaycog
08/24/2017 at 18:57 |
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Not the worst I’ve seen. Brace yourself
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$kaycog
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 18:59 |
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Scary!
Takuro Spirit
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 19:03 |
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Because you used to own a bar, and need somewhere to plug in your old PABST signs?
lone_liberal
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 19:08 |
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Nice view, though. That is if somebody could wash the windows so you could see through them.
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AestheticsInMotion
> shop-teacher
08/24/2017 at 19:11 |
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Bad!
diplodicus forgot his password
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 19:20 |
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Why did they feel the need to caulk that.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2017 at 19:21 |
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No, it’s in the wood just below the lip of the sink. I’d post a pic if I were home. It’s the strangest thing. At least they put a brown wall plate on it.
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AestheticsInMotion
> diplodicus forgot his password
08/24/2017 at 19:22 |
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A master caulker shows off his skills wherever he can
Svend
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 19:28 |
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I’ve always thought European sockets were bad, and American socket were lethal.
British sockets (though twice the voltage of American ones) have so many safety things from earth point, switch, built in dust/safety cap, etc...
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Svend
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2017 at 19:30 |
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Upwards facing sockets without dust covers or caps is a stupid idea and a fire hazard especially as U.S. Sockets don’t have switches and so are always live.
Sovande
> AestheticsInMotion
08/24/2017 at 19:35 |
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
08/24/2017 at 19:39 |
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Let’s hope that, at the very least, they are on a GFCI circuit.
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Svend
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2017 at 20:39 |
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‘GFCI circuit’?
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
08/24/2017 at 21:22 |
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A ground fault circuit interrupter ( GFCI ), also called Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) or Residual Current Device (RCD) is a device that shuts off an electric power circuit when it detects that current is flowing along an unintended path, such as through water or a person.
These outlets are pretty common in kitchens and bathrooms where there is water present. But you don’t need to have a GFCI plug in a bathroom if there is one somewhere else on the circuit. For example, I have one in the garage that is powering my freezer, and it is on the same circuit as the outlet in the bathroom. Therefore, the bathroom is still protected. I’m pretty sure these are required by the building code.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> diplodicus forgot his password
08/24/2017 at 21:24 |
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Keep all the spiders in.
0_0
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Svend
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2017 at 04:01 |
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Our houses operate on a main circuit, that is then broken into separate circuits for downstairs lights, downstairs mains sockets, upstairs lights, upstairs mains sockets, kitchen, etc... with each circuit having a circuit breaker, additionally each plug is fitted with a fuse.
So there is redundancy after redundancy, etc...
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diplodicus forgot his password
> Svend
08/25/2017 at 07:27 |
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That’s how US works as well. Are plugs are not fused though, I’m guessing that’s the European equivalent of a GFCI. Since you have CB for current overload situations.
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Svend
> diplodicus forgot his password
08/25/2017 at 09:22 |
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I’m only aware of more recent European plugs having fuses and some having earth’s. The U.K. Has a very different system to Europe. European plugs, certainly some as there are several systems in place in Europe as a whole but in the most part it’s similar to yours, only their wall sockets are more proud and the plug itself goes into a recess so it’s not putting any undue pressure on the pins which are round to America’s, flat.