They’re like that in this apartment we’re renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don’t get it.

  • cooljimy84
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    173 months ago

    Being a uk person its cause they can & its also in to building / electric code. Its just a switch that breaks the live leg, stops sparking when plugging in stuff.

      • Flying SquidOP
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        133 months ago

        I’ve definitely had that happen to me, sort of at random, in the U.S.

        But it doesn’t seem to have any effect. It’s not like a gigantic spark and it’s pretty contained.

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            43 months ago

            Home electricity in North America has roughly half the voltage as elsewhere in the world, and double the voltage is double the arcing potential, so that figures.