OT: Canadian mains sockets?

[Daniel Mandic]

Nonsense. "Double insulated" i.e. Class II equipment is perfectly
legal in the UK but requires at least a 'false' plastic earth 'pin'
to open up the safety shutters preventing ( particularly child )
access to the live and neutral terminals. I did actually electrocute
myself as a kid through curiousity with the previous standard of
un-shuttered UK mains plugs.

Graham

Hi Graham!


I have stucked a knitting needle into a wall-socket when I was five.
All I can remember is, that it made BANG... and I have thought I am in
an other dimension (dizzy, with much headroom). Pheew...
The next time I had contact with ~8y... don't ask me why I have put my
fingers into the "empty" lamp-socket of my desk-lamp .



Kind regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Eeyore]

Eeyore wrote:
I did actually electrocute myself as a kid through curiousity with

I certainly hope not Graham, as technically, you would be dead! As the
definition of word is death by electric shock. It`s a common mistake tho.

Was I 'electrified' instead then ?

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

Hi Graham!

I have stucked a knitting needle into a wall-socket when I was five.
All I can remember is, that it made BANG... and I have thought I am in
an other dimension (dizzy, with much headroom). Pheew...
The next time I had contact with ~8y... don't ask me why I have put my
fingers into the "empty" lamp-socket of my desk-lamp .

In my case it was a hair clip of my mother's I used. In my 20's I did once
unintentionally touch the terminal of a valve amp storage cap desite
leaving it off for some time intentionally to let the bleed resistors do
their work ( obviously inadequate ). I got a severe surprise and a tiny
brown dimple burnt in the tip of my right index finger IIRC. A pair of
pliers went flying too, luckily just missing a window.

Transistor amps ( of the wattage I design ) are more forgiving. It's just
a bit of a tingle with them. I was well known in the lab for going "Oooh
!".

Graham

 

[greg]

Was I 'electrified' instead then ?

Or maybe you did actually die but didn't notice,
and you've been walking around as a zombie ever
since...