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minus-squarepaholg@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·8 months agoAh yes, I’ll just replace all my power sockets, get rid of all my electronics, and only buy imported European electronics from now on. It’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of it before. Oh yeah, and rewire my whole house to 240 V. Easy peasy.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·8 months agoTo be fair, switching to 240v is pretty easy, just move the neutral to a hot leg in the fuse box.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoWouldn’t that hot leg need to be 180 degrees out of phase with the other?
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoYes but I was’t trying to write a book this morning.
minus-squareBgugi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI’m no electricityologist, but wouldn’t that make half your circuits 240V and the other half deadly 0V?
minus-squareNoFuckingWaynado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoMajor side benefit of finally having a decent vacuum cleaner…
Ah yes, I’ll just replace all my power sockets, get rid of all my electronics, and only buy imported European electronics from now on.
It’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of it before.
Oh yeah, and rewire my whole house to 240 V. Easy peasy.
To be fair, switching to 240v is pretty easy, just move the neutral to a hot leg in the fuse box.
Wouldn’t that hot leg need to be 180 degrees out of phase with the other?
Yes but I was’t trying to write a book this morning.
I’m no electricityologist, but wouldn’t that make half your circuits 240V and the other half deadly 0V?
Nope
Major side benefit of finally having a decent vacuum cleaner…