Nah. If it was a school there would be no need for the sign as the circuit breaker would have been tripped years ago (and never reset) as verified by the faded scorch marks around the edges. The outlet itself would also be clogged up with gum and other random things that students would have attempted to jam into it.
Voltage is not the only thing that makes electricity dangerous. Static shocks are commonly around 5,000V, and most people don’t feel them if they are less than 2,000V. But they are only around 5mA. A standard North American house socket at 120V is 15A, so is capable of 1800W. The majority of 220-250V countries have 10A sockets for 2200-2500W. At those levels, there is no appreciable difference in the dangers imposed by sticking a fork in a socket.
If anything, the US ones are more dangerous if you live somewhere with switches on the sockets like here in Australia.
The sockets are a bit different here, they have a switch on them to turn them on/off at the wall. We used to grab the led bulbs out of tech work and stick them in the socket and then plug the projector or whatever else was there and leave them off. Then when the teacher goes to use it, sees it’s off at the wall and flicks the switch on and pop, it was like a mini flashbang…
I want to know the story here. Looks like a school.
Nah. If it was a school there would be no need for the sign as the circuit breaker would have been tripped years ago (and never reset) as verified by the faded scorch marks around the edges. The outlet itself would also be clogged up with gum and other random things that students would have attempted to jam into it.
Lmao that would be untinkable here because we use 220v. Kids learn quick not to mess with electric outlets.
Voltage is not the only thing that makes electricity dangerous. Static shocks are commonly around 5,000V, and most people don’t feel them if they are less than 2,000V. But they are only around 5mA. A standard North American house socket at 120V is 15A, so is capable of 1800W. The majority of 220-250V countries have 10A sockets for 2200-2500W. At those levels, there is no appreciable difference in the dangers imposed by sticking a fork in a socket.
If anything, the US ones are more dangerous if you live somewhere with switches on the sockets like here in Australia.
Agreed, I’d recognize those huge white bricks anywhere. Either a school or a prison.
If it’s a school the socket is probably fucked up from the adventurous/reckless students trying to shove paperclips or gum wrappers into it.
The sockets are a bit different here, they have a switch on them to turn them on/off at the wall. We used to grab the led bulbs out of tech work and stick them in the socket and then plug the projector or whatever else was there and leave them off. Then when the teacher goes to use it, sees it’s off at the wall and flicks the switch on and pop, it was like a mini flashbang…