Tim via users wrote: > > Only one power point in every room except for the kitchen and > > the lounge
Joe Zeff: > And here in Colorado, that would never pass inspection. In order for a > house or apartment building to be up to code there must be no more than > 6' between wall outlets and that goes for every room, even rooms that > are only intended for storage, or other uses that don't normally need an > electrical connection. I don't know what the rule is back in California > where I used to live, but whatever it was it didn't require that many > outlets. Wish it were like that here, extension cords are unavoidable, because the sockets are never where you want them. We're lucky that all extension cords and multi-way power boards are 10 amps (ignoring the Chinese made ones that lie about their specs), with 10 amps being the max you're allowed to draw from an outlet, anyway. I've seen other countries where you can buy low amperage extension cords, then the customer plugs in a high current drawing device and melts the cable or causes a fire. All our outlets are single sockets, too. So double adaptors were in use everywhere before powerboards became a thing. Our house was built in 1965, radios and television had been invented by them. So had alarm clocks and table lamps. Apparently I've broken the law by installing a doorbell, and ethernet cabling around the house. Stupid crazy system. No, I don't think I'd do my own mains wiring (don't have the tools, nor the desire to to chase cables through brick and plaster, either), but I have no qualms about swapping a duff light switch over for another, or replacing a socket. Nor any qualms about doing electrical work inside an appliance (that's not illegal, but just as deadly, and those of us who worked on televisions deal with thousands of volts, not hundreds). I'm an electronics engineer, swapping wall sockets and switches for new ones is child's play compared to the complex electronics I was trained in. But that's breaking the law, too. It's a wonder it's not illegal to change the batteries in a torch. I'm sure that someone thinks it needs a safety induction course. I do remember it was well into the end of the 1970s before they stopped selling flammable kids pyjamas. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
