Electrical Safety First Warning.

Would you hand out the same message if we were being bombed? 

broadgage:

An electric shock to earth would be very dangerous in a shelter.

davezawadi:

Why are you only so suspicious of mains extensions and adapters Z, there is no extra danger now is there, the same could be said at any time? This kind of thing simply raises stress unnecessarily, in stressful times due to other factors. Would you hand out the same message if we were being bombed? The current situation is no less serious. The news media are the same, overall death rates have changed very little indeed, and the reporting requirements now lead to the number of CoVid-19 assisted deaths being given by the news. How many flu assisted deaths are there? They are reported as pneumonia or heart failure or stroke or anything else.

Does this help. up to week 11 we are now on week 15.




Rob

OMS:

broadgage:

An electric shock to earth would be very dang

When it's been your nth time in the cold and dark that month and you still have to get to a factory tomorrow morning to make Spitfires then running an extension lead doesn't seem all that risky- and we didn't (and still don't) lose that many souls due to electrical incidents.





 

 

Zoomup:

. . . You don't need an enemy like the Luftwaffe to cause damage and mayhem, and risk lives and destroy homes....just leave an electrical appliance plugged in . . . 

Zoomup:

OMS:

broadgage:

An electric shock to earth would be very dang

When it's been your nth time in the cold and dark that month and you still have to get to a factory tomorrow morning to make Spitfires then running an extension lead doesn't seem all that risky- and we didn't (and still don't) lose that many souls due to electrical incidents.

 

You don't need an enemy like the Luftwaffe to cause damage and mayhem, and risk lives and destroy homes....just leave an electrical appliance plugged in, like a washing machine or tumble drier.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43056887


Z.

You really are an total ***, Z


Do you really think the occasional tumble drier getting a bit smoky because the lint filter is never cleaned out by the hard of thinking  is in any way comparable to a concerted air attack on civilians


Take a google for "Sarajevo Generators" to understand how adaptable people are when it comes to providing a basic level of infrastructure - in case you missed it, they used to float the washing machine on a raft in the river to generate a basic level of power - all the whilst under artillery bombardment and snipers popping anyone who moved. They worked well, and were actually reasonably safe


I'm pretty sure we could find similar contraptions in Syria, Yemen etc


Do you actually understand the concept of risk ?


OMS




 

broadgage:

A proper extension lead to a domestic air raid shelter would be acceptable in wartime, and arguably acceptable even in peacetime if in good condition and used sensibly.

The concern during the last war was bits of twin lamp flex, possibly with improvised joints, being used to supply a metal framed heater, in a metal structure that was well earthed fortuitously by circumstances.