-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-06-15 04:12, Doug wrote:
You are overlooking something! It would be wise to hire an electrician and explain the situation to him, specifically mentioning these wall outlets. It is very possible that there is something not right in the wiring of the outlets, or some junction box along the wiring path in the house. You might very well be saving yourself and your house from a fire!
It is possible, yes.
I had something similar (but worse) in my house, which I found not long after I bought it. One outlet, into which I plugged an electric drill simply would not support the drill. I hired an electrician, who found a poorly made connection in the attic. (Local rules require the electric distribution in a house to be thru the attic, not thru the cellar.) I then had him check the rest of the house, and he found a number of other problems, among which was hot and neutral reversed in some outlets.
That's more an issue with 110V installations (USA) than with 220 installations (Europe), because the current doubles for the same power. The danger of heat in a connection doubles.
I am rather sensitive to electrical problems, since a) in about 1965, my best friend was electrocuted in his home due to either a defective hi-fi system component, or a defective ground in the house wiring--I never found out for sure which it was, and three-wire house outlets were unknown in those days-- and
The Spanish electrical code mandates all houses having a ground fault detector (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device>). On residential homes it has to trigger at 30 mA in less than 50 mS. I'm surprised that the devices are not mandatory worldwide. These devices prevent most electrocution dangers. The typical assassination as seen in movies done by dropping a radio or hair dryer in a bath would not work here. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlV+OL4ACgkQja8UbcUWM1yV6QEAns4dvjGmbOhxr7aX6Huu7guY 8R64AbWQZyULUxkawrgA/23sS/lhE+jVrLbv36FH9B5UXRd+s7qbN4adnd72eVHr =WSmL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org