Comments on: Amateur Conversion

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:20:36 +0000

UK power sockets generally have individual power switches….So the socket likely wasn’t “hot” when the keys were inserted

By: Sticky-situation

Sticky-situation — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:50:23 +0000

The keys also serve to step down the voltage. When someone grabs the key, the voltage will dip enough for your appliance to work. Problem solved.

But they should have insulated it with Duct Tape!

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:04:24 +0000

If they had any sense (what am I saying?) they switched the socket off before putting the keys in.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:32:51 +0000

It took me a couple minutes of staring to figure out WTF I was looking at, and then, “OH DEAR GOD!!”

By: jeditalian

jeditalian — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:59:15 +0000

good way to prevent drunk driving:)

By: ToaTom

ToaTom — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:47:18 +0000

they probbably didn’t – lol

By: paddy

paddy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:30:41 +0000

Oi! Oi1 Oi!

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:28:57 +0000

The cool part is that the uneducated fear this, but those of us that know this is very simple and without risk, although I will say that if there are kids or otherwise (fill in your own at risk individuals here) this is a very bad idea. Personally I would have used insulated wires.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:43:37 +0000

Regarding the thing about appliances being sold without plugs in the UK, my parents moved into a place recently that has two electrical systems running through the house. One is a standard UK 3-pin, the other is 3-pin again, but uses round plugs with round pins about 1/3 of the size of a standard plug. We’ve no idea if there’s still a supply to the circuit, or where you’d find plugs to fit into it, but yeah, it must have been an alternative standard at some point. If anyone knows what it was I’d be interested.

By: Levi

Levi — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:34:32 +0000

@Neil Hey, There's this thing called a circuit breaker.