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Rehang the hood (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by JelleWho@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
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The hood above the hob had fallen off. The plugs stripped the wall. Made the holes bigger and used better plugs. Also put in some construction glue into the holes for good measure.

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[–] swicano@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I too love to daisy chain plug expanders. If I can somehow hide them behind a wooden panel, and maybe place them over a heat source, that would be my favorite.

In seriousness, if you checked that none of these thing draw large amounts of power, and arrange those that draw the most power closest (as in least plug hops) to the mains, your probably fine. If everything is under 100W each its probably fine

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Independent of regular load, with daisy chaining you still have potential increase of return wire impedance, also for protective ground, which can lead to the circuit breakers not reliably switching in short circuit situations any more.
So better not do it. For real.

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Wires are 2.5mm2 and the extender is rated at 3680W, the total max load is a no more than 10W excluding the hood itzelf. So we wel withing the safety specs. No daisy chaining here, plug goes straight to a wall outlet

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

This looks like it's in Europe where 240 VAC is the norm. This means a lot of power without a lot of current, this means it's much safer from overheating. Schuko plugs also have a lot of contact area, making the contact resistance very low. On top of that everything is double insulated with heat resistant plastic.

You can easily daisy chain 10 outlets and still pull thousands of watts without any issue. Not recommended, but still possible. The kinds of plugs used are either direct lighting cords (the flatter two prong kind) or small AC-DC adapter plugs (usually providing less than 25W), probably for lighting and the Google smart speaker in the bottom left.

It might look a bit sketchy, but it really isn't any issue at all.

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yhea this is Europe, as long as you use proper wire (2.5mm2) you can do 112M by the NEN3140 norm. That's much more than the size of our whole house. So impedance wise we are fine

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The person that installed that is far from a professional. This is so sloppy that it doesn't bode well for the other things in the house. Even if its technically safe the question remains why?

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

This isn't installed by a professional, they obviously did this themselves. Which is fine really. The internet can get so uptight about electrical safety due to the amount of Americans online. In Europe something like this is absolutely fine and normal

[–] Dewe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because Europe has much safer electrical standards. Apart from that it doesn’t look so tidy there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

I'm from Europe and abhorred by the practice.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

This isn't dull, this is madness

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A fire?………..At a sea parks?

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

Just put it over there, next to the other fire.

Nice screensaver!

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Holy smokes that's funny! Thanks

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Is that powerstrip to code with the cord passing through a wall/ceiling like that?

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Or against the metal tube that ventilates smoke

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

I don't think he is cooking with wood.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And vibrates. Oof, that's not good.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago

In Europe ground fault interruption is mandatory, as well as breakers that trip at a relatively low current at a fast speed. All of the wires are also at least double insulated with heat resistant plastic. The appliance is more likely to get replaced due to old age rather than the wire wearing through. And even if it does, the ground fault interruptor kicks in right away and prevents anything bad from happening. The owner investigates, buys a new cord for a few euro and easily replaces it.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

If that tube gets 5 degrees warmer than the room I'd be surprised.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't think i know of any appliances with plenum rated cords but I could be wrong.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

If you have to ask…..

[–] zout@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

That seems to be just a board, not a ceiling. There's probably a plug on the other side of the cable going into an outlet, so technically it isn't part of the wiring. I do wonder why you'd need five plugs plugged in at that location though.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Looks more like it's passed into a cupboard, probably an outlet in the soffit for lighting.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I first mistook this for a room-sized contraption and was like "Holy shit!".

After perspective shift to probably correct size still no idea what this is, though...

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The hood on top of your stove. Just without the cap around it

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 6 points 3 days ago

It's a fire hazard.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Say what now?