Posted by Dr. Science on 05/10/2013 in
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Which will do less damage, plugging a 110 volt appliance into a 220 voltcircuit, or plugging a 220 volt appliance into a 110 volt circuit?
———- from Bryan Osborn of London, England
Either is capable of ending life as we know it. That’s why they make theplugs different, so they won’t fit. But there’s always somebody who will goto great length to overcome the safeguards built into the system. Tell me, didyou stuff matcheads into electrical conduit as a youngster, and thencrimp both ends? I bet you have a secret gripe against the UnderwritersLaboratory and are trying to prove them wrong so you can cop some cheapself esteem at somebody else’s expense. Well sir, you’re the one who’sgoing to be held responsible when your home town is just a memory.
