"Outlets with 120 volts. My friends from the U.K. brought their own electronics over for a six-month stay, I asked to borrow a hair dryer after a night at their place. They had a U.K. to U.S. converter, but it would've been faster to air dry my hair. On the flip side, when I tried using my electronics in the U.K. with an adapter converter, my hairdryer and steamer immediately fried."
Doesn't the UK have the safest electrical system in the world?
Number 9 is whining that the Europe doesn't exploit their college students for profit enough.
UK has 240v, that's why their electronics don't work well in the US without an adapter and US electronics get fried in the UK. It's otherwise a really safe system though. Idk the details but (this is unless something goes wrong, it goes without saying that one should never actually try this) the outlets are designed so that you can touch an exposed prong or even stick a screwdriver in there without shocking yourself. They're also less prone to surges because the fuse is located at each plug, which was apparently the workaround to a copper shortage during WWII.
Doesn't the UK have the safest electrical system in the world?
Number 9 is whining that the Europe doesn't exploit their college students for profit enough.
Come to South Africa, we have 240 Volts baybee! Enough to instantly incinerate you hair!
UK has 240v, that's why their electronics don't work well in the US without an adapter and US electronics get fried in the UK. It's otherwise a really safe system though. Idk the details but (this is unless something goes wrong, it goes without saying that one should never actually try this) the outlets are designed so that you can touch an exposed prong or even stick a screwdriver in there without shocking yourself. They're also less prone to surges because the fuse is located at each plug, which was apparently the workaround to a copper shortage during WWII.