Idk man. Thread also features a guy who just flips properties writings novels about what a good guy he is.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Completely unrelated to this post, but I just had to replace the electric shower and it was a nightmare. Whoever installed the last one was a complete fucking cowboy. I've had to sort of continue the bodge job they did because I cannot afford to retile the room. Arrrrrrhhhhhhhhggggg!

    • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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      1 year ago

      Fucking love folks who cut corners on the border of WATER and ELECTRICITY...that I'm supposed to STAND IN. Worst electric bodge I've had to clean up was a light fixture that didn't have an associated box, it was just screwed to wood with the wires taped in place on the wood. Beyond sketchy.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        They are extremely common, and very safe. They will short out long before you are at risk of electrocution.

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          1 year ago

          wait so the electricity is used to heat the water? is this for houses without a hot water heater?

          • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            Yeah, it heats the water. I have hot water heater but the pipe that goes to the shower is not connected.

            They are super, super common, I am surprised you've never seen one.

            • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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              1 year ago

              You're in the UK, right? In the US our circuits are mostly 110V, so you don't have the kind of juice you need to heat up water quickly.

            • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              I don't think they're allowed in my country, although I have seen a YouTube video about them, and seems like people who die because of them die installing them improperly rather than from the electricity.

              Still sounds extremely sketchy on first explanation. Water+electricity sounds bad even though it's clearly not in this case.

            • SoyViking [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              I've never heard about them before. Maybe it's because district heating is virtually universal where I live and cheaper than electric heating.