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

    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.