They’re like that in this apartment we’re renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don’t get it.

  • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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    All modern wiring in the UK has every socket in the building connected via RCD (the more common name for GFCI outside America), but they’re usually in the main fusebox/consumer unit rather than individually per socket. These are just normal on/off switches for the convenience of being able to turn things on and off.

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      That’s a convenience we could all use, pretty crafty!

      Saw a video of how the Japanese wire their panel’s and thought it was pretty genius.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqClY6PDCW0

      Is it similar across the pond? Or is it like here where you can GFCI the panel through a breaker?