Forums The Vibe Chat Heath and safety! Re: Heath and safety!

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Ketamina
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    General Lighting wrote:
    its very difficult to electrocute yourself on a standard 13A socket unless you have used an unsafe plug or have bypassed the safety features… the British electrical system is safest in the world and is something our engineering profession should be proud of..

    i have no idea how he managed it. basically the place i work is a very old historical pub and we were in the middle of a massive refurbishment because nothing had been changed for about thirty years, possibly longer. he was fiddling with something or other behind the bar when we heard a yell.
    needless to say, for the rest of the day everyone took the living piss out of him though: “well, that wasn’t very safe now was it nick?” and such-like.

    thinking about it, the wiring was so old it probably wasn’t his fault but ah well…still damn funny…:groucho: