That is an ancient GFCI, grab one of these and make sure it trips and resets for your own safety.
A landlord special.
Submitted 4 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 months ago
tja@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
It’s probably because homedepot doesn’t respect gdpr, so they block European ip’s to not get sued. I’ve experienced that a lot when visiting some American websites
Plum@lemmy.world 4 months ago
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Unfortunately, these actually might not show if the GFI is working, and might give a false negative.
If there is no equipment ground, the outlet must be labeled as such, but it is allowed by code so long as protected by GFI. However, since all these testers do is shunt hot to ground, if there’s no ground connected, it won’t work and appear if the GFI is not working. However, assuming it’s working, it will still do its job, since it they protect against ALL current leakage, and not just ones through the outlet’s ground path (otherwise they’d be pretty useless).
I had a “landlord special” where they extended an old 2 wire box with no ground, and my PC case shocked the fuck out of me after I had the carpet cleaned and was walking on the damp floor. A ground would likely have dissapated that bit of current leakage, but also a GFI would have probably tripped when I touched it. They weren’t willing to run a new wire with a ground because, unsurprisingly they were cheap fucks, but I convinced them to install a GFI for safety at the very minimum.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yeah, if there is no ground present (ie a 2 wire cable in a plastic or ungrounded metal box), they just won’t trip as the ground prong is effectively isolated.
While not the best idea, you can usually derive a quick ground from a plumbing pipe, assuming copper or galvy pipes (pex obviously won’t work), or a metal gas pipe. I’ve done it in a pinch when a proper system ground wasn’t feasible, but only as a temporary measure.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Way less expensive to get a 10kΩ resistor and put that between earth and live to make sure the GFCI trips. Source
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 months ago
And run the risk of tickle time if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing lol. Those plug testers are an easy means for a layman to check it. They make ones as cheap as $5, that’s just the one I always have in my pocket as a professional electrician.
smokebuddy@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Draw arms and legs on it and it’s a beanis
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
That outlet is definitely not a surveillance device. Please do NOT touch.
Sincerely, Your Landlord:
The National Security Agency
🤗
burgersc12@mander.xyz 4 months ago
I don’t see a camera in the screwhead, I’d say its a normal outlet
beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
They make ones that look out the ground plug now. It’s wild.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So Hasbro’s Operation was merely a training simulator
starbrite@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
At least it’s a GFCI? My bathroom has just an ordinary outlet
normalexit@lemmy.world 4 months ago
GFCI outlets aren’t too expensive. If you own the place you should fix that. If you rent the place you should complain lol.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 months ago
I don’t think non-GFCI outlets are even compliant with code in most places! If you rent the place, demand they be made safe. Or maybe someone reports a shock or a small electrical fire happens…?
starbrite@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Don’t you need a ground wire for them to work? The electrical was put in in the 50s and so there is no ground
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
You can see in the photo that it’s GCFI
mdurell@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So at least it should trip when the squirting blood shorts it.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You may have a GFCI connected to it somewhere. If wired correctly, you only need one in a chain to do the job. It could be under the sink or something.
limelight79@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Could also be a GFCI circuit breaker protecting the entire circuit.
Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Even the outlet is going “wtf man?” D=
JoShmoe@ani.social 4 months ago
Those landlords crack me up
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Landlord: The basin and mirror must be in the exact centre of the wall. Good bye.
Tradesman: No problem.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 months ago
First reaction was how fucking stupid are people. But then reading other comments here I have to ask myself are they also a pervert wanting to watch people in the bathroom
olafurp@lemmy.world 4 months ago
He didn’t want to put the connector on the outside of the mirror with a cover covering the cut? So close for a proper looking outlet
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In the immortal words of Burt Gummer:
“Just doing what I can with what I got.”
KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“Just doing what I can…get away with!”
- Landlords everywhere
rumba@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
He could at least put a piece of split tubing in there to make the edges rubbery
Lennny@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Slice your finger off, now you are the landlord.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m just impressed they managed to hole saw multiple overlapping circular cuts into that mirror without breaking it.
That is some dedicated jankery.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Which is why it’s so surprising they didn’t extend the box and love the receptacle out. Maybe this is just a cheeky picture taken during the dry fit of the mirror for the meme?
Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 months ago
I know it’s a silly typo, yet my brain did the visualization
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Or a plastic mirror.