kurt Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Does this service need a separate or additional grounding electrode? Click to Enlarge 212.78?KB Or this..... Click to Enlarge 192.81 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 I don't see why it would need a separate or additional grounding conductor. That assumes this 'circuitry' is within the main structure. Whatever it is, exposed energized surfaces makes it looks homegrown...and a hazard. This is why we have enclosures. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 I was making a joke. There's so much wrong here and such grotesque electrocution and shock hazards, I was going tongue in cheek. This mess is typical of rural China. No ground electrode, there's not even ground wires in circuits, open knife switches, no gfci, outlets in showers, and everything is conductive because construction here is solid concrete. Everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Booth Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 .........are suicide showers in use?........Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 The clear plastic boxes are cool. Fried connections will be easy to spot. The straps on the latches, are they sealed by the utility provider? Few societies are as anal about safety as we are here in NA. What electric device do you use in the shower? Would you need to charge a cellphone, maybe? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emalernee Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Population Control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Good grief! What a mess. It'd take me the better part of a day just to figure out the setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Booth Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 [ What electric device do you use in the shower? Would you need to charge a cellphone, maybe? [] ...........the device is a shower head with an internal electric heating element. Powered thru zip-cord/plug from the shower wall or ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 [ What electric device do you use in the shower? Would you need to charge a cellphone, maybe? [] ...........the device is a shower head with an internal electric heating element. Powered thru zip-cord/plug from the shower wall or ceiling. OK, I get it now. Suicide shower.[:-boggled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Some of them feel like suicide showers. I pay very close attention to what I'm touching. I'm always working to avoid any action that might provide a current path. This is standard issue in rural China. My bro in law grew up without electricity.....that's in the 70's and 80's. Not long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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