Subj : Re: barbed wire telephony
To   : paulie420
From : hyjinx
Date : Fri Jun 10 2022 18:18:30

On 07 Jun 2022, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa>  hy> I mean, that's awesome and all, but if the phone system in USA is
 pa>  hy> anything like the UK phone system, then standard volage is +50volts a
 pa>  hy> ringer is 100V, so you wouldn't want to be touching it when a call wa
 pa>  hy> being established!
 pa> 
 pa> Blah, we prolly suck there too - electric kettles are slow and suck @
 pa> 110V. :P
 pa> 
 pa> 

Oh, is *that* why most of you 'mericans don't know what a Kettle is?!
Seriously I watched a YT video the other day where this guy asked random
Americans what a kettle was and they all had no idea. I just find it
completely bizarre!

240VAC Zaps for the win. Who needs limbs ;)

Cheers,
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
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