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  • Not positive but those could be GFI outlets.

    • 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.

      • 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?

    • That's what I thought at first, but it's literally every socket in this building both inside the apartment and outside in the hallways, and I keep seeing it in other buildings too.

      • Yup, they are the standard.

        Would be fun to see some stories about you discovering things in the UK and how they are so different than in the US!

        • I am doing that, but I'm sort of putting them in appropriate threads. Otherwise I'd be writing a novel. Or I suppose creating a Flying Squid in Britain community. Maybe if I get less exhausted at some point I'll post something long.

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