Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "The US electrical system is not 120V" video.

  1. 20:16 That would be true of simple resistive heating. Not so true of, say, heat pumps.
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  2. 20:00 Complex numbers FTW!
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  3. 13:03 This is what happens when you have a an OCD presenter catering to an OCD audience. It’s hell in there, I tell you ...
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  4. I just thought of a drinking game, where you take a drink every time he says something snarky. ‌ Nobody would get through a single video. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ Without having to go to the toilet. ‌ (Why, what kind of drink did you think I meant?)
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  5. On top of that, ground is often not at ground voltage. You can have these things called “ground loops”. Audio engineers know all about that. When you hear a hum coming through the speakers, when there’s not supposed to be any sound? That’s a ground loop.
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  6. 21:38 I have a number of electronic appliances, here in my office and in my living room, with no power switches. Some are even plugged into multipoint adapters with no power switches.
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  7. 14:12 Are there any stats to back that up? Maybe ratio of deaths to electric shock events, or something.
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