Tripping Every Breaker in Italy

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  • @Toropetskii
    @Toropetskii Жыл бұрын

    "Hello, I have tripped the breaker for my room" "What were you trying to do?" "Trip the breaker for my room"

  • @ThrawnFett123

    @ThrawnFett123

    5 ай бұрын

    Reminds me of the time I was in Dubai and tripped my breakers. They asked what happened, and I told em "apparently this universal power strip is not so universal as they claim"

  • @AsusDeskYT

    @AsusDeskYT

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ThrawnFett123how did they react to that comment?

  • @pumpdogg308

    @pumpdogg308

    2 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @damniant8129
    @damniant8129 Жыл бұрын

    Hotel receptionists question him, outlets hate him, breaker boxes fear him. This man is insane

  • @NovianLeVanMusic

    @NovianLeVanMusic

    Жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @RaymondHng

    @RaymondHng

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NovianLeVanMusic Border control officers shun him.

  • @limaoscarjuliet

    @limaoscarjuliet

    Жыл бұрын

    Next trip assignment - short-circuit loop impedance measurement for the main hookup to the building.

  • @matthewbartley2746

    @matthewbartley2746

    Жыл бұрын

    @@limaoscarjuliet outstanding

  • @nacer_rpg

    @nacer_rpg

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @LOLMAN9538
    @LOLMAN9538 Жыл бұрын

    Medhi's family: "Let's enjoy the scenery of Italy!" Medhi: "WhErE Is ThE FuSe BoX?"

  • @jennysmith9134

    @jennysmith9134

    4 ай бұрын

    Forbidden fruit everywhere 🎇

  • @skyborgsin
    @skyborgsin Жыл бұрын

    Hi there, italian certified electrician here! Ground fault protection is not only mandatory everywhere, not only it has to protect the whole apartment, it went from best practice to mandatory to split the two circuits(lights and outlets) for extra protection and safety! (Every public accessible facility, be it hospital, hotel or whatever, has to check the time it takes to break the circuit just in case the GFP is starting to kick the bucket and replace the "slow" ones to keep staying open)

  • @Fabio.1986

    @Fabio.1986

    7 ай бұрын

    Esatto!!! 👍

  • @eltrylogis

    @eltrylogis

    Ай бұрын

    The way that i learn in the school is for a house is 1 line for lights, 1 o 2 lines for oulet power, 1 or more individual for big current

  • @Francesco734

    @Francesco734

    15 күн бұрын

    Italiani, facciamoci sentire

  • @marc0lin00

    @marc0lin00

    14 күн бұрын

    E poi viene viene utilizzato il blu per la fase e il nero per il neutro 😂😂

  • @lucap408

    @lucap408

    11 күн бұрын

    Yess hai ragione, poss9 chiedere cosa fosse quella presa in Puglia che ha chiesto vicino alla presa LAN??

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter87962 жыл бұрын

    Imagine he just goes to each and every country and judges their power breaker and outlet

  • @badoem5353

    @badoem5353

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're late to the party it seems

  • @ishwarsinghchauhan8060

    @ishwarsinghchauhan8060

    2 жыл бұрын

    we want this playlist

  • @KinaestheticDmaw

    @KinaestheticDmaw

    2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect way to write vacation off as a business expense!

  • @phoenixyt124

    @phoenixyt124

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well its kinda what hes doing as a series. Hopefully germany comes soon, would like to see it.

  • @Andrew..J

    @Andrew..J

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for the "countries fuses and outlets" tier list

  • @TheEngieTF2
    @TheEngieTF22 жыл бұрын

    If I ever see a news headline saying "A massive black out had taken place in Italy", I would immediately guess the answer of who caused it in the first place without even having a second thought

  • @rollymaster16

    @rollymaster16

    2 жыл бұрын

    Photonic induction :)

  • @izools

    @izools

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rollymaster16 I want flaaaaaams! Where's my hammer?

  • @appaio

    @appaio

    2 жыл бұрын

    we had a serious one in 2003..now I finally know why

  • @tenna1201

    @tenna1201

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm italian, i can tell you that we have a lot of black outs because in Summer the Heat Is so much that the distributed electicity units melts

  • @appaio

    @appaio

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tenna1201 yes but in 2003 was massive! involved the whole country and it lasted sooo long

  • @benzene70
    @benzene7010 күн бұрын

    Hi I'm Italian ^__^ The sockets you see with the double hole are at 16 amps with 2.5mm cables. Many years ago, there were the sockets were separated those with small holes for the 10 amps had 1.5mm cables and the 16 amps for the connection, for example, of the washing machine. Today all the new electrical systems, generally they are made with the sockets are 16 amps with compatibility for small appliances that still use 10 amps. According to the legislation, the neutral is always blue, the phase can instead be brown, black or other colors, dependent on the complexity of the system to facilitate the recognition of the various sections of the housing structure. The voltage can vary from 220 volts to 240 volts. The electric line of the illumination is generally separated from the socket line. In every room of hotels or home, you may find specific protection interrupting for that room. The protection interrupting are connected after the electricity meter switch. At 9.16 minutes you are seeing a magic type socket, produced by the B-Ticino. Although security was greater than thorns and modern sockets, it did not have much diffusion. At minute 15.39, you are seeing a German spine Schuko Siemens, in fact it can be pushed inside a 16 amps and is dangerous, even if struggling to insert it, it should be understood that it should not be done... My dad did it :D However in Italy, security is a serious matter. If you have any specific questions ask, I was doing electrician many years ago.

  • @LuLeBe

    @LuLeBe

    10 күн бұрын

    Yeah there was likely no way to prevent the big Schuko plugs from insertion while keeping the small ones usable. In Germany we have a housing around outlets that should only accept the small ones, but that would likely interfere with Italian plugs.

  • @giovannispinotti

    @giovannispinotti

    9 күн бұрын

    To be totally clear, Shuko prongs are bigger than 10A prongs and in smaller 10A sockets they wont just slip easily in. You can push them in but it needs considerable force and the obvious enlarging of the plastic of the socket. Maybe in older sockets that are a bit more worn out the force might be a little less, but it still feels awkward to connect those there.

  • @giovannidicampli1736

    @giovannidicampli1736

    7 күн бұрын

    Yes and the socket name used to be "Magic" by Bticino

  • @robertotriggiani6958

    @robertotriggiani6958

    6 күн бұрын

    I correct you, the socket that is at 9:16 is not electric, but it is a standard bticino telephone socket, heart attack next to it there is also the rj11 socket it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BTicino_spina_e_presa_telefonica.jpg

  • @giovannidicampli1736

    @giovannidicampli1736

    6 күн бұрын

    @@robertotriggiani6958 nope, it depends, it could be also 220v

  • @totidan38
    @totidan38 Жыл бұрын

    As an Italian, is really pleasant to know I'll probably not die from touching things I'm supposed to don't touch

  • @kaelin000

    @kaelin000

    Жыл бұрын

    as a Scottish electronics engineer living in italy, I'd advise you not to test it. anything that was built or comercially renovated after about 2000 should be okay, anything before that is pot luck as to whether they've even got a ground circuit, or even use breakers instead of fuses.

  • @coastersaga

    @coastersaga

    11 ай бұрын

    In North America, as I'm sure you all know black is the hot wire. So at 3:38, I thought "Black is neutral. Isn't black supposed L2 in 230V/400V three-phase? Because in Europe, blue is neutral.

  • @sebastienolivier1632

    @sebastienolivier1632

    10 ай бұрын

    @@coastersaga I don't know for the italian but in france it is . maybe electrician was colorblind

  • @coastersaga

    @coastersaga

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@sebastienolivier1632 That would be a violation of standards, regardless of whether they were colourblind or not

  • @drewknight91

    @drewknight91

    8 ай бұрын

    @@coastersaga according to the regulations black, brown, grey, red is for Live and blue is for Neutral

  • @tj9959
    @tj9959 Жыл бұрын

    This man is legit a genius, he makes a short video and then gets to write off the entire vacation as a business expense

  • @barrowscasper12

    @barrowscasper12

    Жыл бұрын

    +sponsorship

  • @Edario

    @Edario

    Жыл бұрын

    Hehe, literally "Short"

  • @Tim_3100

    @Tim_3100

    Жыл бұрын

    Hes an electrical engineer so he knows what he is doing

  • @eXX0n

    @eXX0n

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tim_3100 Hence "business expense"... We all know he's an electrical engineer.

  • @Appophust

    @Appophust

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tim_3100 really? I thought he was a zookeeper.

  • @charis.s
    @charis.s2 жыл бұрын

    He takes the word "Trip" to a whole other level

  • @ognjenjakovljevic494

    @ognjenjakovljevic494

    2 жыл бұрын

    LMAO :D

  • @kentmichaelgalang686

    @kentmichaelgalang686

    2 жыл бұрын

    can't have a trip to italy without also tripping the breakers there now can we

  • @adfjasjhf

    @adfjasjhf

    2 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @zbongebob7673

    @zbongebob7673

    Жыл бұрын

    i was thinking about drugs lol

  • @ME0WMERE

    @ME0WMERE

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s ‘nother’, not ‘other’. Weird but true.

  • @lilluminatoalternativo3926
    @lilluminatoalternativo39269 ай бұрын

    I am an Italian electrician, black is not the neutral but the phase, blue is the neutral.. The system was connected upstream in reverse. For protection against shocks to the earth there must be an Automatic Differential Switch (7:19) 17:41 This makes no difference how the device plug is inserted, the earth is connected to the metal body of the device if the metal part is exposed to human contact, so however the voltage in the device circuit goes you are always protected. The device doesn't care how the voltage passes and this is our logic. 15:33 technically it would not be possible to insert the German plugs into the Italian ones with the holes in line, if that plug obviously enters someone has forced the insertion with a German plug by widening the holes, like you done, there are italian to germans adapters for those sockets. PS: however you risked a lot because on the phase excluding the neutral there are not 220/230 volts but 380 volts (380 √ 3)

  • @LuLeBe

    @LuLeBe

    10 күн бұрын

    On the phase excluding the neutral? What do you mean by that? It’s 220 to neutral and to ground. 380 to the other phases probably? But how would he come in contact with those?

  • @Demonicskyers
    @Demonicskyers Жыл бұрын

    I love the fact that the whole family is enjoying the beautiful views and the trip and Mehdi just sticks probes into sockets and pops the breakers. I love this channel

  • @aspirineshe_ee5856

    @aspirineshe_ee5856

    3 ай бұрын

    Сигма момент респект

  • @Creepytallassasin23
    @Creepytallassasin232 жыл бұрын

    I’d love to imagine one of these days a receptionist recognizes him on check in and simply tells the maintenance guy to sit by the breakers all night just waiting till he trips them with his test.

  • @tonymouannes

    @tonymouannes

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean kik him out of the hotel?

  • @hiabst

    @hiabst

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean kill him if an actual accident happens 😂

  • @halzion

    @halzion

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tonymouannes unless mehdi bribes the technician with high quality electrical equipment 😉

  • @piercemcmurry7914

    @piercemcmurry7914

    Жыл бұрын

    @@halzion “A Keysight scope for you, sir?”

  • @ici123-r2e

    @ici123-r2e

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the receptionist sitting next to the breaker like: I've been waiting for you

  • @Der-Elektriker
    @Der-Elektriker2 жыл бұрын

    The kind of vacation adventure only electricians will enjoy: figure out the electrical installation of other countries 😂

  • @dxstrix1983

    @dxstrix1983

    2 жыл бұрын

    Und ich dachte ich wäre der einzige der in den Urlaub fährt und als Elektriker fasziniert von den Elektroinstallationen anderer Länder ist 😂

  • @the_real_editor

    @the_real_editor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Electrical Engineer* Mehdi would not enjoy being called an "electrician"

  • @elmarjfapp6560

    @elmarjfapp6560

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dxstrix1983 löst meistens Kopfschütteln aus bei mir^^ also die kunst der Installation in anderen ländern

  • @Weissenschenkel

    @Weissenschenkel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@the_real_editor I don't think he would mind if you check how much Mehdi gets bullied on Reddit.

  • @YourMJK

    @YourMJK

    2 жыл бұрын

    3:36 Wieso ist denn Schwarz der Neutralleiter?? Ich dachte in der EU wäre Blau=Neutralleiter, Braun/Schwarz=Außenleiter?

  • @azynkron
    @azynkron2 ай бұрын

    "So, what did you think about Italy?" "Beautiful breakers.. Just beautiful!"

  • @szeyuenchui5531
    @szeyuenchui5531 Жыл бұрын

    As an electrical installation contractor myself these videos really did remind me about these basic but very important stuff, which he presents in a hilarious fashion. Can't imagine if I'm the hotel manager and there's some random dude tripping every single outlet he could possibly find lol

  • @freddymcshreddy6586
    @freddymcshreddy65862 жыл бұрын

    ElectroBOOM is the only guy that I genuinely believe would go “sightseeing” oversees just to look at some electrical plugins.

  • @SevenDeMagnus

    @SevenDeMagnus

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's no way he didn't ask permission from the hotel, X-D and just unscrew thing and try to trip the protection. He asked permission for sure. God bless.

  • @imark7777777

    @imark7777777

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission because otherwise the hotel be wondering what the heck you were doing. And no no no I do not know anybody else who would go overseas and travel just to see outlets I would I would totally not not not not not do that. There was another uk electricians channel that when he traveled look at the electrics can’t think of the name right now

  • @marsgizmo
    @marsgizmo2 жыл бұрын

    Let’s make Mehdi the best International Electrical Inspector. 😎 ..and welcome to Europe 😉

  • @yourguard4

    @yourguard4

    2 жыл бұрын

    okay, but he is not allowed to touch anything :D

  • @NG..

    @NG..

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love your channel! It’s always fun seeing other KZreadrs in the comments! @marsgizmo

  • @maciekgaa5215

    @maciekgaa5215

    2 жыл бұрын

    Europe is the best

  • @Killerspieler0815

    @Killerspieler0815

    2 жыл бұрын

    @marsgizmo - Mehdi the best International Electrical _BreakerPopper_

  • @birdpump

    @birdpump

    2 жыл бұрын

    hello marsgizmo

  • @RobBoss757
    @RobBoss757 Жыл бұрын

    "I don't want them to figure out about my behavior" only now did I die laughing

  • @abhiubare3350
    @abhiubare335010 ай бұрын

    Don't try this in India 😂😂.... Whole village breaker will pop open

  • @nenben8759
    @nenben8759 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if Mehdi became a full on travel vlog that goes around internationally, popping every breaker on the grid

  • @fidelcatsro6948

    @fidelcatsro6948

    Жыл бұрын

    He will make a great IAEA inspector.. International AC Electricity Assessor

  • @johnsean100

    @johnsean100

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ailsa Ni it's mandatory, but only in last probably 7 years, then it was for another XY years mandatory only for bathroom and kitchen. Nobody tells you to update to most recent standard (if you are not rebuilding), so old houses can have even old ceramic fuses.

  • @visco4916

    @visco4916

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fidelcatsro6948 Probably makes more doing this from his youtube

  • @Imsolame-pf8xm

    @Imsolame-pf8xm

    Жыл бұрын

    Come on man,it’s mehdi,not Medhi

  • @nenben8759

    @nenben8759

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Imsolame-pf8xm done

  • @jellymunoz8555
    @jellymunoz8555 Жыл бұрын

    "They set the city on fire, before i could get the chance to do it myself!" -Mehdi Sadaghdar

  • @Deafeatist

    @Deafeatist

    Жыл бұрын

    AS Roma ultras do it all the time 😭😭

  • @paininnitwr

    @paininnitwr

    Жыл бұрын

    Dude's a menace

  • @aaryasuparey_

    @aaryasuparey_

    Жыл бұрын

    when did he say that

  • @creepa-botinc.3971

    @creepa-botinc.3971

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@aaryasuparey_12:03

  • @QuestionableEngineering6969

    @QuestionableEngineering6969

    11 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @GeoffPesos
    @GeoffPesos Жыл бұрын

    4:50 his wife is in bed and has to suffer the consequences of his shenanigans lol

  • @L14M44

    @L14M44

    3 ай бұрын

    That’s his daughter

  • @TheUnknown_One
    @TheUnknown_One9 ай бұрын

    6:53 who else was expecting an explosion at this point?

  • @jaredhouston4223
    @jaredhouston42232 жыл бұрын

    I could watch a whole series of this random dude popping breakers around the world while on vacation.

  • @daviddavidsonn3578

    @daviddavidsonn3578

    2 жыл бұрын

    true true 🤣🤣

  • @mj31382

    @mj31382

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wut if he started this trend, Popping breakers in hotel.

  • @afnankabir2190

    @afnankabir2190

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mj31382 That would be very concerning for hotel owners

  • @TylerVogel

    @TylerVogel

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@mj31382 that would be dangerous but hilarious

  • @gulassuppe4065
    @gulassuppe40652 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Here in Italy we call RCDs "salva vita" literally meaning "life saver"

  • @nocturn9x

    @nocturn9x

    2 жыл бұрын

    già!

  • @XMarkxyz

    @XMarkxyz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was about to say the same, also it is possible to read it on the device

  • @Betto_333

    @Betto_333

    2 жыл бұрын

    vero

  • @SUP3RP3DR0L1V3

    @SUP3RP3DR0L1V3

    2 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing, in spanish "salvavidas" (salva vita in italian) means "lifebuoy". I think we are afraid of water more than electricity :D

  • @orangelake2268

    @orangelake2268

    2 жыл бұрын

    Here in the philippines we have "salbabida" which means the same thing but is used in pools

  • @feelinspiffy696
    @feelinspiffy696 Жыл бұрын

    this makes me want to go to italy so bad, the clips of the scenery is so beautiful

  • @arshiajalali3622
    @arshiajalali3622 Жыл бұрын

    I love this guy. Given the choice between full vacation and no work and 7/8 vacation and 1/8 work, he chooses to vacate AND work! Shows he truly loves his job. Love you Mehdi!!

  • @shinnchoo3724
    @shinnchoo37242 жыл бұрын

    Would be hilarious if hotels start putting out new design guidelines to hide breakers and a warning poster for staff with Medhi's face on it.

  • @fuckbitchesgehmoney
    @fuckbitchesgehmoney Жыл бұрын

    I love how this dude goes on vacation, trips a breaker, then gets 30% back from write offs

  • @clutchmatic
    @clutchmatic3 ай бұрын

    11:06 hahahah run! Run!

  • @rakeshsindhal9591
    @rakeshsindhal95916 ай бұрын

    Don't try in India 🌚

  • @SA-gf3th

    @SA-gf3th

    Ай бұрын

    In india there is no breaker to trip. They use katiya

  • @mrnobody9611

    @mrnobody9611

    8 күн бұрын

    India just sucks

  • @Le_Grand_Rigatoni
    @Le_Grand_Rigatoni2 жыл бұрын

    I love Mehdi just casually wandering in the electrical rooms of hotels like they are in free access.🤣

  • @kuva

    @kuva

    2 жыл бұрын

    "anything is free access if you can gain access for free!" - Le Crimno'Thiefo

  • @CaptainApathetic

    @CaptainApathetic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kuva Was a big high wall there that tried to stop me/A sign was painted said: Private Property/But on the back side it didn't say nothing -Woodie Guthrie

  • @derpsakry4464

    @derpsakry4464

    2 жыл бұрын

    soon hes gonna learn lockpicking to let himself into all the electrical rooms

  • @roembol

    @roembol

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@derpsakry4464 kidnap LPL maybe?

  • @darylcheshire1618

    @darylcheshire1618

    2 жыл бұрын

    wear a fluoro vest

  • @blacksoulgem95
    @blacksoulgem952 жыл бұрын

    Small explaination from an Italian SW engineer who grew up working with her father in cabling their whole home (he's a Electrical Engineer/architect): the three holes outlet is called "Bipasso", the small one is for 10A while the bigger one for 16A, the hole in the center is the ground. We also use the german "Shucko" plug (the round one) for heavier appliances (usually 16A appliances) that are sold worldwide (eg washing machine). Ground fault protection applies to the whole circuit in the home (all plugs are covered) as the (larger) breakers have it integrated (they're literally called "Salvavita", literally "life savers"). the "doors" in the plugs are a safety standard introduces around 15-20 years ago, so older plugs don't have it. The standard for modern circuits (at least the ones I saw my father design) is the following: main breaker -> room light breakers & room outlet breakers So, each room has two breakers, one for lights and one for outlets. Then, there's a main breaker for the whole house. They are all Salvavita (with GFP) - then we have smaller breakers (without GFP) for sub-sections (eg. left wall of the living room, right wall of the living room, kitchen appliances, kitchen usable outlets, etc)

  • @xenotrixx

    @xenotrixx

    Жыл бұрын

    Schuko = Schutz-Kontakt =)

  • @AmstradExin

    @AmstradExin

    Жыл бұрын

    Here, Schuko is the standard in Germany. And the plugs in the Video are 'compatibility plugs' that have an additional hole for countries that use ground that way.

  • @dwydd5729

    @dwydd5729

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, and please note that it's not easy to plug shuko into standard Italian plug. It will eventually plug causing some damage to the socket. Forceful insertion will make you clearly feel you're doing something wrong like trying to insert diesel fuel nozzle into hole for gasoline refueling

  • @AmstradExin

    @AmstradExin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dwydd5729 Also I think the hole is for Poland and France.

  • @johndododoe1411

    @johndododoe1411

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AmstradExin The hole in the multi-country 7/7 plug is for groundin in French hermaphrodite sockets, which prevent reverse insertion but has no consistent standard as to which side is neutral. The metal rails on the side of the plug are for German-style sockets that (like the old Italian sockets) have nothing preventing people inserting plugs backward swapping live and neutral. In contrast, the national plugs in Switzerland and Denmark have well defined live and neutral positions with the grounding pin preventing reversal for grounded equipment. Ungrounded plugs are just 2 pins and are always reversible. Norway is the same as Denmark, but some villages have 2 lives and no neutral to keep the power on if something shorts live to ground on the power distribution poles.

  • @AnnaM-cg4fz
    @AnnaM-cg4fz3 ай бұрын

    Kind of funny. When I'm on vacation, I look at the landscapes and don't try to trip fuses. But everyone has their hobby

  • @tom-sn4gd
    @tom-sn4gd Жыл бұрын

    1:48 It's probably the same in Italy but here in France the voltage the provider guarentee is 230V +/- 10% so a voltage between 207 and 253V.

  • @FAB1150
    @FAB11502 жыл бұрын

    15:22 actually that plug ("german" schuko) normally does not fit in that socket! That socket is either broken by somebody doing what you did previously (and it takes a LOT of force to do that the first time, the prongs are closer together and they're way thicker than the hole normally), or that socket is not up to standard. Glad you enjoyed your time here! I'm happy to know that at some point I was less than 20km from you, lol.

  • @wimhuizinga

    @wimhuizinga

    2 жыл бұрын

    Here in the Netherlands you can plug that exact same "German" schuko plug into any ungrounded outlet. No extra force required.

  • @stapuft

    @stapuft

    2 жыл бұрын

    what was the plug at 9 something for?

  • @PaoloPaterna

    @PaoloPaterna

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stapuft The unknown socket is called Magic Plug! Is a very old Heavy Duty (up to 20A) socket!

  • @stapuft

    @stapuft

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PaoloPaterna very cool, thank you!i just looked them up, -they look like they might be some sort of dual-phase type plug, im saying that because i noticed it has 4 pins, instead of 2 or 3.- oh no they are polarized three phase plugs, thats pretty cool.

  • @emmepiemme

    @emmepiemme

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PaoloPaterna No, it's a telephone socket, also from the B-ticino brand. They were once used for room telephones.

  • @rayhanindyrazani2655
    @rayhanindyrazani26552 жыл бұрын

    i like how mehdi cuts seamlessly from having a nice vacation with his family to “engaging my potentiometer”

  • @SleekHeroo

    @SleekHeroo

    27 күн бұрын

    A shocking affair 😳

  • @giac1339
    @giac133911 күн бұрын

    i'm an electrician in italy and i work in 5 different hotels, it was nice to see you joking with our implant

  • @jjkeeney7162
    @jjkeeney7162 Жыл бұрын

    Your passion for electricity related stuff is inspiring.

  • @LuddisKuddis
    @LuddisKuddis2 жыл бұрын

    The “doors” in the plugs are children protection, seems like they work fine :)

  • @rapscal2002

    @rapscal2002

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those are pretty common in North America too, surprising that Mehdi was so perplexed by them.

  • @SeanBZA

    @SeanBZA

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, and the safety doors are there or absent depending on manufacture date. New ones the door is mandatory, the old ones it was optional, so the old sockets do not have them, but replaced ones do have them. The difference between 5mA and 30mA is the 30mA is the whole house, so using 5mA would result in nuisance tripping. The UK has solved that by making it mandatory on new to have each breaker be a RCBO in itself, each circuit being individually protected with 30mA, so a trip on one does not trip out the entire house. They even have AFCI built into them along with RCD and overload detection, in the same width as a regular 1 module wide DIN breaker.

  • @ppdan

    @ppdan

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@SeanBZA For example in Belgium a 300mA whole house is mandatory unless you have a bad earth resistance which would require a 30mA for the whole house. For places that can have higher humidity (for example bathroom) a 30mA is mandatory for those circuits and depending how close sockets are to water taps it might even require a 10mA. So in every house you'll find at least two GFCI unless you use a whole house 30mA but that can be very annoying. About the safety doors in sockets : In more recent installations they are mandatory.

  • @Sharpless2

    @Sharpless2

    2 жыл бұрын

    we have those in extension cords in germany as well. New ones are usually so stiff that you need a sledgehammer to get the plug in, so what i do first is open it, remove the whole child protection thing and be happy.

  • @ppdan

    @ppdan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Sharpless2 I am not a fan of removing safety features. I have learned over the years that if you a buy a decent extension cord those safety doors work MUCH better. All extension cords I use are homemade with plugs and cable from reputable brands. It'll cost you a bit more but they'll last forever and are much safer if assembled properly. The worse part of cheap extension cords is the lack of decent cross-section.

  • @stefanofaccio4723
    @stefanofaccio47232 жыл бұрын

    In Italy we have 3 types of plugs: the 9:22 one (maximum 10 amps, called "small Italian socket"), the most common as 4:19 (maximum 16 amps, called "Italian socket") and the European standard socket at 15:17 (maximum 16 amps). What you said at 15:22 is usually wrong, you cannot insert a European male plug into an Italian female socket (that socket was worn out or just plain broken) so you always get a ground connection. In Italy we had 220VAC 50Hz (or 380VAC three-phase 50Hz) but now we have almost switched to the European standard 230VAC 50Hz (or 400VAC three-phase 50Hz). So somewhere in Italy you can still have 220V AC 50Hz (but I think you measured 222V AC at 1:45 just for the fluctuation of the power grid). Also: Every house or building in Italy has an RCD but we don't have a specific RCD just for the bathroom. As you reported correctly, normal trains run at 3KV DC while high speed trains use 25KV AC 50Hz which is a common European standard. I have never seen the outlet at 9.16. By the way, nice video!

  • @DavideFoschi

    @DavideFoschi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also we use to have at least two breakers, one for lights and the other one for sockets. Modern houses tends to have a pair of breakers (light/socket) for every room so if there's a fault somewhere you could isolate that room (part of it) and waiting for the technician without worrying about food in freezer

  • @MyNotSoHumbleOpinion

    @MyNotSoHumbleOpinion

    2 жыл бұрын

    La presa a 9:16 è una presa telefonica anni 70 di proprietà della bTcino. Molto raro trovarla, si vede ancora in qualche vecchia scuola! The socket at 9:16 is a 1970s telephone socket owned by bTcino. Very rare to find, it is still seen in some old school!

  • @Pietro_Troschka

    @Pietro_Troschka

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion mai capito il perché di quella presa quando c'era la classica tripolare... assomiglia alla magic bticino, anche di quella non ho mai capito lo scopo

  • @DENIS9994

    @DENIS9994

    2 жыл бұрын

    La presa al minuto 9.16 non è una presa telefonica ma una presa “magic” (ormai obsoleta ma impedisce di invertire fase e neutro) The 9.16 outlet it’s not a telephone socket it’s a “magic” outlet (obsolete nowadays but it prevent you from inverting live and neutral)

  • @epender

    @epender

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought 230V was a compromise between the 220V used in mainland Europe and the 240V used in UK/Ireland. 220 volts is still standard because it is within tolerance.

  • @ajejebrazov2
    @ajejebrazov2 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Btw in Italy, if you want to certify any electrical system, you must have ground fault detection at each housing units (hotel room, apartment, house, etc.), plus you must use only double insulate wirings, only certified plugs, and the whole system has to be validated by a certified technician, otherwise the system will be declared illegal and it won't be possible to be used by anyone (owner included). It is of course quite expensive, but a strict safety regulation helps to reduce fires and shocks

  • @chubbyboigamingz437
    @chubbyboigamingz4377 ай бұрын

    8:25 ..hehhe i can turn off the entire hotel 😈😈 no not rn 🤣🤣

  • @KaiserTom
    @KaiserTom2 жыл бұрын

    Having the external breaker box be located next to receptions head is such a genius idea. It's not an event that should happen often, and when it does, you want to know about it as quick as possible. Between saving people's lives to stopping fires or starting evacuation before they grow large. Very simple and great idea.

  • @mrnice4434

    @mrnice4434

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also you can help Medhi faster when he fucked up again ^^

  • @Keneo1

    @Keneo1

    2 жыл бұрын

    The receptionist has to be a bit attentive and hear the distinct klick of the breaker flippin? As it seemed there is one for every room

  • @BlauDroid

    @BlauDroid

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Keneo1 tho this hotel didn't have it, there are sensors for some breakers that can be connected to a PC and can notify you if a breaker popped. :D they are expensive af tho.

  • @thewhitefalcon8539

    @thewhitefalcon8539

    Жыл бұрын

    @Vladimir Nicola Chersi you can also put the breaker at the reception desk

  • @OpenLogicEFI
    @OpenLogicEFI2 жыл бұрын

    My daughter and I have been watching your channel for years. She started to become interested in electronics at a young age. She played a joke for me where a capacitor blows up when I press a button. You have inspired so many. Keep it up.

  • @theempire8461

    @theempire8461

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish her a good future

  • @bruthayoshi2111
    @bruthayoshi21113 ай бұрын

    10:59 Bahaha just burst out loud laughing with tears down my face in my dead silent office😂😅

  • @zerokun2655
    @zerokun2655 Жыл бұрын

    11:40 "it's been delayed" WELCOME TO ITALY, where not a single train is on time HAHA!

  • @bachibak

    @bachibak

    5 ай бұрын

    you'd get used to German rail service pretty quickly if you move if it's the same in italy

  • @marjutreve

    @marjutreve

    Ай бұрын

    Apparently the only place in the world where the trains are always on time is Japan

  • @leonardoferlito6228
    @leonardoferlito62282 жыл бұрын

    9:16, that is usually refereed as a "bticino Magic" plug standard, it's very old and doesn't get used anymore the only difference with normal plugs is that it can't be reverted and it sits flush with the wall we stopped using those when we adopted the shuko(the round plug with the extra earthing) standard from Germany the outlets door are a MUST and required by standard the italian name is “gonne” (skirts) as you noticed we have a “small plug” and a “big plug” the small plug only goes up to 10A 220v and the big plug goes up to 16A , the standard Italian contract goes up to 3KW single phase 220v if you have more questions feel free to ask :)

  • @danielec

    @danielec

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're wrong. That's a BTicino phone plug. Magic is similar but bigger.

  • @TheoJouvin

    @TheoJouvin

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danielec correct!

  • @leogiri2863

    @leogiri2863

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure we didn't adopt shuko, we just use it for some appliances, but that's it. Most houses don't even have a single shuko plug, and even newer ones have just a few shuko plugs in bathrooms and kitchens

  • @radiodenis7526

    @radiodenis7526

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only a little precisation: our standard now is 230V, not anymore 220V. @leonardo ferlito

  • @oreubens

    @oreubens

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheoJouvin confirming the correct as being correct. The "magic" plug has a "bump" in the middle. this one is a BTI-2021 (no reference to the year 2021). It is no longer being manufactured... pretty much the whole world has adopted the RJ-11 standard for telephones.

  • @LoreSka
    @LoreSka Жыл бұрын

    9:11 it's a phone plug by BTcino. In the 70s they tried to introduce a whole new type of plugs for electricity and phone called "Magic" providing extra safety. The project turned out to be a commercial failure, but some of these plugs can be found in hotels originally built in the 70s and 80s. That one in particular is a BTcino Living Classic 4521.

  • @dukkadukkah3155

    @dukkadukkah3155

    Жыл бұрын

    what an unconventional time stamp

  • @ayathados6629

    @ayathados6629

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@dukkadukkah3155 didn't even realise this lmao

  • @perrots97

    @perrots97

    Жыл бұрын

    Also, if I'm not mistaken, you could use the same connector as a 12V source in some applications. At least, you could with the Magic series

  • @Shendue

    @Shendue

    Жыл бұрын

    I still have magic plugs in my house. We are slowly replacing them, tho, since adapters are hard to find and by now a lot of the ones we had broke up.

  • @chemicalindia1738

    @chemicalindia1738

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@Shendue maybe with some counseling they will put themselves together again

  • @michelefire3856
    @michelefire3856 Жыл бұрын

    its beautiful to see you doing experiments in my country

  • @Sean-yl1bm
    @Sean-yl1bmАй бұрын

    Lmfao these trips are the funny best stuff I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve been following and watching for a long time and just decided to comment cause this video made me laugh so bad. Especially not fining the breakers and running skit got me so good lol

  • @ahmedmani1051
    @ahmedmani10512 жыл бұрын

    i love how his daughter and wife are on vacation but mehdi touring the world reverse engineering the electrical standards of other countries

  • @stopcam.iso_1
    @stopcam.iso_12 жыл бұрын

    12:05 agh they set the city on fire before i get the chance to do it myself .....😵😵😵

  • @flopdingu
    @flopdingu Жыл бұрын

    every hotel: "You better not explode our breaker boxes!" him anyway: *sticks metal in the outlet normally*

  • @SangNguyen-ic8sr
    @SangNguyen-ic8sr5 ай бұрын

    That's for the walking over Treadmill electric now. 4:05 🤣 Woah the break *pop* to ear hurts and fall! 🤣

  • @saamdotexe
    @saamdotexe2 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to say something about the "Shuko" inside the "Italian" standard outlet. It shouldn't fit, but with a LOT of effort you can force it in (i've never seen anyone do it btw). To me this indicates that the outlet where you put it was probably forced by other people in the past, tourists i assume, and slowly it became much easier to plug it in. Of course that's not intended and you will find that on an outlet that didn't receive abuse it won't easily fit.

  • @okaro6595

    @okaro6595

    2 жыл бұрын

    If the hole in the plastic is large enough the contacts should bend the 0.8 mm. In Finland we had from the 30s to 50s grounded plugs with 4.8 mm pins and ungrouned with 4 mm and they grounded was intended to fit the ungrounded. Now this will not do good for the sockets in the long run.

  • @UberPrinny1978

    @UberPrinny1978

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've seen it a lot of times, unfortunately. But yes, usually it's hard to do

  • @demmidemmi

    @demmidemmi

    2 жыл бұрын

    In my experience at least in hotels and restaurants most of the plugs are of the type that Mehdi showed first that has two different set of holes or they are elongated. Good luck if they have the "magic" plug though like in the first room.

  • @Lilithlun

    @Lilithlun

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not that there is a need, but I can confirm. I've never seen a Shuko plug fit into a standard outlet or even thought that it was possible at all.

  • @Laurelinad

    @Laurelinad

    2 жыл бұрын

    it's "Schuko" (abbreviation from "Schutzkontakt") ;)

  • @MGRMoviesLOL
    @MGRMoviesLOL2 жыл бұрын

    the cut away at 14:04 before her score was shown indicates she scored a lot higher than Mehdi.

  • @mushyomens6885

    @mushyomens6885

    2 жыл бұрын

    how can you be sure?

  • @IshowSongNames

    @IshowSongNames

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mushyomens6885 because joke moment

  • @defskill9484
    @defskill9484 Жыл бұрын

    The first like 20 seconds are just too good 😂😂 amazing content, just amazing!!!! 💜💜

  • @Eric-ue9bw
    @Eric-ue9bw9 ай бұрын

    ElectroCute has really grown. Man, I often overlook the upload date, most of your videos are simply timeless.

  • @mikobirra
    @mikobirra2 жыл бұрын

    hi mehdi, I'm Italian and I can confirm that everything works like this here, usually in new buildings for about twenty years, breakers (lifesavers in Italian) have also been installed in the bathroom, but the reality is that there is always one or more protections, for example in my house the electric line of the lights and the one of the electric sockets are separated, if a socket is short-circuited the lights can be used, just to go and reset the "lifesaver" :) in addition there is another breaker upstream before the electricity meter (in case one of the two downstream does not work correctly), so in my case, if we consider the bathroom as a starting point, there are 3 breakers before the electricity meter.

  • @sibbolo9204

    @sibbolo9204

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah, agree my 2 floor - 100 sqm years of construction 1300, totally rebuild in 2018, have one lifesavers for each room, plus a thermal breaker each one on electric socket linem, one lifesaver for light each floor, and totally separeted electric line for air conditiong, induction and oven, and wood pellet auto stove too... and yes, everything ends in one single, huge electric box at the ground floor... quite a mess hide it, but safety first

  • @simonegualuppa7164

    @simonegualuppa7164

    Жыл бұрын

    Oltretutto negli impianti un po' più costosi ho visto mettere 2 differenziali 1 da 30mA per luci e prese e 1 da 10mA dedicato solo per la linea bagno

  • @manupaz

    @manupaz

    Жыл бұрын

    In my house (built in 2008~) I have a breaker for each room + externals and a lifesaver that shuts down the entire house. But the real question is... *how the hell did he manage to plug in a Siemens plug into a regular one?!* I've never been able to do that... Lol

  • @xasdrubalex

    @xasdrubalex

    Жыл бұрын

    @@manupaz the schuko can be fitted in crappy plastic outlets with no problem at all, I’ve done it multiple times with class 2 devices Note to Mehdi, we tend to use adapters for the schuko to keep the grounding connected

  • @Achille004

    @Achille004

    Жыл бұрын

    Io a casa ho luci e prese separati, ma se salta uno, pure l'altro salta... boh

  • @Darkshadow799
    @Darkshadow7992 жыл бұрын

    3:38 There is something wrong with the colours of the wires, they are reversed. The Italian regulation says that the neutral conductor should be the blue one, probably a tecnician accidentally swapped the two conductors at some point upstream. It is't that unusual. There is more freedom about the colour of the live wire instead. It's usually black, brown, gray or red. With that said, i really hope you enjoyed your time in our country!

  • @qdaniele97

    @qdaniele97

    2 жыл бұрын

    Likely that. It doesn't really matter with sockets as all Italian and most european plugs are not polarized and as such most EU appliances won't care which way you plug them in. The problem is with lights as a switch would work fine being installed either on the neutral or live wire but if it's on the neutral wire when you go to change the lightbulb the live wire will be "live" even with the switch in the "off" position.

  • @FrankypankyV8

    @FrankypankyV8

    2 жыл бұрын

    Correct... In The Netherlands the live wire is always Black! No exceptions

  • @crf80fdarkdays

    @crf80fdarkdays

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FrankypankyV8 thats weired as

  • @Blazo_Djurovic

    @Blazo_Djurovic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FrankypankyV8 Doesn't that make installation bit of a pain since you need to mark the wires to know which one is for what. If you just reserve two colors for neutral and ground other ones can be whatever lowering the chance that someone might wire something incorrectly.

  • @jeffsaffron5647

    @jeffsaffron5647

    2 жыл бұрын

    It plain simply is wired wrong. Based on IEC should be black/gray/brown for live wire and always blue for neutral.

  • @duckie7787
    @duckie77872 ай бұрын

    The bell was warning the city he arrived 😂😂. I love his videos. Alot of information inside of comedy 😂😂

  • @danielesimonazzi4875
    @danielesimonazzi48752 жыл бұрын

    You can't even imagine how under pressure I felt when I saw that Electroboom was going to judge my country's domestic electrical system.

  • @VerthNeel

    @VerthNeel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Per poi scoprire che gli Stati Uniti sono decisamente indietro per certi aspetti legati alla sicurezza.

  • @leonardocimarosa9772

    @leonardocimarosa9772

    2 жыл бұрын

    Infatti 😂😂

  • @lapub.

    @lapub.

    2 жыл бұрын

    By the US standard for electricity Europe is a paradise of safety, when done the right way, you can even open any panel and still be safe, all wire connection are in recessed area and so bare wire if the isolation was stripped the right length. In us you will find a lots of bare busbar and bare wire even for domestic panel. Even the ground is isolated in europe.

  • @deang5622

    @deang5622

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't worry....US electrical system is sh.t, EU and UK is good.

  • @MajikCaesar
    @MajikCaesar Жыл бұрын

    People like Mehdi are the reason hotels have to leave their breaker room unlocked 😂

  • @QuestionableEngineering6969

    @QuestionableEngineering6969

    11 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @Jonathan.D

    @Jonathan.D

    6 ай бұрын

    The Pope wasn't happy when he tripped the power to the Vatican city. Well, we know where he's going. 😂

  • @tamar4067
    @tamar4067 Жыл бұрын

    4:35 ITS THE PAUSE BEFORE THEBLIGHTS GO OUT 😂😂😂

  • @JokeOfJan
    @JokeOfJan Жыл бұрын

    9:30 The sound of POPING breaker in the room

  • @DarkAngelGuyver
    @DarkAngelGuyver Жыл бұрын

    Love how Mehdi is the only guy who can take a nice trip to Venice and rather than talk about the local culture instead says "How can I mess with the electrical in my hotel room!?" 🤣

  • @alolanstarboy
    @alolanstarboy2 жыл бұрын

    I’m headed to Italy with my family in a couple of months too. Glad to see Mehdi took the time to do so already so that I can visit the country armed with all the TRULY important information

  • @RavenLuni

    @RavenLuni

    2 жыл бұрын

    If theres no power at your hotel you know why :p

  • @Dax82Altea
    @Dax82Altea Жыл бұрын

    The reason the UK have fuses in every plug is because the socket circuit (ring main) is 32Amps. The plug and apliances should be protected at 16Amps. That is an RCD rated at 30mA of fault current. All sockets and light points have the earth cable. The can not be more than 24V contact voltage in showers and 50V in the rest of sockets. We have earth resistances here around 4-10 Ohms.

  • @lorenzocasetta
    @lorenzocasetta9 ай бұрын

    I’m italian and i’ve been following you for about an year now…and seeing this video just now for the first time is freaking epic😂😂😂😂❤️❤️

  • @TheKironos
    @TheKironos Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: as you can see at 7:21, in Italy we have Ground Fault Protection breakers commercialized as “Salvavita” which literally means “Lifesaver” Anyways, props to you who managed to shove a Schuko 15:28 into that socket. All of my attempts always miserably failed

  • @Fneeps_TF2_Experience

    @Fneeps_TF2_Experience

    Жыл бұрын

    What were those riots about?

  • @luke6565

    @luke6565

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fneeps_TF2_Experience looked like a fan gathering for AS Roma(football team)

  • @Fneeps_TF2_Experience

    @Fneeps_TF2_Experience

    Жыл бұрын

    @@luke6565 they're basically the same, right?

  • @enricomalloni6839

    @enricomalloni6839

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fneeps_TF2_Experience yeah but police won't do shit cause "calcio". (Soccer/football)

  • @TheKironos

    @TheKironos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fneeps_TF2_Experience As other people said, that's just the average AS Roma fan gathering. And yeah, they're basically "allowed riots" in Rome (the only thing a particularly disrupting fan risks in these cases is DASPO which is a prohibition to participate to sporting events for a certain period of time) so they're really not much discouraged, if at all. I don't really know how safe it is to walk by them (it's better to avoid them, that's for sure), but what I can say is that foreign teams' fans frequently leave the city in a far worse state than they do

  • @ForwardBias
    @ForwardBias2 жыл бұрын

    When Mehdi was fidgeting with the potentiometer in the wall socket, my lights started flickering and the storm knocked my power out for a few minutes lol. Thank you for the immersive experience Mehdi, I appreciate you engaging the viewers more 😆

  • @worlds_biggest_dumbass

    @worlds_biggest_dumbass

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @Dantido
    @Dantido Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact : the problem about dual standard of plugs around is also a thing in Spain. So many people use Schuko plugs on swiss-like outlets (Type J?) and get no ground for their appliances. In fact, I've only recently started using grounded outlets. Natural selection? Probably.

  • @tomasilano3186
    @tomasilano31862 жыл бұрын

    Medhi's family: explores Venice and more Medhi: I NEED TO SEE THE BREAKERS AND SOCKETS

  • @Elevanator
    @Elevanator2 жыл бұрын

    14:14 look at all these people unaware that they’re in the presence of a certified electrical engineer

  • @ChaoticBeanTheBean
    @ChaoticBeanTheBean25 күн бұрын

    I like how it changes from a train scene to a revelation

  • @Fishifyed
    @Fishifyed6 ай бұрын

    Love your content, never stop being you! Thank you for the constant enjoyment and entertainment.

  • @prasanthram1582
    @prasanthram15822 жыл бұрын

    Normal people: Let’s check the famous locations Medhi: FUSE BOXES! SHOW ME WHERE THEY ARE

  • @Pietro_Troschka
    @Pietro_Troschka2 жыл бұрын

    9:15 that's an old telephone outlet. It looks very similar to the so called "Bticino Magic" plug. It was created in the 70s as a more safe and irreversable plug by the italian company Bticino, but it really never took off, in fact it only really lasted until the early 90s.

  • @BulletproofKuloodporny

    @BulletproofKuloodporny

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or a modem outlet

  • @geoffroyarnaux2854

    @geoffroyarnaux2854

    2 жыл бұрын

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_jack_and_plug#/media/File:BTicino_spina_e_presa_telefonica.jpg Pretty similar to the old french standard. Quite logical since it's located next to a RJ45 or RJ11 plug

  • @BulletproofKuloodporny

    @BulletproofKuloodporny

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@geoffroyarnaux2854 i seen a very very very similar one on a phone and a modem

  • @notsonominal

    @notsonominal

    2 жыл бұрын

    So you put the mobile in the socket to charge it? Neat:P

  • @BulletproofKuloodporny

    @BulletproofKuloodporny

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's more likely to be for a phone that stays at home with a little antena

  • @stargirl5194
    @stargirl51943 ай бұрын

    4:35 LOL this is why i love electro BOOM

  • @fabiosantucci6628
    @fabiosantucci66284 ай бұрын

    I'M honored to have had you in my country. You're such a funny and instructional guy

  • @pc14thenumber9
    @pc14thenumber92 жыл бұрын

    Other people : "The vacation trip was great, might as well take good rest at the hotel." Mehdi : "Haha, this breaker need to be test, cuz it be a good trip to see."

  • @alexanderkupke920

    @alexanderkupke920

    Жыл бұрын

    Obviously for Mehdi a good trip has to involve to trip a breaker or two. A very trippy tourist indeed...

  • @OurAwesomeUniverse
    @OurAwesomeUniverse2 жыл бұрын

    "Camera" means "room" in Italian. It took me a bit to figure out why he tripped the breaker for camera 5.

  • @benji376

    @benji376

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I was like «are they that open about having cameras in each room?😂»

  • @hussainbharmal5998

    @hussainbharmal5998

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Indian we call it Kamraa.. similar!

  • @tesicnr

    @tesicnr

    2 жыл бұрын

    The word (photo) Camera, comes from the latin Camera Obscura that was the first device used to project and sometimes paint images (manually). It literally means dark room.

  • @urkraft3858

    @urkraft3858

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hussainbharmal5998 The modern English word would be chamber. And camera in Italian is via Latin camera which in turn comes from greek kamara. I googled the etymology :D

  • @d4z3d1

    @d4z3d1

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Spanish the word for a room with a bed or bedroom is “recamera”

  • @tenfriskydingos
    @tenfriskydingos Жыл бұрын

    Since the NEC 2017 in America we do have GFCI at the panel in all areas where water may be present, and basically every circuit requires CAFCI with the only exceptions being appliances with large motors or anything else with a large in-rush current that would cause nuisance tripping

  • @hollderbusch3630
    @hollderbusch36305 ай бұрын

    10:50 in good instalations the outlets and the lights are on different GFCI , so if one of both pops, you are not sitting in the dark. But all the outlets of a house have to have a gfci. For good reasons often the fridge has its own.

  • @kikiv1993

    @kikiv1993

    5 ай бұрын

    RCD*

  • @FuckMargaretThatchher
    @FuckMargaretThatchher2 жыл бұрын

    When I asked my electrician if they have a ground fault protection at 5mA he said: "Bathing your toaster shouldn't be fun, but scare the living crap out of you."

  • @bennyfactor
    @bennyfactor2 жыл бұрын

    The live and neutral look "double-drilled" because Italy used to have slightly different sized outlets for lamps vs appliances w/ electric motors, because they billed those at different rates in the old days.

  • @traniel123456789

    @traniel123456789

    2 жыл бұрын

    Huh, that is actually a cool distinction! How big was the difference in rates?

  • @struanlawrie9819

    @struanlawrie9819

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good fact 👍

  • @someoneontheinternetuvenev6268

    @someoneontheinternetuvenev6268

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sys-administrator electricity didnt exist thousands of years ago though..

  • @MartinodF

    @MartinodF

    2 жыл бұрын

    The smaller holes are rated for 10A, while the larger ones are for 16A. A socket with both is called "bi-passo" (two-step)

  • @Tang-qi6zw

    @Tang-qi6zw

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sys-administrator except with Tesla and Edison operating in America, America invented household electricity and the central grid. Why do you think the US plug standard is so relatively dangerous and called type A or type B; it was the first invented and before safety design.

  • @Dream4Design
    @Dream4Design Жыл бұрын

    Your travel mood is next level!

  • @sarpicarlos
    @sarpicarlos Жыл бұрын

    i love this hahahaha the transitions makes me so happy

  • @FifaPinion
    @FifaPinion2 жыл бұрын

    4:38 This was unexpected 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @desabogdanovic4991

    @desabogdanovic4991

    Жыл бұрын

    Big boom

  • @yeetmanthe2nd529

    @yeetmanthe2nd529

    Жыл бұрын

    This is a Electroboom we're talking about you should always expect this

  • @BulkedAmbulance

    @BulkedAmbulance

    Жыл бұрын

    Tiny doors- *BOOM*

  • @casmurylebe950

    @casmurylebe950

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@BulkedAmbulanceItalian:MAMA MIA WHO DESTROY THE BREAKER

  • @britishgaming6

    @britishgaming6

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@yeetmanthe2nd529this channel is an r/unexpected user's wet dream

  • @nomecognome5696
    @nomecognome5696 Жыл бұрын

    You visited one of the oldest cities in Italy. I designed some electric implants, so I can confirm: Italian plugs have a design that prevents the insertion of a single terminal, and 2 different plug rated to 10 A max vs 16 A. Every house has differential breaker just under the main switch. Even our suppliers meters include a differential with idn 0,003 A So that the whole implant is protected from the source. Problems (in home environment) starts because we put in series a lot of differential breakers with the same idn rate so you are not granted that is the nearest one the that breaks when something goes wrong. We should put decrescent idn and reaction times switches in order yo perfect the system. In some hotel bathroom or other applications we have 0,001 idn so is safer, and hopefully you'll break terminal circuit instead of the main one for a local problem.

  • @weeardguy

    @weeardguy

    Жыл бұрын

    We've got selectivity-rules to prevent such situations from occuring in The Netherlands (and probably Europe, as the NEN and IEC-standards are ever more integrated). Special tables list which breaker-characteristic and tripping-current can be used after another breaker, without running the risk of having them both trip due to the same fault. However, especially main fuse links, that protect the line coming into the home have a tendency to be weakened from earlier abuse or even temporary overcurrent situations at just an amp over their rating: they can last a very long time before the fuse link breaks at such low overcurrents. A nice dead short behind a regular B10 breaker can then also kill the main fuse (a 25 Amp slow-blow) easily. About the current ratings: are you sure you didn't put a zero too much in your tripping currents? 0,03 Amp is a regular current for RCD's to have to trip (while my experience as an electrician building cabinets, where every RCBO and RCD was tested before the cabinet would leave the factory, was that most of them would trip at 18 to 21 mA).

  • @Laigh

    @Laigh

    9 ай бұрын

    Why spread fake news? The device present in the Italian "meter" is a C63 circuit breaker with a breaking capacity of 6000 A, there is no differential switch!

  • @tekcore6290

    @tekcore6290

    5 ай бұрын

    @@weeardguy In Italy, many electricians aren't very-well-taught on selectivity, especially for thermal-magnetic breakers. There are tables list from the breaker manufacturers which allow for coordination of cascading brakers, but they aren't generally followed (in residential wirings at least, perhaps not in industrial ones).

  • @tekcore6290

    @tekcore6290

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@Laigh I've read somewhere that the old ENEL analogue meter used to have a ground fault switch, but surely enough it hasn't been around since they've swapped it with the electronic one in the early 2000s

  • @Davois
    @Davois Жыл бұрын

    It’s an honor for us to having you in Italy😀

  • @dariofagotto4047
    @dariofagotto40475 күн бұрын

    Lights and outlets are usually on different circuits in Italy, but ground fault is usually only on the common for both

  • @asteroidrules
    @asteroidrules Жыл бұрын

    The hotel where the GFCI tripping didn't also shut off the lights is an Italian thing. Prior to only a few decades ago it was common in Italy for buildings to source the electricity for their lighting fixtures and sockets from different providers, and consequently on buildings that were electrified in that era the sockets and lights are on completely separate circuits.

  • @magikmw

    @magikmw

    Жыл бұрын

    It's common in Poland too, even in buildings from 70s and before, and it's a standard still.

  • @lambertovitali3152

    @lambertovitali3152

    Жыл бұрын

    What is the advantage of using two providers? Since lighting is a lot less power, why not just get that from the same provider as the sockets? Is it incase one fails, so you can still have some power? Doesn't this mean two grids and more pylons?

  • @asteroidrules

    @asteroidrules

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lambertovitali3152 They used to be taxed differently and even ran at different voltages. Back when they were fully separate providers lighting ran at 127 volts.

  • @lambertovitali3152

    @lambertovitali3152

    Жыл бұрын

    @@asteroidrules Excellent! So you just run everything off the lower tax one.

  • @Volvith

    @Volvith

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly now i just wonder why we ever thought putting the lights on the same circuit as everything else was a good idea. You know, tripping hazards in the dark when the hair dryer breaks and all that. I wonder if there's any disadvantages to putting the lights on a separate circuit, other than cost of additional materials... Because honestly, i'd kind of want that to be standard.

  • @teslacoiler
    @teslacoiler2 жыл бұрын

    In Italy, local regulations mandate the use of a RCB for the whole house (we usually use more than one, for example one for the outlets and one for the lights) and there is a good reason for that: We use a TT system instead of the more common TN. In the TT systems all of the ground wires coming from the outlets and the permanently installed appliances are connected to one or more earth rods buried around the building.... and nothing else. Every building shall have his own ground which must be separated from the mains (no connection between neutral and ground is allowed). In case of a dead short between the live and the ground, the fault current shall travel inside the ground wire, inside the ground rods, than shall travel trough the earth and coming up from the ground rods installed inside the transformer shed to reach the neutral connection..... this means that the earth system shall be able to handle the entire fault current in order to trip the breaker!!!! Using a RCB vastly simplify the things (now the earth rods are required to carry only 30mA instead of hundreds of amps!!!) BTW: Light blue = neutral Yellow wire with green stripes (bicolor wire) = earth Brown, black and gray = live conductors (any of these colors are allowed in a single phase environment, for example to have a distinction between circuit1, circuit2 and lights, but of course three different colors are useful in a 3 phase environment). Any color (except light blue and yellow/greeen) = switched lives (for lighting fixtures). The electrical distribution system is 400V 3-phase with neutral (subscriptions up to 6kW are supplied in single phase between one phase and neutral, larger subscriptions are supplied with all of the 3 phases).

  • @mernok2001

    @mernok2001

    2 жыл бұрын

    The ground rod should be able to handle more than 30mA. If it has a high resistance the voltage will be 30mAxresistance. Having a resistance under 3 Ohms is good because ven if the 30mA gfci is faulty it will handle the high current and trip a normal breaker.

  • @teslacoiler

    @teslacoiler

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mernok2001 Of course, the lower is the resistance, the better is the protection (and below a certain level the ground can also be able to dump enough current to trip a breaker) but there are some problems: First of all, making a very good ground in some places (eg, where there is a rocky soil) can be tricky and costly. Second, in a TT environment you cannot "cheat" by connecting your ground to the neutral wire: this operation is illegal and can also trip the main breaker inside the meter (many power companies check for current imbalances between live and neutral and trip the breaker in case of a 500mA difference). Third, to trip a breaker you either need a current a bit higher than the designed current for quite a long time or at least 10x the designed current to get an instant trip: if the current that the ground system can dump is higher than the designed current but smaller than the instant trip current, the breaker needs some time to trip and everything that is connected to this ground become connected to the live conductor..... the safety ground is no longer safe!!!.

  • @mernok2001

    @mernok2001

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@teslacoiler I saw a video of some people reconstructing the type of grounding Nikola Tesla used for his Wardenclyffe tower. They got 0.44 Ohms is I remember correctly. I bet they could get even better value by using longer ground electrodes and wetting it with an electrolyte like sodium carbonate solution.

  • @Wtfinc

    @Wtfinc

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mernok2001 ground rods are expensive. Idk why yall stuck on grounding capabilities. It’s just better that you would only let 30mA rather than the full fault current is why the RCD/GFCI are good. Its not that ground system cant handle the full fault but why would u want full fault current? Food for thought, if no breaker trips, it will see full fault current and continue to flow until someone discovers it by accident. It could be a few amps or may not cause fire but could still kill someone unsespecting. What if u had a regular breaker that trips at 15Amps but the fault is 3, quite enough to kill. Ground should sink it but there is paint on the wire or the box went rusty, whatever scenario increases the ground resistance so that it would rather flow thru a body, a GFCI/RCD would have caught such an event. Its a shame we don’t have whole home RCD in America

  • @mernok2001

    @mernok2001

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Wtfinc A 30mA gfci is only a supplimentary protection.You must still have protection if it fails.In France they use a 500mA gfci for the entire building and 30mA gfcis after that for separate circuits.If the 30mA fails the 500mA main will trip.Also keep in mind that water and gas pipes must be bonded to ground.(unless plastic of course).They will further improve grounding.

  • @keshwannaidu3943
    @keshwannaidu3943 Жыл бұрын

    You are on vacation. Stop screwing around. hahaha. I love you videos.

  • @MaurizioFantino
    @MaurizioFantino Жыл бұрын

    @ElectroBoom Ground fault protection is mandatory in Italy as well as circuit breakers, but they are generally placed just after the smart meter belonging to the AMI of the distributors, black is the phase, blue is the neutral. If it is not that hotel has some issue with the connections. This is an European standard. Black, brown phase, blue always neutral, green and yellow ground and you can use red for the phase when you need to connect to switches (deviators) for lighting a bulb from two different places. For the Voltage it is closer to 230V at night time since there is less load in the grid so the voltage raise.

  • @nobodycares85
    @nobodycares852 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine the hotels around the world just presenting him with a fact sheet about the wiring of the building in the future. He'll go to check in and they'll say "now try not to trip our circuit's you"

  • @derpaddy8130

    @derpaddy8130

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I was thinking. There will be a day, where he enters a Hotel and gets a Tour to all breakers, a fact sheet and diagrams of all the wiring, without asking for it. Just in order for the hotel staff to prevent other guests from sitting in the dark. 😁

  • @sheneshkathushinidu1501
    @sheneshkathushinidu15012 жыл бұрын

    "Ah, they set the city on fire before I get the chance to do it myself" Had me laughing! 😅🤣😆

  • @Scyth3934

    @Scyth3934

    Жыл бұрын

    What were they doing there anyway?

  • @MarcelloZucchi91

    @MarcelloZucchi91

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Scyth3934 Roma football club supporters cheering for their new player. I'm guessing it was Dybala based on the timing of the video.

  • @haruhisuzumiya6650

    @haruhisuzumiya6650

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarcelloZucchi91 they do a tiki torch March?

  • @asasnat342

    @asasnat342

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarcelloZucchi91 i thought it was an escalating demonstration because of the smoke everywhere

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