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Number one thing I never expected, when moving networking equipment...
Some idiot wired a 230v socket in a mildly terrifying and dangerous way... Yes, that is 400v and all my equipment has now let out the magic white smoke...
Fuck some electricians!

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    Wow. What equipment broke?
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    @retoor ISP modem and a PoE-switch. Lucky I was only testing, so the expensive stuff is fine
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    @Folkmann isp modem is annoying. So no internet for a while?
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    That I have never seen before. How the fuck did they mess that up? You should be able to claim damages with the owner or previous owner if it's bought.
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    @Folkmann @retoor interny shitp mack fol a passed timidago

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    @hjk101 Single-phase AC is 220 - 240 V, 3-phase AC is 380 - 400 V. Need I say more?
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    @hitko most of the time that isn't connected or if it is it's on a perilex socket (at least in this country). So that is quite a hard thing to screw up and pass the inspection.
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    @retoor ignore my last comment. Was my AoK bot
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    @retoor my exuses. Last test. aok test.
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    @hitko yeah, but 3 phase usually have 5 pins, this one has 3.. Thus it should be 220v single phase. The plug in the picture is the regular plug we only use for 220v (Denmark)
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    @Folkmann @hjk101 Obviously those outlets are standard 220 V outlets, but then, the cable going into the box is obviously a 3-phase cable, and the sketchy hole for the cable clearly wasn't made by a qualified electrician.

    Could be that someone didn't have the proper 3-phase plug and outlet, so instead they connected the 3 phases + neutral to two regular sockets, and then used two regular plugs to connect whatever appliance they needed to connect.
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    @hitko ah missed the cable. Though someone might have split it off or accidentally connected the 3-phase by accident.
    Now it makes more sense that some saw the proper socket but got a modern appliance that only requires 230v so they replaced the socket with this box and have two sockets for the price of one.
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    @retoor You can delete your own posts on devRant.
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    Good prank. At least they didn't write the third phase to the protective ground pin... Or did they. Better check all sockets completely for similar tweaks before use.
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    You get 400VAC in all outlets if you remove the neutral from the system. Been there done that 😀
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    3-phase has 3 "normal" 230V circuits and 400V between those circuits.
    so either someone needed 400V and commited the sin of not making that obvious or - more likely - someone messed up and put the wrong wires. like L1 and L2 instead of L1 and N

    @electrineer been there done that. Not my proudest moment but I lived
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