cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/28693796
Check the comments of the original post for the stupidity.
For those of you without an electrical background, the diagram shows the protective earth connected directly to phase, with phase and neutral also joined.
Correctly wired, this would be a three pin plug, with the earth wire connected to the earth pin in the plug, with the other end connected to the metal casing of the appliance. This is a critical safety feature, which will cause the circuit protection to trip in the event a phase wire contacts the metal of whatever this is connected to.
If this was actually done, the most likely outcome is it would trip a circuit breaker, but if the neutral was broken, it would connect phase directly to the casing, and likely electrocute someone.
Yes, after your first five, but before that you needed help. If this is someone’s first what are they do to? How are they supposed to know without getting some sort of help?
"It’s easy, just do like my dad showed me!* isn’t helpful if they don’t know your dad.
My dad did not help me. Plugging in three strands where they obviously belong is not something someone needs help with. Again, he checked the end result. As in, one glance at the result the first time and plugging the plug into the socket in the first few times, because at age 12 an electric shock is much more problematic than at age 36.