AMERICANS REACT to BRITISH PLUGS ARE NEXT LEVEL! LRN2DIY - British Plugs & Outlets

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In this video, we react to LRN2DIY’s deep dive into British plugs and outlets, and wow—these are seriously next level! We previously reacted to a culture video about Britain, where plugs were briefly mentioned, but this video takes it to a whole new level of detail. Join us as we learn what makes British outlets so unique and why they’re considered the best!
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RNTV
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Honestly, every issue he mentioned is not an issue. The load issue is something I've never had, ever.

truthsearcher
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As a brit, I can say with 100% certainty that overloading has NEVER been an issue. Whilst that guy might think it is an issue in theory, in reality in the UK, it has NEVER been an issue.

lethalchickenable
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Not trying to dismiss the load balancing issue, but after a lifetime of using this system, I've never encountered a problem caused by it.

trialen
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I'm a U.K. Electrician of 64 years old who has been working since 1977, the load balancing thing was once an issue if wiring was done before the late '60s, areas which have larger loads, such as Kitchens will have their own circuit, fixed items again which require a lot of current like Electric Showers, Cookers Hobs and Ovens, have their own individual circuits. U.K. Consumer units (fuse boxes, breakers) are these days split load, both parts have a RCD which controls each part of the board and normal breakers for each circuit. I hope that this helps?

Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
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Trust me stepping on a 3 pin plug barefoot is something you only do once, it really really hurts lol,

junction_mVNC
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NO ONE in the UK has EVER had to worry about load balancing! The various fuses take care of everything.

TheRumpusView
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I'm 71 and have never heard of load balancing until I watched this guy last year. Greetings from UK 🇬🇧

kevinmurray
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Mike & Jess - to answer your question (as an electrician) regarding surge protection devices, in all new installations within the UK we have our surge protective devices installed at the consumer unit (fuse box) so our systems are protected at the source and do not require secondary surge protection devices

jamescurrie
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I'm an electrician in the UK. The ring-main is a system that actually helps alleviate the load balancing problem because the electricity has two paths to the load and helps to distribute the current. It is particulary useful in kitchens where the majority of heavy load appliance are located, including washers and driers in most cases. Nowadays, a typical house usually has three ring-mains; one for the kitchen, one for the remaining downstairs and one upstairs

The other 'issues' aren't issues either :)

Heccie_Thump
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I am an electrician in the UK for over 20 years and what he said about the ring circuits is wrong, it’s actually the opposite of what he said.
The ring circuit is a superior circuit because of load balancing. You are essentially doubling up on the wire size and therefore you are able to increase the load on the circuit.
Overloading is about protecting the wires so if you are doubling the cross section of the wire you are reducing the risk of overloading.
The standard circuit breaker is rated at 32Amps on a domestic installation for a ring circuit and we use 2.5mm cables which is approximately the equivalent of your AWG 12 which I believe is about 2.1mm.
So you would have to be using a lot of high powered appliances all at once to cause an overload and the breaker to trip.
We tend to instal a ring circuit for each floor of the house as good practice but for most homes, especially in the UK, you can technically use 1 ring main for the entire house.
One of the main pros for installing a ring circuit is its superior load balancing capability compared to a radial circuit, so it’s the complete opposite of what he was claiming in the video

Penddraig
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As a Brit I can say with 100% certainty, I've never had a load balancing issue, have always plugged in whatever I want, wherever I want, whenever I want, have yet to face any issues in the 15 years I've lived here and my house was built in the 1960s.

mcah
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Our fuse boxes have built in surge protectors, if you put dodgy plug it, it will trip out in the fuse box instantly.

tonyhaz
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I agree with some of the other comments. As a 42 year old Brit, i have never encountered a load balance problem before. In fact, in the twenty years i've lived in my house, i have never had any problems with my electical sockets or plugs. Greetings from the UK by the way. I love the channel.

tombaranyai
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One of my early childhood memories is my dad showing me how to wire a plug.

KingoRichie
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Tom Scott did a great video on this topic. This American guy really reaches for 'disadvantages'.

zo
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Load Balancing Bollocks, we have multiple ring circuits for different things, the Lighting Circuit is completely different..

tonyjackson
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Do you know why the design is so good? Well on the 20 person team assembled to redesign how household electrics worked in UK there was only 1 household safety expert, and she was also the only woman on the team, Dame Caroline Haslett who was a renowned electrical engineer, after her death instead of a statue she had an enormous electricity pylon near her home dedicated to her memory, how cool is that? 🤣

markjones
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17:09 I've never had an issue with load balancing in the UK and I don't know anyone who has. I should also point out that whilst the individual runs of wire are thinner than they may be in the US for the same wattage, overall they're rated to 32A when all wires are correctly connected in the ring circuit. This means that you should be able to draw 32A through the wiring spread around your various sockets (since each individual socket can support 16A and the maximum plug fuse in the UK is 13A that 32A would need to be over at least 3 sockets) without issue.

lloydcollins
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It takes A LOT of power, from one socket, to flip a trip in england. Plus we have (since the 70) we realised we need sockets in every corner of the room. We only have a tiny house, and still have a double socket in every corner. And they, in turn they have 4 way extenders in them. In our kitchen we have the kettle, toaster and fridge in the same socket. Never had a problem. Great video guys!

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