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[–] [email protected] 85 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Sure, there’s a lot of plug sockets there, but I don’t see a single plug in that image

[–] hemmes 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Five-bed home looks gorgeous on the outside - but inside there's a horrifying amount of NEMA 5-15 receptacles

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Five-bed home looks gorgeous on the outside - but inside there's a horrifying amount of BS 1363 receptacles.

FTFY

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Hello.

Fuck The Sun.

Goodbye.

[–] CluckN 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dagnet 35 points 6 months ago

He just needs to fuck it at night

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Hello.

Nice comment.

Goodbye.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I prefer too many plugs over too few

[–] fidodo 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's far simpler to deactivate and drywall over a receptacle than to add a new one in. A moderately handy person can do it themselves.

[–] plantedworld 5 points 6 months ago

In most places it's not code, or a great idea, to bury splices in the walls.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 45 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I'm an electrician, I'd happily live there.

Gotta wonder how many circuits are in each room if they all look like that though... panel must be loooooooong

[–] [email protected] 68 points 6 months ago

Gotta wonder how many circuits are in each room

I'm an electrician

A very optimistic one, it seems. Because I'm willing to bet good on money on you not wanting to live there when you find out.

[–] Fosheze 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Or its like my house where my basement has a plug every 16" along the wall and the entire basement is on one 15 amp breaker.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah, I see the guy that wired your house also wired my apartment. Kitchen, living room, and bedroom all on 1 breaker with our tiny ass bathroom getting an entire breaker to itself. Who knows what the other 4 breakers are wired to, because every useful plug in the apartment is on one breaker.

[–] LavaPlanet 8 points 6 months ago

You wanna check you don't have secret people living in your attic...

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

As long as everything is wired properly, and there's not too much going on on any individual circuit, that's an awesome setup for so many things. Imagine you're a streamer/YTer, OF girl, maybe musician with a big recording setup, etc. How nice is it to not need a shit ton of extension cords, power strips, splitters, etc, to plug in all of your camera chargers, lights, audio devices, other assorted devices required for such a setup. Even though I didn't film/stream when I was painting/crafting, I still needed so many power strips to plug in my lights, airbrush compressor, paint booth fans and lights, Dremel and other tool chargers, laptop, 3d printer and wash station, mini fridge, and other assorted items. I only have 2 outlets. So yeah.

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[–] Enk1 53 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Theater room, maybe? The receptacles on the ceiling and along the side walls could be for speakers. A Dolby Atmos setup has speakers on every wall, the floor, and the ceiling.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Assuming that is a mixture of power, media, and data outlets, this would be heaven for me.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Maybe it was a Bitcoin operation going on. I can’t think of why else so many plugs would be needed.

[–] perviouslyiner 24 points 6 months ago

Grow lamps?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

For stuff like servers or mining rigs, it would probably be more efficient to have a few high amp outlets feeding power strips in racks.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Yes. The layout of the lighting indicates that the room was used for some project rather than a regular living room.

Maybe they had a lot of fish tanks. Each tank takes at least 3 sockets. With water involved, it's also makes sense to have wall sockets instead of using extension cords on the floor.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Maybe they were just sick of the socket always being a tiny bit too far away to charge their phone while using it and went all in.

[–] JackLSauce 5 points 6 months ago

Sound or streaming studio?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago

Funny, the Sun makes me feel ill too.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I also have a horrifying amount of plugs in me

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[–] ZeroTemp 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Looks like the wall of plugs you'd see in a hospital room. Maybe this room was setup like this for someone with a medical condition that required a hospital bed and several machines that needed to be plugged in?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

I think I read somewhere else this home was basically being used as a business and was full of PC's and desks and phones and such. Maybe like a call centre.

[–] Thrashy 9 points 6 months ago

I had an architecture professor who studied design for aging in place, and this sort of thing was one of the things he advocated for. Aging and death are a part of life, and designing a room in the house to be able to support hospice care for a family member is a way to make a difficult experience more humane.

[–] kerrypacker 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Or potentially a server (likely crypto) room

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

It's easier to get rid of them than to make them where they're needed, you know.

[–] sleepstate_agent 16 points 6 months ago
[–] RIP_Cheems 13 points 6 months ago

We escaping the Matrix woth this one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, robot family from before the invention of batteries

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Finally, a home with enough plugs for all my stuff.

[–] AA5B 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish the picture was higher resolution: yeah there are way too many outlets, but there are several different shapes. I’m not familiar with what UK outlets look like, but could some of these be network and phone?

I’m especially curious about round outlets. The ones in the ceiling are obviously recessed lighting, but what about the ones in the walls at knee height?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)
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