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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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] 84 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Hello.

Fuck The Sun.

Goodbye.

[–] CluckN 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Dagnet 36 points 1 year ago

He just needs to fuck it at night

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Hello.

Nice comment.

Goodbye.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I prefer too many plugs over too few

[–] fidodo 20 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 45 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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[–] Enk1 53 points 1 year 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] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Grow lamps?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Sound or streaming studio?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Funny, the Sun makes me feel ill too.

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

I also have a horrifying amount of plugs in me

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[–] ZeroTemp 25 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Or potentially a server (likely crypto) room

[–] sleepstate_agent 16 points 1 year ago
[–] RIP_Cheems 13 points 1 year ago

We escaping the Matrix woth this one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

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

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

No, robot family from before the invention of batteries

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] AA5B 10 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (5 children)
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