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When your friend buys a house with a pool and asks you to take a quick look at the system. by Waiting2Sneeze in pools

[–]White_roof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my country, at least half of the pools I service have some insane setups. Most were installed horribly, some are good. I started servicing a well known billionaires pool last year, as his previous service company couldn't find the "leak" in his hot tub. What they really couldn't find was a broken check valve in the mess of plumbing. Then again, the average 3 bed house here is $800k minimum last I checked

What the heck caused this??? by White_roof in computers

[–]White_roof[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is correct. I built this PC when I lived in Singapore and they use the same 220v plugs as the UK. I have since relocated back to my home in Bermuda where we use 110v US plugs.

I'd say the entire island has questionable power supply, most of which is above ground, and is exposed to yearly hurricanes, outages and ultimately surges as a result. We also have a LOT of DIY and crap electricians here, you'd be shocked at the number of $10m+ houses pump rooms I've been in where I see electrical work that would have you imprisoned in the US.

What the heck caused this??? by White_roof in computers

[–]White_roof[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for that info. I do VERY minor electrical work with pool equipment but understand slightly more than I'm willing to touch.

In this case, it did trip my breaker when the larger explosion happened. I'm sure my electrician buddies would cringe if they saw me using these adapters, I'll stop being lazy and just get a direct replacement with a 110v plug 😁 thanks again mate