• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
        85·
        1 个月前

        It’s common, this picture essentially explains why building codes exist, and why you don’t hire the cheapest contractor, since they probably aren’t licensed.

        • furry toasterEnglish
          4·
          1 个月前

          or you can just live somewhere that isnt cold

          (proceeds to die to brazillian eletric shower wiring)

          • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 个月前

            Do houses in say Brazil not have a gas hookup for water or cooking then?

            I get not needing a furnace, our province uses electric water heaters for various other reasons, but still common for cooking as well.

            • furry toasterEnglish
              1·
              1 个月前

              no, gas is bought in tanks, the gas tank is the source of power for the stove and oven, eletric induction or resistor stoves are rare, eletric ovens are somewhat common, water is not heated centrally, the showers heat the water with eletrical resistors, and thanks to brazillian ingenuinity have a fame for having extreme poor and unsafe wiring which results in some accidental deaths by eletrecution during showering (still quite rare though), water tap is not heated, and thus cold during winter, no risk of it freezing in the pipes in the vast majority of brazil, it is not fun cleaning the dishes with water at 15°C during the winter

              • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
                1·
                1 个月前

                Ah that’s what they do in remote places around here, we call them propane “pig tanks”.

                Our water temp is around 5c in the winter and 15c in the summer, so I totally get it.

  • thatkomputerkatEnglish
    61·
    1 个月前

    Yeah, imma go turn off the main breaker in the panel and just gtfo and go sit in my car down the street while I calm the fuck down for an hour. Lol fuck that. Gat damn electrified gas line what the fuck.

    • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      35·
      1 个月前

      Holy shit thats a gas line? I thought it was some wild water pipe or something. Yeah thats a GTFO now moment for sure.

    • krisevol@lemmus.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 个月前

      You are fine. As long as there is no gas leak your are in no danger of an explosion. You are more likely to get electrocuted.

    • KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      1 个月前

      100% water, 10% heating. Its like in floor heating but faster. Direct atmospheric transfer of heat so you can heat while you heat so your heat puts you in heat.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 个月前

    Back when I was married, I would not have been surprised if my water heater line looked like this when my (now ex-) wife took showers. That woman would take insanely hot showers. 😅

    As an aside, she also had an insane sense of smell too.

    Come to think of it, maybe she is an X-Men mutant.

    Which means my kids are going to be X-Men.

    Oh boy.

    • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      9·
      1 个月前

      Back when I was married

      So you’re not married to her anymore?

      my kids are going to be X-Men

      So you haven’t had kids with the woman you used to be married to, but you still intend to have kids with her in the future?

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 个月前

      Wow same with mine! Super long, super hot. She would do the same with our kids and get annoyed that we couldnt all bathe (excluding me since im a morning shower person) and have enough hot water for everyone. Hmmm i wonder why… explaining this was just met with eye rolls and that it shouldnt be that way. I just made the plunge for divorce as well so I just keep thinking of all the things that will be normal again. This, plus not needing 30 packs of toilet paper every month alone will probably save me a fortune and thats just the tip of the ice burg.