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Old 10-22-2007, 05:21 PM   #21
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And unfortunately the rest of the world (outside of Japan, Canada and the US) uses 240v/50Hz which gives you a bit more of a jolt than our 120/60Hz.

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Old 10-23-2007, 08:34 PM   #22
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And unfortunately the rest of the world (outside of Japan, Canada and the US) uses 240v/50Hz which gives you a bit more of a jolt than our 120/60Hz.

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Hahaha. so true!!

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Old 10-23-2007, 10:27 PM   #23
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If my old eyesight serves me right, it looks like that breaker says 30A, and I am assuming it's 240v. So yeah, you would definitely feel a nice jolt from that.

I wish I could show that picture to a guy I worked with in Michigan... he would go on a good 45 minute rant about that.
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Old 10-24-2007, 10:17 AM   #24
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aw man, i totally miss the fears of being electrocuted every time i showered in CR. i used one everyday for about 3 weeks and never got zapped once. but then again it was pretty neatly done and looked NOTHING like that one in the picture :D but yea, i could imagine that a zap from one of those would be rather unpleasant.
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aw man, i totally miss the fears of being electrocuted every time i showered in CR. i used one everyday for about 3 weeks and never got zapped once. but then again it was pretty neatly done and looked NOTHING like that one in the picture :D but yea, i could imagine that a zap from one of those would be rather unpleasant.
I don't know, people would pay allot of money for that kind of thing in Amsterdam.
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