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[@ElectroBOOM]

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[@BLMT-df4on]

hola

[@smolcutepigeon]

Wsg

[@chejoam7217]

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[@robinsoncrusoe2775]

visit slovakia or hungary once please :D

[@AlexOop2013]

The outlet

[@RikkiSan1]

Normal People: Goes to Switzerland to see the Alps and beautiful country. Mehdi: WHERE'S THE BREAKER!?

[@joewell6435]

It's an easy way to make the family vacation tax deductible XD

[@krcsirke]

Chad people go there to swim in their lakes 😂

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

And buy too expensive chocolate.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

On the other side of the Alps is Austria where I have holidayed and I, despite being an electronic bench service engineer, had no interest in their mains electrical systems other than needing EU/UK plug adapters and they are 220-240V at 50Hz. Mehdi putting his family through this is hilarious. 🤣

[@glasslinger]

@@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell Interesting that the exact same chocolate is lower cost here in the USA than at home in Switzerland! Well they DO have free medical! Yep, free OK!

[@TheEngieTF2]

Mehdi: We're going to Switzerland! Switzerland hotels: *Hide the breakers! All of them!*

[@MrTHEMADGUY]

Swiss citizen here. Not trying to flex, but... I would rather say: Switzerland hotels: grabs popcorn

[@TotallyCreativeNameBtw]

@@MrTHEMADGUY I think you can say that about a lot of establishments, to be honest. Switzerland is just very proper, at least from my 22 year experience here lol

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

I hope he does not give France enough time to hide all their breakers and fix their electrical problems.

[@masteryoda394]

They are hidden in a locked technical room, it's the case for many hotels, especially big chains.

[@Cahuette98]

@@FLPhotoCatcher don't worry, it's france, they'll never fix anything

[@pastek957]

15:40 Swiss person here! These people have simply reached the end of their contract. In Switzerland, every citizen signs a contract with the state in exchange for peace and joy. When the contract expires, you have to float your way to the underground (that's where the breakers are by the way), and you get turned into gold and stored in a bank. That's why Switzerland is so rich and has such a small population.

[@IoT_]

ahahah. That is a nice one. I wanna sign up too. What is the duration of the contract?

[@jolly3807]

​@@IoT_Its 20 years standard, but you can buy an extension of 5 years for your entire body weight in gold. (Thats why we have no obesity problem)

[@epidemious1541]

It just keeps getting better ​@@jolly3807

[@n646n]

WELCOME TO THE UNDERGROUND

[@pcfan1986]

Just for the ones not getting the joke: These people float home after work. Its a relaxing way to get home and the river is famousely extremely clean. They have these floating bags for their belongings with them.

[@juzoli]

Don’t try this at home! Mehdi: It’s all good, I’m not at home.

[@avdimetalia3158]

Hi Mehdi, I'm a trained electrician in Switzerland, and your videos helped me pass my apprenticeship! To answer why Switzerland sometimes has two RCDs in parallel, it's due to selective protection. If there's a fault in one group, only that RCD will trip because they have different time delays. The smaller RCD typically trips within 30ms, while the larger 4-pole RCD is designed to trip at either 100ms or 300ms, ensuring the smaller one trips first. This setup prevents the entire system from shutting down when a fault occurs in just one group. If you have any further questions I'm glad to enlighten you on electrical installations in Switzerland, since it is quite different compared to even neighbouring country's.

[@avdimetalia3158]

Oh and I just Read some comments almost getting it correct, they mention the Current Delta being 300mA, not the delay. This doesn't make any sense, since the current in a ground fault can be 100s of Amps. This wouldn't insure the selectivity and all the groups would be without power. The reason some are 300mA is to protect typically a wooden building, If would get wet it can become a little bit conductive and after many months the would with char. As I'm sure you know coal is conductive, but it take more than 300mA to light it, this insure the house will not catch fire from electrical faults.

[@ketas]

yeah, funnily i heard that 230v * 300ma is not enough for fire to start. needs power to ignite it. yet, this isn't major cause of fires

[@alexatkin]

Unfortunately it seems they messed that up in the hotel he was in, as it did take out the main circuit.

[@disklamer]

The way you describe this, I think you mean "parallel" and not, "in series". In parallel the fastest/most sensitive breaker would always trip first, and the slow one would never engage. With a serial connection of breakers it works as you describe.

[@Weromano]

the rcd with the additional time delay has a specific symbol on it, to differentiate it from a normal one easily it’s an „s“ in a square.

[@pedrogeraldo5938]

hi, swiss inhabitant here. breakers are usually on the basement or hidden in an admin room to keep nosy people like you from doing things they shouldn't :) also bathrooms have their own isolated circuit to avoid all room outage, just like you saw :)

[@Comrade_YG]

Thats dumb, each apartment should have its own circuit breakers in it.

[@ABaumstumpf]

@@Comrade_YG Those are not apartments - so much for being dumb.

[@jakobbb6405]

@@Comrade_YG why

[@Torskel]

@@Comrade_YG In a hotel they arent, regular apartments have separate ones

[@HarbAlarm]

​@@Comrade_YG and that is the case, but hotels don't want people messing with breakers so they hide them away but every apartment i've ever seen has it's own breaker box and not just the bathroom has it's own breaker, usually most rooms are separated and even some individual outlets for higher power devices like washing machines and driers have their own breakers

[@joeldd6736]

The GFCI with the yellow indicator is actually a combination of GFCI and normal braker and since you can either trip it with a ground fault or overload, it indicates the tripping reason with the yellow indicator where yellow stands for ground fault and white for overload

[@lonely_7891]

18:02

[@scp-173mememode6]

how did you comment 5 hours ago even though this vid for me was released 28 mins ago?

[@BigWhoopZH]

​@@scp-173mememode6channel members get access ahead of time.

[@sirynka]

​@scp-173mememode6 all people are equal, but some are equalier)

[@Infamous-gu9ht]

​@@scp-173mememode6They are released to Playlists sometimes first. The exact same way he commented on his own video first

[@CourchaineDk]

Impressive that Mehdi didn't manage to get arrested, pretty sure he broke quite a few laws, mostly with the drone lol

[@LordDragox412]

The Breaker Breaker is still on the loose. Local authorities ask for help in locating the perpetrator. If you or anyone you know has any information on the criminal, please contact the law enforcement as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation and have a nice day. - Detective D. Ragox from Swiss Energy Criminal Investigation Unit /s

[@ricepops6222]

yeeah i was wondering.. it does look like a 250g drone which is okay to fly in most places (even cities) but he drove over active roads and thats not good

[@______________o______________]

And he did it in Switzerland, where your neighbors will call the police if you flush the toilet while it's dark outside.

[@pinarose2110]

@@______________o______________ that's literally not a thing. i'm swiss and have never heard of such thing or from anyone i know neither. the only ppl that talk about this are tourists

[@TheBoringEdward]

@@pinarose2110 Ruhrstoerungen vielleicht?

[@hanfo420]

I think the *only* electrical security issue in Swiss at that time was Mehdi himself.

[@Foefii]

oh 100% things are very strict here with no room for error tolerance

[@bryanquick3349]

I adore that even on vacation this cat is a Weirdo Electrical Man, disassembling the walls of his hotel rooms hunting for electrical outlets and breaker boards while his family looks on bemused, but tolerant of his antics also the little animation of the fam in the car going 'yaaahhhh!' between cities is adorable

[@badaboum2]

How else is he going to write off his vacation when tax time comes around?

[@dominikmeier382]

Hi Swiss electician here. The outlet at 4 min. is called "Sidos" it's one of the rare ones that have ground fault protegtion integrated. We use them in switzerland, if we ad another outlet to an existing breaker which doesn't have ground fault protection. Outlets with child protection dors are extremely rare. The are only common in extension cords. I have never installed one in my 10 years as an electician. The Red Socket is called CEE32 it has 400V and is rated for 32A. The waterspouts are connected to ground for lightning protection reasons. 3 phases in one socket was rarely done earlyer in high current demanding places. For exampel a Restaurant Kitchen. But it is forbidden for over 10 years now.

[@gargoyle7863]

Why all the 3 phase fun is verboten these days? 😑

[@cyan_oxy6734]

You don't use three phase power for the kitchen? I thought it's standard everywhere in Europe. In Germany all stoves are usually directly hooked up to three phase with no plug so you're supposed to get an electrician to actually install and connect it.

[@noldos]

​@@gargoyle7863 400v three phase plugs are fairly usual, but 3 single phase sockets with each on a different phase are forbidden. You'd have 400v between two live conductors, so if someone was to push something in, like, say, a monstrosity composed of multimeter leads, crocodile clip, and euro-US adapter, they could have a nasty surprise.

[@SarahKchannel]

Office wall conduits used to have 3 phase connections too. Remeber those Woerz flat ribbon cables that just ran trough them. Well have been in Switzerland in over 20 years, so I might be outdated :)

[@SarahKchannel]

Office wall conduits used to have 3 phase connections too. Remeber those Woerz flat ribbon cables that just ran trough them. Well have been in Switzerland in over 20 years, so I might be outdated :)

[@cedartop]

I'm an electrician from Switzerland. In my own home I do also have two RCDs in series. I rented an appartment once where I found out, that the RCD of the bathroom group did not work correctly anymore. Since I have kids I decided to prevent that from happening. Therefore I've installed two short time delayed RCDs (around 170ms) before the light groups. So half the house would be dark in case one of the RCBOs (around 25ms) would not work anymore. I checked all of them and they work indeed selective. Now I feel a lot calmer whenever they do anything with electricity involved. Ah, both of the RCD have 30mA tripping current. The selective ones with 300mA are only used in Switzerland on farms for fire prevention and also on solar powered houses when they make use of island mode. In this case, you would no longer have the short-circuit currents of the normal power grid.

[@MrLuigiDeFreak3]

Another swiss electrician here. The outlet you found outside in zurich at minute 4:00 with no voltage is a "Sinos"-outlet. This type of outlet has a built-in RCD. If you look closely you can see the yellow test-button and a black switch on top. So it was probably just off. And a funfact for you: The outlets that are flat are called "T12, Type 12". They are prohibited to install and sell new since 2017. Only the ones with the holes (called T13, Type 13) are allowed to newly install. The reason for it is that ,much like in america, the prongs are still touchable on the T12 when you plug them halfway in which can't happen with a T13.

[@RaivooCH]

If someone wants to google it: „Sidos“ is the correct term for the non-live socket you found outside. The plugs where changed together with the socket from flat T12 style to recessed T13 style. The plugs now have partly insulated live and neutral to make super-sure you can‘t touch anything live.

[@mernokimuvek]

Is it allowed to install Schuko in Switzerland?

[@svenjboy]

​@@mernokimuvekif der is allso as swiss outlet next to it

[@RaivooCH]

@@mernokimuvekYes but nobody does it because schuko is big, ugly and you only can mount single-sockets instead of the tripple-T13 swiss-sockets. Only advantage of the schuko is the slightly higher current capability. But here in switzerland we also have the T23 socket which is downwards compatible to T13 but can carry up to 16 amps.

[@mernokimuvek]

@@RaivooCH lamao, Shucko is not ugly, its the most beautiful plug in the world. You want an ugly plug? The UK has the ugliest plug in history.

[@polishfuze1934]

At 16:10 the connector is a standard 3P+E+N outlet which supplies ~400V between the phases and 240V between a phase and neutral, for anyone looking for it it's an IEC-60309. Also afaik the electrical code requires a single GFCI plug for apartment/hotel room in this case, but for the guest's convenience many hotel include several ones for a single room, eg. one for the washroom and one for the rest of the room. The double in-series GFCI is an additional safety feature but one of them should be a selective type.

[@phonotical]

In the UK yellow is for 110v blue is 250 and red is three phase

[@ABaumstumpf]

Good old Starkstromanschluss.

[@JaniOllikainen]

CTRL-F 400V and that questions was answered better than I would have energy to answer. Well done!

[@MrFiver1111]

They are three phase sockets, they vary because some have 4 pins (omitting neutral) and they also vary in diameter, the bigger the plug, the bigger the higher amperage it can sustain

[@jankoodziej877]

I'm now wondering, if the three phases are used to power a 3 phase motor, would you say it's 230, 400 or 0 V? 😂

[@CowboyPants-h5p]

The Freddie Mercury statue at 16:57 was installed in Montreux because he stayed there for quite some time, and Queen bought Mountain Recording Studio there. The last Queen album, Made In Heaven, was recorded there.

[@apostolakisl]

Smoke on the water . ..

[@nox5555]

@@apostolakisl Thats not from Queen and Queen wasnt involved. It was Zappa and his band burning down a Casino with a flare gun

[@johanness.5161]

I think it was not grounded!

[@apostolakisl]

@@nox5555 nonetheless, it was Montreaux.

[@Halfpastlife]

Sorry for that but that statue ırrevelant for swiss and non sense

[@SuperBechti]

As a swiss man I’m always amazed how apparent and messy electrical wires are in other countries. I have no knowledge in electrical technology but I always point out to my American wife, when traveling in foreign countries, how bizarre it is to see all those electrical wires running along buildings walls and being connected in huge messy ways on the outdoors facades of buildings without any protection😮. In Switzerland you see no wires showing on buildings and I find that absolutely normal. By the way , do you know what that sign means ⛔️? 😂

[@anon_148]

you'd have a heart attack if you went to Japan

[@smauglecretin7734]

@@anon_148 And Indonesia, it's such a mess

[@ryanhuang8498]

Come to Taiwan,wires can be everywhere. Even coaxial cable could be popping out of drains.

[@niniinininii]

have u seen Thailand 🤣

[@SuperBechti]

@ no, but I can imagine 😬

[@GabrielKleinCH]

It was a pleasure to have you in my country :) In our standards: * Power plugs are 10 amps (16 in France). * Flat power plugs are not allowed anymore in new constructions. (the 3x3 you display at the end). * The big "red" plug is CEE11 = 3 phases/11kW, you have CEE22 too. * Live is at the right of the V, neutral at left, earth in the middle. * The "plastic protection" in the wires is mandatory since a few years. * 30 mA default current is the standard.

[@galactic_dust42]

We say "ground" not "earth", otherwise nice comment :)

[@PaulTheFox1988]

Such a gorgeous country, I was in awe throughout the entire video at just how pretty every place is that Mehdi showed Also nice comment explaining the standard your country uses

[@brunol-p_g8800]

3x3 are not allowed anymore?! Why?! It doesn’t make sense, its safety. (I live in an old building and my parents house is old as well, I’m not used to new constructions).

[@maximejeanneret5886]

3x3 is allowed but they must be recessed, flat is not allowed anymore​@@brunol-p_g8800

[@GabrielKleinCH]

@@brunol-p_g8800 3x3 are allowed. Female plugs with a flat surface are not allowed (security) to be sold or installed. They can still be used. Male plugs without the small plastic protection in the live and neutral wire are not allowed to be sold or installed anymore.

[@TheTrueMilery]

18:30 He couldn't find an electrical hazard, so he made his own

[@-thanelines]

15:41 How to get home after work in Summer? Bring your Waterproof Bag, store your Goods, have a swim and arrive at home refreshed and full of joy.

[@zucmaidik1442]

stfu, there's like 5 people in Bern that actually use the river as a commute. It's so fucking dumb to paint this commute as some tradition, when it's just nice to go for a swim after work.

[@emmettturner9452]

*must live down-river.

[@Sven1222225]

Actually yes, sometimes i do that ;D

[@egomatthisum]

If you live upriver, it's the way to work

[@Elia-xp4uu]

I used to go to school 'riding' the river in the morning ;)

[@facepuncher2127]

Hello Mehdi! I am a Mechatronics student and I started watching you a couple of months into starting my course at uni. I just wanted to express how grateful I am for your videos as they helped me better understand the content and even taught me some additional things that came in handy during our labs. Right now I am on a trip going through switzerland except we skipped the swiss french part and went through the swiss italian part instead. I must recommend you and your family to visit Ticino in the future if you come to Switzerland again. Unfortunately I don't think you will find any swiss failures there either but it is beautiful and has good food!

[@William_tech]

As a Swiss, I couldn’t stop to think : “omg, he’s not supposed to fly drone over here…” 😅🇨🇭

[@spotless1337]

Question from Germany: Does he have a permit todo that

[@brandonk7361]

@@spotless1337 He almost certainly does not have the kind of permit needed for places like the flights around Zürich Altstadt. They don't even like approving permits for licensed commercial operators in those areas.

[@aurelienclair4465]

Nearly all his drone flight were illegal. You can't fly over people.

[@gouletpalexandre]

Ah, the good ol' drone police!

[@AllGoodOutside]

That's interesting, as an American I knew that The citizens of Switzerland were referred to as "being Swiss" and "the Swiss" As in the Swiss people Though I've never known that a person from Switzerland refers to themselves as “ a Swiss” Thank you for teaching me something I did not know.

[@t.sb_0570]

Heya, Dutch electrician here. The red 5 pole connector you saw in public is 400V 3-phase. (used to be 380V) It is Neutral, Earth and 3x live. This is to power industrial machinery, mainly big 3-phase motors such as pumps or other big moving machinery. It also allows a way higher current draw than a standard 240v single phase.

[@EntropyMusicOfficial]

Also most ovens/stoves in households are powered by 3-phase, as well as things like table-saws, welding machines etc.

[@RubberGopher]

For those who want to read up on how this works. IEC 60309 is the standard and the color is part of the spec.

[@nikolatesla1969]

I am an electrical technician in Turkey, and I am also involved in tasks such as electronic board repair. Due to the current conditions in Turkey and the inflation that workers are experiencing, I intend to continue my profession in your country with a better standard of living. What do you think the living standards of electricians in your country are like? Can you buy a house or a car with your monthly income? For instance, in Turkey, even in cities with a small population, while the average salary is 20,000 Turkish Lira, houses cost 3,150,000 Turkish Lira. We are forced to spend 15,000 of that 20,000 income on living expenses, and as a young person, I cannot become a homeowner by saving 5,000 a türk lirası in this country. How are these matters in your country?"

[@nikolatesla1969]

Similarly, due to the tax policies implemented by the government, when buying a car, we end up buying 1.5 cars for the state with taxes. New cars coming out of the factory priced at 900,000 TL end up costing at least 1.5 million TL with taxes, and the sales price reaches anywhere from 1.7 million TL to 2 million TL. For this reason, I want to work as an electrician in your country and gradually assimilate into your culture and language. It is very difficult to make ends meet here."

[@nikolatesla1969]

And I am experiencing this situation as a single person. Unfortunately, if you have a spouse and children, your expenses increase significantly, and with your monthly income, you can barely make it to the end of the month and pay your rent."

[@mineland66]

22:26 There is a huge ⛔ sign on the door Electroboom: Let's try to open it

[@greenwavemonster]

The sign acutally sais not to put anything infront of the door to keep it accessible.

[@ericp.5533]

Imagine one day someone catchs him

[@patrick71994]

So it is a one-way street?

[@simond.455]

The sign instructed (in French) the hotel employees not to put stuff in front of the breaker locker so they are always accessible. In case Mehdi shows up. 😆

[@f-s-r]

If he ignored the yellow sticker that warns about a possible attack by Zeus, why would he be scared of a simple prohibited sign? 😃

[@tisotz]

I'm really impressed by your content. These very nice videos are made with a perspective that lets even me as a Swiss, discover well-known places with more excitement than my own eyes life.

[@hundvd_7]

2:26 These edits are shockingly well done, I was not expecting a backrooms-like horror portion in this video

[@ARTOFFICIAL1980]

mehdi tries to find breakers in the backrooms (gone wrong)

[@xthexder0]

That shadow silhouette totally got me. Really well and subtlety done

[@norwin6523]

also when he looks in the second room for the first time short after

[@BuckINtion]

Imagine taking a vacation to switzerland just to see some dude testing random outlets on the street 😂

[@redpheonix1000]

18:02 Getting a 230V shock made him German all of a sudden

[@raffaellu4375]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@benyomovod6904]

He is used to the Micky Mouse 110Vsystem

[@raffaellu4375]

@@benyomovod6904 👍

[@gleqy]

why didn't the RCD trip??

[@raffaellu4375]

@@gleqy idk

[@mikeh4775]

I work as an electrical designer in industrial environments. The connector at 16:10 is known as a pin/ sleeve connector. They are usually used for 3 phase systems carrying high amperage. Notice the 5 pins (3 live, 1 neutral, and a ground). Not sure about European codes, but NEC codes here in the states prohibit how they are using it (as an extension to feed a facility). Also, it is not uncommon to find two breakers in series with one another. Usually one being for branch level protection, the other being supplementary. A direct short could trip both.

[@Ragnar8504]

The colours indicate the voltage rating (the highest voltage present). Yellow is 120 V or less, blue is 230 and red is 400. There are some special colours like purple (I think 48 V) and green (non-standard frequency). Using these connectors to supply temporary structures (the one in the video looks like a container) is a perfectly acceptable application for them. 16 and 32 A are the two most common sizes, which are fairly similar in size, larger ones (up to 125 A) are fairly chunky. Single-phase ones are required for motorhomes and caravans all across Europe, so they're the European equivalent of the US RV plug. Don't expect anything like US RV power from a European camp site though - if you're unlucky all you get is 6 A at 230 V per site, just enough to run a few lights and charge batteries.

[@msilas3736]

@ElectroBOOM In Switzerland this Plugs outside are for Market. Mostly on Saturday the City can turn on this Plugs and you can plug in Fridge and Lights for the Market Stall. Or sometimes its for Chilbi XD

[@Drew-Dastardly]

That makes good sense (but how do they meter them?). But it doesn't explain why there are no wires to the socket?, at least in the one Mehdi pulled from the wall.

[@AltonV]

@@Drew-Dastardly meter is probably inside somewhere. The socket he pulled from the wall was probably not used anymore so they removed the wires, don't know why they kept the socket though

[@jann4577]

​@@Drew-Dastardly I would guess the plugs are metered at a central point or they just have a fee for the market that covers the electricity bill

[@msilas3736]

@@Drew-Dastardly this one with no wires. Maybe only a dummy or an old House i think and an electrician has forgotten to wire this one. And the Big Red/white socket was one with 3 phases (400V) and 63A

[@MichaelGrundler]

I just assumed those sockets could be switched off from the inside (by the owner of the house) when not in use and are metered together with the rest of the house or with a separate meter for the individual outlet. But it could just as well all be centralized.

[@FlurinRupp]

As noted, most power lines in Switzerland run underground. This was done for aesthetics, environmental protection, and reliability. By the 1970s, urban areas had their power lines buried, followed by rural areas by the 1990s.

[@valdir7426]

same in France and I suspect in a lot of places.

[@AdityaMehendale]

"They look a little more questionable" 23:55 - the glee is contagious!

[@adewilt]

I watched this brilliant video in a hotel room in Zurich at 04:00 because I couldn't sleep. So funny to see you in Europe and very nice drone videos! Love your work.

[@mima85]

Swiss citizen here, if you want to see some overhead lines besides high and very high voltage ones, you have to go in countryside or mountain villages, especially the ones with less tourism. But these lines won't be there for too long because some years ago the swiss federal government passed a law for which low and medium voltage lines must be all put underground, and that process is going on since then, with big cities putting a lot of effort in doing that. That's why you didn't see any in Zürich, Bern, Luzern, etc. Overhead lines are disappearing quite fast, and sometimes the process involves also high voltage lines under 100 kV too, altough as far as I know the burial for these is not mandatory. But is happening. As a guy who liked overhead lines since childhood for me that's a bit of a shame, but I understand that for the vast majority of the people overhead lines are an inconvenience, and for sure undergound ones are more reliable than overheads, especially during bad weather. I'm weird, I know xD Anyway, glad you liked our country :-D

[@foxonboard1]

🎉 Schöne Abig 😂

[@alexatkin]

While its nice to not see them, that seems a huge waste of money. It makes repairs/upgrades a ton more expensive too.

[@kungfreddie]

Wouldn't underground transmission lines b less vulnerable to an EMP too? Like a solar storm.. or mayb since it's induction through magnetism the ground will not protect it.. I'm in Sweden and transmission lines have been disappearing here too for the last 25 yrs or so.

[@disklamer]

There are some issues with high voltage overhead lines, for one the EM radiation is intense enough to cause genetic defects with prolonged exposure. And when a line breaks that is a really dangerous and difficult situation.

[@bastienx8]

@@alexatkin In Switzerland money is not really an issue, especially for public infrastructure

[@luminetto]

😂 searching for failures in Switzerland, finally finding them - in France 😂

[@fabiencasters5364]

no failure in France either! just ugly apparent wire. Every outlet is on GFCI, but if not, even the oldest power counter would trip at 300mA.

[@kurtmueller2089]

Do I understand this right, you went to Geneva but did not visit the CERN??? You would have had a field day there, the cables they use for the LHC alone would have made the visit worth it for you

[@derek7808]

Also visited Gruyère but not the HR Giger museum !

[@kurtmueller2089]

@@derek7808 To be honest, as a former Giger fan, 80% of anything Giger related would have to be censored. Yes, he did draw the aliens, but he also drew tons of incredibly obscene stuff.

[@flatterkatz]

@@kurtmueller2089 that's why we love our Hansruedi. Other boring artists: Hey I'll make an interesting alien. HR: Hey I make an interesting alien and make its head a dong!

[@waralo191]

Fun fact about CERN, it has it's own power delivery infrastructure, different from the city. It connects directly to two Nuclear reactors in france, to both of which it has exclusive rights. You heard that right, CERN uses the power output of two (albeit older) nuclear reactors. For that reason they schedule a two month long maintainance break in winter, to free up that power for heating and stuff.

[@Zirc0nium69]

​@@derek7808I actually enjoyed the museum. Its not mindblowing, but as a Giger fanboy it was sufficient value. I was there like 12 years ago though, so maybe something has changed.

[@DimRoditis]

I really like your videos and the general demeanor! Smart, humorous and informative. Keep it up, reveal every infrastructure, everywhere!

[@Sylvain_code]

Small correction: Switzerland uses the "Type J" socket, which is almost but not fully compatible with the European "Type F / Schuko". The neutral pin is different; and European plugs can have slightly thicker pins that won't get into the Swiss socket. The reason the sockets are in group of three is for convenience, not having to have a multi-socket adapter/extension - and often one of the sockets is controlled remotely, to plug in a standing light.

[@magnusnielsen2648]

there is a lot of patriotism involved with wall sockets :D

[@MadmarxOfficial]

Type F will get into Swiss sockets, you only need to push and wiggle kinda hard lol

[@macrozone]

Type J is best: compact and has most important safety features

[@johanponken]

The remote socket is often (not always, GRR…) marked.

[@-r-495]

hm, never had any issues in Europe.

[@WilburJaywright]

Mehdi: "Let's find all the problems with Swiss engineering!" Switzerland: "Don't you know who I am, sir?"

[@fesaldeari2717]

Tbh after working as a electrician since 2016 i have seen a lot of stuff that isnt up to code or straight up dangerous. There are a lot of factors for it but the biggest one is price gouging. A lot contracts are at a break even or at a loss for the company. That leads to stress, overworking and underpayment for the workers which leads to mistakes or straight up ignorance. Its like a house of cards, it still stands but if they continue to pile more on top it will collapse on itself. Worst of all since the pay is underperforming its less desirable to do a 3-4 year apprenticeship and many that try it either quit as an apprentice or change after a few years. The Unions try to change it but it takes a lot of time and pushback for a change. Its kinda depressing to know that such an essential and dangerous line of work is paid less than it actually should be.

[@fredericinduni]

"You'll have to search by my messy neihgbor France"

[@AliFareedMC]

4:44 they probably knew you were coming, so they hid the breakers 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@abirpaul5064]

how is ur comment posted 7hrs ago?

[@Filthyslag]

​@@abirpaul5064Because They Most Likely Pay For The Patreon And Get Access To The Videos Earlier Than The Regular KZbin Subscribers

[@justassimple8328]

@@abirpaul5064 Patreon members

[@Cayden_Revon]

Lol

[@Cayden_Revon]

Wait wtf this vidio was uploaded 11 minutes ago👥🔥 But you commented 7 hours ago ?💀

[@jimbo5728]

Love watching you travel and conduct electrical mischief experiments! Great combination of humor and sharing your trip with us! I look forward to your next destination! 😊

[@totoryf4422]

As a french person living in annecy and studying in Lyon, I'm happy you liked our city and our food! Also, the cables everywhere is something i've never notice but i think that now that you've pointed it out, i won't unsee it. Anyways, i hope you'll come back here for another great video!

[@edfielden]

I love how you essentially invite us in to show us your holiday photos each year, except it's way less boring than that makes it sound! Good work :D

[@RideGasGas]

You may not have noticed it but the ITU headquarters is right across the road from the UN. Will be traveling there in Oct for some ITU meetings. This is organization that manages the radio regulations and various recommendations for how to use radio frequencies among other things. Always enjoy visiting Geneva.

IEC is even nearer, the International Electrotechnical Commission. ISO has moved a bit away from the standards triangle. I worked there many years ago.

[@sativothegrail461]

I live in France and work in Geneva and grew up nearby, I know most places where you've been. ❤️ I had a very good time watching this, I hope you enjoyed the stay here, it's lovely during summer. In France people work under pressure so it's kind of a mess sometimes 😂 🇫🇷🇨🇭

[@eisenhammer01]

16:44 The grounding wire on the rainwater pipe is for the lightning rod, it uses the metal tubes as a wire/part of the lighning rod

[@einehrenmann6156]

All metal constructions of buildings need to be grounded as per swiss code. That includes all Piping.

[@Chickenbreadlp]

Yeah, you see them in some places in Germany too. And usually, if it's broken up like the one at that timestamp there's a good chance the splice wasn't super well secured and a thunderstrike blasted the two sides apart... tho ofc it also could've been an unruly person who just bent the thing out of shape...

[@jimmio3727]

@@einehrenmann6156 Yes, because we need to ground the metal pipe that goes under the ground. Lots of little stupidities like this because somebody somewhere messed it up for everyone else. :P

[@einehrenmann6156]

@@jimmio3727 We don't make the rules, we just follow them and drown our sorrows with a cold after work beer.

[@amog8420]

@@jimmio3727 Yes we need it. Because in the ground we have plastic or concrete pipes. And that metal pipe goes inside the ground pipe. So very often it never properly touches ground. The grounding wire makes sure there's ALWAYS a proper electric connection to ground.

[@goaty_the_goat]

Thanks for visiting.

[@yallprettysus]

De brüeder hets, stabil 👍

[@freeman9586]

20:25 "Things are different in different places" Welcome to Switzerland, where the fedaralism is strong and the (electricity) companies small

[@haabyalexis]

Good thing you mentioned electricity, because I live somewhat close to Basel, and for all I know, they have some of the biggest labs for pharmaceutical research and chemistry, and boy does it look like business is working for them.

[@freeman9586]

@@haabyalexis yea, very long tradition of chemistry/pharma in basel

[@martinptacek1311]

16:10 it is a 3 fase, graound and neutral. this conector is used for high power aplications

[@maxegloff3001]

hi as a swiss person all our power lines are safe and sound underground! on some really, really old and remote places have powerlines up in the open to the house but often times its not even power but an old telephone cable. only powerlines above are are the massive ones from the power plants going to regional transformers and for infrastructure like trains and trams. usually multiple rooms in a house will be on the same breaker but things like the kitchen and the room where the washer/dryer stands.

[@nashorn9745]

All isn’t fully true there are a few villages without in ground electricity.

[@Gametherapist]

It's really great as a Swiss/German/Austrian to live in a place with 0 chance of earthquakes. So we can put all our stuff in a hole and not worry about it coming back out.

[@maxegloff3001]

@@nashorn9745 READ i said remote places sometimes still have them above ground.

[@miles5600]

@@Gametherapist same for The Netherlands

[@miles5600]

that's not really true, the only country with 0 distribution lines is The Netherlands.

[@MegaMindfreak666]

You should have travelled by train in Switzerland. We have one of the world's best public transport networks.

[@Haaraff]

Also, there are so many untested outlets in those trains too...

[@Steambatsy]

Swiss electrician here, the grounding of the water drains is the so called Blutz.. thats swiss german slang for Blitz Schutz, lightning protection

[@andreasu.3546]

Liction?

Very common to see in Germany, also on handrails and benches, especially those on train stations.

[@AarishRaja-kj8ic]

Blitz !?!?!? Blitzkrieg !?!?!? 💀

[@andreasu.3546]

@@AarishRaja-kj8ic That's where it comes from: "Blitz" = "bolt of lightning", "Krieg" = "war" - "war that's over as quick as a bolt of lightning". Didn't quite work out that way...

[@AarishRaja-kj8ic]

@@andreasu.3546 lol and thanks for the info

[@souvenoir_music]

I just want to say that I used to watch your videos in college and I'm so glad to see that you're still creating content. What an OG!

[@MrHerrS]

Hey Mr. Electro, just a small reminder for you. If you wanna use a drone in Europe, there are very strict regulations. F.e. you prob. need a flying license and an insurance for your drone. So be careful, the fines are actually pretty high. And flying a drone in a city is also permitted if you don’t have permit for it. Keep safe and might the electro god be with you.

[@redge76]

Was shoked to see you fly like this in the cities in switzerland. We have very good electrical standards and prette efficient police. You were lucked not to get caught.

[@test-rj2vl]

I wonder how do they enforce there? I mean if you learn from ukraine how difficult it is for radars to detect such small drones, I would guess the only way to get busted is if someone reports you?

[@willionaire77]

@@test-rj2vleither that or police catches you red-handed.

[@RASTA_MAN-679]

Who askd

[@SylvesterStaline.]

​@@test-rj2vlin switzerland its frequent for a lot of people to report petty crimes. If you let your dog poop, park where you shouldnt,... the concierges even have the right to give you a ticket if you let your car in a spot owed by someone.

[@beauhill5746]

i honestly just want to say a huge respect to your wife and daughter for being more and more comfortable on camera. I cant imagine it being a very natural thing to be put on show in front of millions of people while on holidays but they seem to take it very well. Love what you put out everytime!

[@redstonewizard08]

22:37 "maybe i shouldnt be in here" OH REALLY? Who would have thought.

[@microgames10000]

The display is there to show if the breaker was tripped by a ground fault or just manually by the lever.

[@Eli-su6ql]

It's a beautiful country, isn't it? A few answers to some questions: Breaker boxes are usually centrally located, somewhere on the ground floor or in the basement (where all the power lines come in). The outside sockets can usually be activated somewhere in the building, for when you want to run something like a market stall for example (we have markets in the streets sometimes). You pronounced Baden right the first time. People in Bern float around Bern - the river goes in a wide arc around most of the city, so you can get in at the top of the city and float until you reach the bottom. The triple socket layout is just because it makes it possible to connect 3 relatively clunky plugs without blocking the others, although very clunky plugs still do. The sockets being recessed is a safety feature so people don't touch the prongs when plugging something in (in addition to the partially plastic live and neutral prongs (the ground prong is entirely metal)). They're basically the standard now. Flat sockets are usually older ones.

[@n646n]

On his north american adapter there is no ground prong and the prongs are entirely metal (no plastic) so you can insert halfway and touch it unless the outlet is recessed.

[@mernokimuvek]

@@n646n Give natural selection a chance.

[@Eli-su6ql]

@@n646n Well obviously. We swiss wouldn't use those, and that's really the only people we have to protect, right?

[@BrickEngines]

I ain’t readin’ all that

[@BrickEngines]

Jk I’ve read that

[@GreakFTW]

13:30 The yellow thing is because it is a combination breaker. When the yellow thing shows it means the breaker popped because of earth leakage. When it is not there, it is overcurrent. It is quite normal to see in many countries in Europe. It shows when you press the test button, because that is what you test. Two breakers with earth protection in series is a bit strange, I agree. But probably because you tripped a larger breaker which goes to multiple room, and they just used a combination breaker on both.

[@wolfgang8795]

@ElectroBOOM The yellow indicator shows that the FI/LS (RCD+13A C characteristic breaker) tripped due to a ground fault. If the fault had been caused by overcurrent, the breaker would have still tripped, but the yellow indicator would not have shown. Regarding the two RCDs in series, the logical reason for this setup is to have one RCD rated at 400mA to protect against stray currents, which could cause a faulted cable to start a fire, and a 30mA RCD to protect against potentially lethal electrical shocks to people. Another reason is to provide backup protection. If the first RCD has an issue and doesn’t trip, the second one will, typically with a time delay. This delay is necessary to avoid both RCDs tripping simultaneously.

[@Cheburashka_420]

I can hear your wife now, "can we just have one vacation where I'm not holding the camera while you are taking our room and the whole city apart."

[@Zephyr-mist]

Mehdi: Bring peace to the world while im here! also Mehdi: *Proceeds to pop the UN's breakers*

[@TUUK2006]

Perfect example of culture. The Swiss: Everything done to perfection. The french? Shoulder shrug.

[@IStMl]

lets go drink wine we'll fix the wiring later

[@allyouneedtoknow8135]

I'm from that city, Annecy and yeah, it's not that people are cheap or lazy, just that people don't care much LOL

[@badaboum2]

It's more that Sitzerland hides its imperfections away from touristy/expensive places. From the window of my appartment in Geneva, in the inner courtyard of my building, I can see at least 6 loose wires hanging from the rooftop that lead to nothing at all.

[@IStMl]

@@badaboum2 Geneva is next to France. The closer you get the Frencher it gets.

[@badaboum2]

@@IStMl As someone who has both Swiss and French citizenship, as well as experience living in both countries, Geneva is really nothing like France. But hey that's a classic Swiss cultural trait: if anything seems out of the ordinary, blame foreign influences!

[@espendentzer1005]

There are 2 RCD's in series because of something called Selectivity. Based on the severeness of the ground fault it tripps the RCD's farther away from the cause. The other RCD that tripped outside of your room must be a RCD with a max fault current of 300mA used for fire protection. Every line section between fuse panels has to be protected against overload and short circuit. Every pluggable connection in switzerland must be RCD protected. Most modern installations use a RCD for every Room or Section of the building so finding faults is made easier.

[@notvitmo802]

As someone who's lived in Switzerland their entire life, it's surreal to watch you walk through places I've been. Also love the sneaky snippet of the Schweizerpsalm in the beginning.

[@Gorion103]

22:24 Mehdi casually violating Geneva convention (of not entering restricted rooms in Geneva)

[@MW-go6lp]

Next time in Switzerland try to check out Technorama museum, a lot of interesting electrical stuff there

[@TeimonKauppa739TeimoJake]

Yes

[@SarahKchannel]

Swiss sockets have a lot of story. When you see single sockets for instance in a basement, the ground pin is at the lowest position - so that if the basement floods the water hits ground first. Also the ground pin defines the location of neutral and life, since the plug cant be reverse. There is a combination of the 3 pin, where they added two more flat pins, allowing 3 phase on a very compact socket. Where you can plug a regular plug, but also a 3 phase plug. Very useful under kitchen counters for dish washers etc..

[@REZrblde]

Can i just say,Mehdi makes some of the best travel vlogs surprisingly. The way he makes his own stuff and edits it. Must have learnt a lot from those video editing classes man

[@affpv1925]

There's a lot of broken drone laws in this video. (You can't fly anything with a camera over houses in switzerland ) Nice to see you visited our beautiful country!

[@olivierconet7995]

Same in France. Forbidden to fly in cities without proper authorization

[@nohay4549]

That was also my thought. I was wondering whether he uses stock footage from online services until I saw him using the drone controller.

[@atomikbbt]

I think in Italy the same. You may need a licence for flying the drone higher.

[@PR0_404]

If the drone it’s under 250 grams you can , you just have to respect privacy (you can’t directly film the inside of the house)

[@billereses4935]

Was thinking the same even I am from Germany, but on the other hand, we got this way so beautiful videos of such beautiful places! Thanks for this!

[@Γιωργος-ι3ξ]

Hey Mehdi! At 16:11 ,the five - pin socket is for a three - phase plug. It is a European standard. The pin configuration is L1, L2, L3, Neutral and Ground with clockwise orientation.

[@juststeve5542]

16A 3 phase... Can you imagine the fun he would have had with that if he'd known...!

[@MrFiver1111]

The are also versions without the neutral. 4 pins for R,S,T and Earth

[@mernokimuvek]

230/400 V.

[@solwidotnl]

It's 400V 3 phase 16A. But there's a slightly bigger plug for 3x25A as well. These plugs are everywhere in industrial environments.

[@thebamplayer]

​@solwidotnl Dont get me started with 125Amps 3 phase plugs, they are massive.

[@Megamezzomixer]

What we see in 16:39 is for conducting lightnings. It reaches up to the roof to conduct lightnings safely to ground

[@Dylanvh]

That big red connector is an CEE connector, it has 400 Volts running through it, but they can have different Amp ratings and they you have a 4 and 5 pin version and it has 3 phases

[@TrystyKat]

The relevant standard is IEC 60309. I think they are becoming more popular in North America.

[@Dylanvh]

@@TrystyKat Those are only 230V here tho

[@R1khart]

15:30 lots of peoples who work in Bern live near the river so when they finnish work they just put their things into waterproff bags and swim home :D

[@Nomenius1]

Really? That sounds awesome! Even if it's not super common, it sounds like a great way to cool down in the summer.

[@Anika_ya]

no we don't , this is a common misconception, I dont't know where this originated. While some people might take a dip in the river after work and indeed put their things in a waterproof bag while they are swimming, they then get out of the river and go home as everyone else would (bus, tram, bike etc,) There's very few people who live directly at the riverbank.

[@Franz-dq2pu]

Everyone should watch the series KAOS to know where all the floating germans went😢

[@anita-rw3mx]

Theres like 10 ppl that do that. Its not like ppl use this as replacement for public transport @@Nomenius1

[@sunny_muffins]

It`s impressive that he got all of the permits to fly that drone in all of those locations! 👏

[@soijiro666]

Suspicious 🤔

[@antoinechatelain550]

Yeah I know the French law on drone and if it’s over 250g it’s start getting messy.

[@fwijffels]

Yeah if the drone is under 250gr you can almost fly anywhere in Europe (Switzerland has the same rules as European Union).

[@gp2mv3]

@@fwijffels except cities in France. ;)

[@Gengh13]

​@@gp2mv3that's pretty common under commun1sm.

[@TizioGen82]

15:35 Well that is the ultimate public transportation, you just need a dry bag. In winter is not that convenient but in summer is great (and is free).

[@marcm.]

😂😂😂 about the only thing that is in Switzerland. I remember being charged for tap water at a restaurant. Not bottled water, tap water. And it was more expensive than the wine

[@MiriamGraber]

@@marcm. Yeah, this can be shocking for tourists. A good restaurant should inform you when ordering tap water. The reason they charge for tap water is because restaurants in switzerland make the bulk of their money with drinks. Food is almost a net zero for them. So if you go eat and drink free water they dont make money. If they had to make money with food it would be so expensive nobody would ever eat out.

[@hundvd_7]

@@marcm. If you want free water order "tap water", not "water". If they ask "still" or "sparkling" water, you answer "tap", not "still". You _will_ get your tap water for free. If you give them the opportunity to upcharge you, they _will._ But they are legally obligated to give you tap water, if you ask for it. (Well, any place that has an alcohol license is obligated. But there are basically 0 restaurants without an alcohol license in Europe.)

[@erkinalp]

@@hundvd_7 some do not get it _by choice_

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

​@@MiriamGraber I mean, Swiss people already barely eat out compared to other countries where people eat out daily.

[@mclovin6829]

The beautiful travel show shots mixed with random bursts of chaos and urban exploration is great.

[@Mobin92]

Notice the absolutely cursed way that power brick is plugged in at 23:23

[@jaysuizo-franco7106]

🤣

[@idkusername2795]

I tried that once just to see if it was possible, you actually need to put in a lot of effort to plug something in that way, you will also slightly bend the pins in doing so.

[@Case_]

And the fact that this is possible is why I would call this socket design bad. It's seriously quite confusing to someone not familiar with it, so many random holes. I like the way they offer three sockets rotated 120 degrees from each other, but the recessed version is better because it guides you into how you're supposed to plug things in.

[@marvinh3357]

it really isn’t „possible“ chances are the socket breaks, pins bend etc. you need to push very hard - tough many have probably tried. I tried once and ripped out the socket cover trying to remove it again

[@DeltaKT]

@@Case_ Good news - the recessed sockets (called T13 or Type 13) are the standard now! The flush sockets are now against norms and regulations to install. Those were the T12, or Type 12 sockets. :)

[@alalcoolj216]

Was half expecting Mehdi to go on a tour of the Large Hadron Collider, and trip a breaker there.

[@Meh_zzz]

or the power to go down suddenly while the UN is in session

[@XDFreakLP]

NO WAY HE CAME XD

[@paulfrischknecht3999]

Three phase power is available is probably every house and is used for high power devices like ovens and coocktops. You might even have a CEE 16 A 400V outlet for it, the round red one that you found. However, no normal outlet or lamp fixture will have wires for more than one phase coming into it even if there's a 3 way split right there.

[@jaylohrc5399]

Hope you enjoyed Switzerland. The cables on the roof water outlets are for lightning protection. We have very strict electrical regulations in Switzerland. Best regards from

[@ludwigballer3689]

As a swiss citizen and electronic engeneer i am proud of our infrastructure as a product of our direct democracy.

[@blancosanmartin]

But not of the dark banking system.

[@plodiN3]

@@blancosanmartin what about the price of rice in china?

[@chreg89]

​@@blancosanmartinmoney laundring. Deleware is the place to go for that.

[@blancosanmartin]

@@chreg89 Not the only one.

[@Some0ne001]

I lived in Switzerland for 2 years and am back home in the USA now and I wish our government was like yours. I was really impressed with how the government is run there, people’s votes in Switzerland actually matter but here in the US our votes literally do nothing (representative democracy). Loved Switzerland and hope to get a 2nd home there, I actually think Switzerland is better than the U.S. quality of live is definitely better there than here.

[@simoneazzoni3882]

did you also notice all the manhole covers were flush with the road? In italy we call them "Tombini a livello!!!" and it's something we don't have but envy

[@MrsLittletree]

Thank you! Because you randomly appeared in my feed, I watched this video, thinking it would be interesting to see what you think of my homelands electrical appliances. Little did I know that two weeks later in a hotel room the kettle would force the main fuse to engage. Because of your video I knew where to look and did not have to call the front desk 😊 Thank you!

[@_DIONYSOS_]

Mehdi watch out if you have a drone over 250g you need to have a license and you are not allowed to film people if they don’t want to, you can get arrested. Swiss people have alot of regulations and laws.

[@Sakatland]

+ third party insurance covering at least 1 mio CHFs and always fly at sight

[@_DIONYSOS_]

@@Sakatlandwell i have the license and if you film from far away or don’t try to fly it and film really obvious Peoples faces they won’t say anything. But we also habe Karen’s and i had some trouble with these people.

[@anj000]

I was wondering about that, He seem to fly in places I would expect to be forbidden to fly.

[@tharqal2764]

Lots of places he was at, it's illegal to fly drones. Can't do it in the old town of Bern or in Gruyères (because of local airfields) nor at Grindelwald First or Montreux (because of wildlife protection)

[@enihi]

It's only illegal if you get caught (I have to say I'm joking with the Swiss people will be mad at me)

[@ForumArcade]

Thank you for taking us with you on your vacation, Mr. Boom. It's nice to see a country I'll probably never visit in my own life.

[@Bladavia]

16:00 This is a high power outlet for construction work 16:40 This is the grounding wire for a lightning rod, to protect the buildings from lightning strikes

[@mishacattaneo]

Or it can also be used for a festival to distribute power where is needed

[@mathias6369]

generally speaking its high power outlets, there is the blue ones and red ones, idk about english but in german its called industriesteckdose (industrial outlet)

[@jimi272]

Blue CEE Plugs are single phase 230V, 16 or 32 Amps. Red CEE Plugs are three phase 16, 32, 63 & 125 Amps. In Switzerland we also have T15 & T25: these are three phase 10A/16A sockets/plugs, where the sockets are also backwards compatible (for example with the T23 single phase 16A plug, T13 single phase 10A plug, Euro plug etc…

[@moatl6945]

At 16:00: Looks like the 32A (or 63A) version of CEE-outlet - the amps are per phase/line. At a "normal" power outlet the max-current is 10A to 16A, depending on national regulations and power outlet used, etc. Voltage in Europe is nominal 230V (±10%) from between a phase-line and neutral-line and 400V between two phases. Two phases have shift of 120°, each. Neutral is grounded at the transformer and additionally you have safety-ground, grounded at your building.

[@jimi272]

@@moatl6945no, wether neutral is grounded at the transformer center, wether the ground/earth is combined with the neutral until the house is fully dependent on the net design: TNC systems have a grounded neutral: Terre Neutre Combiné. TNCS (Terre Neutre Combine séparée) have a grounded neutral until it enters the house, where the grounded neutral is split to neutral and ground. (Necessary for RCD‘s / RCBO‘s to work…). Most new electricity networks are TNS (Terre Neutre Séparée) though: Earth and Neutral are separated at the transformer already…)This, in combination with the earth being grounded at every house while the neutral not grounded at the houses, results in tiny voltage imbalances between the two. This is why when you bridge neutral and ground, you will probably trip the RCBO/RCD

[@yoshtg]

15:44 in the summer lots of people travel home from work in the river, its like a tradition, the thing they hold on to is like a waterproof backpack that holds their clothes and other things inside

[@4RILDIGITAL]

It's intriguing seeing the differences in electrical safety and how they implement the groundfold protection in different regions. Can't wait for your future adventures and learn more about electrics around the world.

[@duckaviationofficial]

1 minute ago

[@Nacimota]

16:12 the way you grabbed that cable, I thought for a moment you were just going to yank the thing out 😬

[@n646n]

Imagine it was powering some guys life support and that's why it's red

16:45 That is coming from a lightning rod.

[@SatonlineGmbH]

Cool post, and great to hear you’ve been to Switzerland! Out here, especially in the countryside, the electrical setups may not always be perfect either.

[@Ralfountet]

Just and advice for people visiting switzerland. Don't rent a car, take the train. You can go to almost every town by public transports. Maybe rent a car if you want to go to lost places in the mountains.

[@versedbridge4007]

This. Switzerland has one of the best rail networks in the world.

[@fredb6187]

@@versedbridge4007 😂😂SBB awards itself the title of best public transport in the world...... It's a little bit better in the German part, but in Romandie, we have every day some delays... and cancellations.... Bern -> Zürich is 53chf per person .... rent a car cost 120chf for 1 days....

[@clashius9522]

Yeah always bothers me when I see videos of people visiting here and renting a car. I would say taking the train is also a part of experiencing the country!

[@fabr5747]

For a group of people, the car is cheaper !

[@edge21str]

The car is still the quicker option, unless you only go between direct connections with interregios.

[@thementdl]

Pay Attention while opening firehose Compartments. Sometimes they trigger the Firealarm and at least in Germany the smallest Firetrian will cost you 800€.

[@abirpaul5064]

8:10 my dad never felt so happy to see me the way Mehdi felt after seeing the breaker panel

[@Cytoxien]

14:04 Came for the electrical professionalism. Stayed for the drone shots (seriously, those are gorgeous)

[@alex.theoto]

@25:36 LOL! He'll be back France...

[@u1zha]

2:30 all this X-files and no jumpscare. You must be in vacation mood

[@Politik_Wirtschaft_Extratalk]

there was one a few seconds before...

[@TwentyOneBunSalute]

3:40 Boom found someone's drug drop off🤣

[@MGS87273]

Hahahahah my thoughts exactly