Mikko Peltoniemi wrote:
>
> Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) wrote:
>
> > I don't think you've seen a lot of it done in new construction. I
>
> With electrical, I haven't seen every outlet come directly from
> the breaker box, true. And I didn't even mean each being on its
> own circuit. But I have seen star method being used rather
> than a chain. Ie. a big cable comes from the breaker to a nearby
> distribution box, and then from there to each outlet.
>
People will install a subbreaker box if they feel they need more
power in some area, for example in a shop.
> Except at my work, where when I got a new computer room, I requested
> that the computer room's outlets were each on their own circuit, and
> separate from other equipment.
>
What about ground loops? Have you ever been shocked working on a
network cable because the ground in one part of the building was
significantly different to another?
> But as far as water goes, definitely it's done so that all pipes are
> individually drawn from the main line all the way to the faucet. This
> prevents stupid things happening like being scalded while taking a
> shower when someone flushes the toilet. Which seems to be an American
> phenomenon.
>
I think that has to do with having a poorly designed shower
mechanism.
--
"Question, two men starving to death decide to eat their hair like
spaghetti. Is that funny?"
"Hmmm, well, it depends on if by funny you want to make people
laugh."
-+Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, "The Cat's Meow"
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