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We've got a bloke here in the office who drives everyone round the twist by unplugging everything after he has used it. It doesn't matter what it is, printer, scanner, kettle or shredder. If it doesn't work when you come to it, it's not because it has packed up, it's because this knobjockey has pulled the plug out. Can any sparkies on here tell me if there is any, even the slightest, reason for doing this or am I fully justified in smacking him out of sheer frustration the next time it happens
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Leaking Electricity on 15:19 - Oct 7 with 4113 views
I think if the item is plugged in and switched on,the electricity still flows through the wire.As long as the switch on the plug is off it should be ok.
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Leaking Electricity on 15:31 - Oct 7 with 4078 views
I think if the item is plugged in and switched on,the electricity still flows through the wire.As long as the switch on the plug is off it should be ok.
Common sense apart, can you confirm that he is a prick ?
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Leaking Electricity on 15:41 - Oct 7 with 4052 views
I think if the item is plugged in and switched on,the electricity still flows through the wire.As long as the switch on the plug is off it should be ok.
When you mention 'flows', I presume you mean when there is a current, as opposed to a circuit being live. Just as you dont need to turn off the mains switch in your house even when everything is unplugged or turned off. It is, however, true that equipment in standby mode can consume electricity (power - Watts) and should they do so, there is a current or 'flow' through it.
However, this employee is costing far more in the wasted (paid) time of other staff employed at your work, while they wait for equipment to fire up again from being off. Report him for misconduct and wilful wasting of company resources
5 minutes wasted each day, @min wage of 7.20 for 48 weeks a year costs a firm (before other costs of employers NI, pension contributions, costs of office/workspace and lost productivity etc) of £144.... or the equivalent lower pay you receive for each person's time he is wasting. He is the scourge of businesses - and your standard of living!
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Leaking Electricity on 16:27 - Oct 7 with 3946 views
I'm with Haysender that it's definitely an obsessive compulsive disorder - someone has probably told him at an impressionable age that plugs should be turned off when not in use otherwise it's dangerous. It would be a difficult habit to break if it's that ingrained that he does it at work as well. I'm a bit like that but only in the home environment, I'm always turning plugs off other than those that need to be on like the freezer and my son is always leaving every plug on with items of clothing etc strewn over them - he drives me mad and I drive him mad.
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Leaking Electricity on 18:54 - Oct 7 with 3743 views
Years ago, it used to be advised to unplug TVs from the socket at night. This was because of the very high electrical charges stored in the anode/cathode valves and capacitors, which could actually do you a mischief, or start a fire. Unplugging was safer than just switching off at the socket, because an internal fault could theoretically send the charge down the neutral conductor, which is not switched off (except in a double-pole switch). Maybe this guy has got this in his head, and thinks it still applies, and to every electrical device.
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Leaking Electricity on 19:11 - Oct 7 with 3706 views
He may also think he's protecting company equipment from the potential effects of lightning strikes. A notice confirming that the building has its own lightning protection and adequate grounding might be enough to stop the behaviour.
Failing that, have management give him the job of putting little "Do Not Remove" stickers on all the plugs...?
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Leaking Electricity on 19:13 - Oct 7 with 3699 views
Leaking Electricity on 18:54 - Oct 7 by GloryHunter
Years ago, it used to be advised to unplug TVs from the socket at night. This was because of the very high electrical charges stored in the anode/cathode valves and capacitors, which could actually do you a mischief, or start a fire. Unplugging was safer than just switching off at the socket, because an internal fault could theoretically send the charge down the neutral conductor, which is not switched off (except in a double-pole switch). Maybe this guy has got this in his head, and thinks it still applies, and to every electrical device.
I wish I'd unplugged my TV on the night it decided to cause an electrical fire. Was woken up by the smoke billowing into the bedroom from the living room, ran into the living room to see flames coming out of the back of the rented tv, made a quick exit from the ground floor flat to warn the neighbours and get them to call the fire brigade, popped back in to get the then girlfriend out and watched as the place got totally gutted by smoke damage.
Leaking Electricity on 19:23 - Oct 7 by FredManRave
I wish I'd unplugged my TV on the night it decided to cause an electrical fire. Was woken up by the smoke billowing into the bedroom from the living room, ran into the living room to see flames coming out of the back of the rented tv, made a quick exit from the ground floor flat to warn the neighbours and get them to call the fire brigade, popped back in to get the then girlfriend out and watched as the place got totally gutted by smoke damage.
I also wish I'd had contents insurance!
Unplug those tvs at night people.
I can feel a relapse coming on
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Leaking Electricity on 21:32 - Oct 7 with 3504 views
Leaking Electricity on 19:49 - Oct 7 by BklynRanger
I can feel a relapse coming on
Here we go then. (dons tin hat...)
I agree that unplugging everything after you have used it is way over the top, but the fire services do recommend you unplug electrical items that you are not using at night to reduce the risk of electrical fires:
Maybe the bloke in the OP read this from my local Avon fire & rescue service who even say "Unplug appliances which don't need to be on continuously when you’re not using them or when you go to bed."
Tell him to push the electricity back into the sockets with his f**king fingers.
It's a c*nt's trick to be fair. If you unplug a printer, that f**ker will take minutes to warm up so he's wasting time and my f**king patience reading about this awful eco-nonce.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MARTI THE REDEEMER WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
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Leaking Electricity on 12:17 - Oct 8 with 3236 views
Saves a bit of leccy with devices with a standby mode.Maye he's one of them dreaded Warmists.
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Oi Blob, that box with the "Property of Pandora" Dynatape label on it: Don't open it!
RFA
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
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Leaking Electricity on 12:28 - Oct 8 with 3220 views
For the sake of maintaining order, I shall not go down the carbon dioxide road...
RFA
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
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Leaking Electricity on 13:38 - Oct 8 with 3146 views
Next time he gets up from his desk pull the plug out from his computer and just be grateful he works in an office and not a hospital as those life support machines don't work on air.
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