rob aylestone
Moderator
UK electricity can be 'interesting' - We have three phase power, 415V (EU 400V) across the phases, so shocks are pretty disastrous. Not that long ago, we had a regulation that said that two outlets in a space could not be closer than 6 feet if they were on different phases! Then we got rid of that regulation and now we can have that 400+Volt difference a hand span apart. Luckily, in homes at least, more than one phase is very rare. On stage, it's very different. Three phase power is common and most, but not all people have a healthy suspicion whenever they see red coloured connectors rather than blue!