@zetasyanthis A beefy ICL?
@zetasyanthis exactly what sort of project are you using this for?
@Felthry Essentially a box that lets me test mains appliances more safely. I've got a beefy input filter and ceramic fuseholder, an NTC, an AC (analog :D) ammeter, and a GFCI. https://www.mpja.com/IEC-Power-Inlet-Module-RFI-Filter-Switch-Fuse-Holder/productinfo/33931+FH
@Felthry I don't remember if you're in the US or not, but we don't have RCD/GFCI protection on most outlets. That was the main purpose, to protect against me providing a path to earth accidentally. :P
@zetasyanthis yeah, we're in the US, and the lack of GFCIs on most outlets is kind of worrying
but also we recently saw someone from Brazil have a "wait THAT's what those are? why don't we have those here???" moment so uh, could be worse
@Felthry Yeah... I've been watching a lot of bigclivedotcom, and the fact that the UK has them at the distribution board level is kind of mindblowing to me. Seems way safer.
@zetasyanthis iwrc that's the standard in all of europe, not just the uk
@zetasyanthis You can get circuit breakers for US use that have integrated GFCIs too!
@Felthry Yeah, but they have to fit the panel, and a lot of older panels, like the place I'm renting right now, won't take them. (Plus, the landlord probably wouldn't want me messing with that. :P)
@zetasyanthis you're probably just as, if not more, knowledgeable about that sort of stuff than a lot of the others who've worked on it!
@Felthry Possibly, but I definitely don't know electrical code requirements. I actually shy away from mains work, hence the overprotective safety box I'm building. XD
@Felthry I suppose I should also say that I got a 20A outlet on it, because sometimes you need to test appliances that only have that plug, and it's super annoying if your place doesn't have 20A circuits. (Obviously nowhere near max load, just quiescent power-on.)
@Felthry Yeah, I think so. Tbh, we could easily just do it at a circuit level by putting the first outlet in every branch on a GFCI. That'd at least take care of a lot of things. (Lighting circuits would be another issue.)