A dark side of the EV push: while the funding for the great increase in electric infrastructure varies from location to location (state to state in the US), here in Arizona the provider pays for maintenance while ratepayers pay for capital improvements. I hope I don’t live to see our electric bill when the infrastructure costs appear.
The takeaway is that AC is a lot more dangerous than DC. Long story short, when I was 14 I made excellent hand to hand contact with a 300VDC power supply. It was memorable: I felt like I had been hit in the back of the head with a 2X4, and everything got dim for a moment. If it had been 300 VAC I definitely would not be here to tell you about it. Later, my brother and I made momentary contact with the 800 VDC for his ham transmitter. It helped that we were in series (it went through both of us together) but it still left puffs of smoke and sterile pits in our fingers.
Unfortunately gocomics restrictions prevent me from writing my guesses in this comment.
Take the recommendation of Yosemite Sam allegedly transcribed from “From Hare to Heir.”: “That dirty perka shark bac flacking porten filip bunkum barten perkalooma berton dirton busha darton barton….”
That may be why I’m not attached to our many homes over the years. My birth certificate lists our family’s residence as the Colma Motel. I went to fourth grade in three schools on two continents; the second one for only a few weeks. Nine schools in twelve years… rental after rental.
Recently I had to replace both our toilets, which had reached the point of proper parts not being available for the flush/fill mechanism. My wife was dubious when I came home with a chair height model with soft close seat. She used it once and demanded I get one for the other bathroom. The soft close seat makes putting the lid down a habit. (BTW, the toilets paid for themselves in lower water bills in less than two years.)
Here come old flat-top, he come grooving up slowly
He got ju-ju eyeball, he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker, he just do what he please