Edwardian home electrical wiring was scary stuff

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@silkox1

Maybe this is covered in the video, but my grampa, who was a carpenter, once told me that (way) back in the day people believed electricity might run out on the floor, like water. There were sockets with flaps that stayed closed until the user screwed in an adapter with slots to plug in to.

I’m not sure if that was the real reason for the flaps.

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