"Jethro_uk" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:04:37 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

Jethro_uk wrote:

Keith Relf formerly of the Yardbirds was killed in an electrocution at
his home

Dodgy guitar/amp wiring is traditional, isn't it?

https://www.ranker.com/list/musician...stage/jessica-
defino

though I don't think jessica knows what electrocuted means

The English language really does need another word to mean "received a
serious *but non-fatal* electric shock". Maybe we should avoid being King
Canutes, and accept that people will use "electrocuted" for the non-fatal
meaning, and devise a new wording such as "electrocuted to death".

When I was rehearsing and playing live I made damn sure I had an RCD trip
on my amplifier. Back in the mid 80s no one knew why.

I don't remember RCD devices (plug and socket) being around in the 1980s. I
can remember mains spike filters, but not RCD. That shows how little
prominence they had 40 years ago.

When did the fitting of RCDs on new house installations become part of
building regs? My first house, built in 1985, didn't have one - and
surprisingly it had wire fuses rather than MCB current-operated trip
switches. So evidently mandatory RCDs was after that. My second house, built
in 2000, had RCD and MCBs. As usual, only one RCD for the whole house,
rather than one per ring main, so a faulty appliance (or a finger on a live
terminal) took out the whole house, not just one ring.