Street wiring bursts into flames spectacularly in Sihanoukville

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Re: Street wiring bursts into flames spectacularly in Sihanoukville

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Electric wiring caught fire on the main drag in downtown Sihanoukville today. I'm surprised anyone even noticed - as I write this, I can see two huge smelly smokey fires smoking up the atmosphere. It's time to burn the rubbish. It will be hard to see the moon tonight I'm afraid.
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Why do they wire like that? Does it have to do with cost, voltage, why?
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newkidontheblock wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:07 am Why do they wire like that? Does it have to do with cost, voltage, why?
Take a kid from the boonies and tell him that he now is a fully qualified electrician. Never mind that he can hardly screw in a light bulb.
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