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> I meant it's hard to do it wrong if you're trying to do it right[...]
This example came to mind because a friend of mine (we're also both in Amsterdam) got this specific thing wrong, then asked me and a couple of others about melted connectors.
I agree it's generally quite easy, and yeah the "installation" section tends to be separate from where you buy bulk extension cables.
But there's a bunch of small things like that, another common one (which even professional electricians seem to screw up half the time) is reversing which side of the socket live and neutral are on.
For plumbing probably the most common pitfall is knowing which types of connectors should or should not get teflon tape applied.
> reversing which side of the socket live and neutral are on.
What do you mean? Like mid way through an install? As far as I'm aware there's no rules about which side the phase should be on, and googling only shows some electricians prefer to have phase on the left side because it's easy to remember and consistency helps with debugging.
As far as I know a Schuko socket can have live on either the left or right (looking at it), but there's a strong convention for having it on the right.
Partly this is compatibility between
CEE 7/3 and 7/5 and 7/7[1], The Netherlands almost universally using the first.
I have a socket tester designed for Schuko (similar to, but not exactly [2]), it (and AFAICT this is universal among them) enforces "live on the right".
What is definitely standardized us that the wires in your wall should be brown=live and blue=neutral (in the UK and European continent, other places may differ).
Once you start mixing up neutral and live in sockets it'll often lead to a mixup in the wall wiring, as sockets are often used as a starting point to extend wiring. I partially rewired my house to fix that issue, left by an electrician.
As an extra data point, e.g. Jung sells pre-wired sockets which assume that you follow this convention[3]. If you don't you'll end up with reversed wires in your wall, i. e. wires mixed up by color, not just the socket itself violating some convention of live=right.
The photo in [3] is low resolution, so you can't see the tiny "Jung" logo on the inner part of the socket, which indicates which side is up.
If you still have it & don't mind sharing my email's in my profile... :-)
> I meant it's hard to do it wrong if you're trying to do it right[...]
This example came to mind because a friend of mine (we're also both in Amsterdam) got this specific thing wrong, then asked me and a couple of others about melted connectors.
I agree it's generally quite easy, and yeah the "installation" section tends to be separate from where you buy bulk extension cables.
But there's a bunch of small things like that, another common one (which even professional electricians seem to screw up half the time) is reversing which side of the socket live and neutral are on.
For plumbing probably the most common pitfall is knowing which types of connectors should or should not get teflon tape applied.