I’m visiting Norway, and see many outlets way up high. Some are mid wall , some are down to the bottom…but many up high. Saw someike this since the airport. Any idea why they do this?
As several people have mentioned, it’s for lights. The reason is, in Norway any electrical work needs to be done or certified by a licensed electrician. Since light fixtures are a fairly commonly replaced item, the current trend is for ceiling mount points to come with a nearby electrical plug so you can switch out a light fixture without shelling out for an electrician. These power outlets are connected to a switch elsewhere so you can flick the lights on and off like normal.
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I’m a general contractor and I hate that I can’t do even the most basic electrical installations. Something like connecting the light for bathroom mirror. I could do it in two minutes for no extra cost to the customer, but now I need to call in a sparky instead and have them charge the customer 60 euros for doing the exact same thing I would have done. I simply just can’t risk it because if something happens the insurance wont cover any of it and it’s all on me. Makes me feel so stupid to tell the customer that I can’t do something this basic.
Yeah, I’ve found Norwegian bureaucracy to be… Something.
Thanks for the answer! Yes indeed these come with light switch…but funny enough…the room lights are not connected to these… they have an extension going all the way down to the floor😂
Lol. Looks like somebody got lazy and took the easy way out
Those are usually connected to a light switch for connecting ceiling lights. Especially in older houses from when it was common to have many dim lights instead of few bright ones.
Seeing as it’s grounded, that one is new-ish… before the 80’s, it would probably not have been grounded.
Also, close to a window tells me that its primary use nowadays is for christmas lights.
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Makes sense… but they opted to use different outlet for lights… but makes sense.
Lots of reasons. In residential settings, wall mounted clocks and lighting are the usual reason.
You see a lot of these in commercial buildings here, also. Often they’re even in the ceiling, not even high on the wall. It provides guaranteed access to an outlet that’s not blocked by furniture for use with cleaning and maintenance equipment. Vacuums, floor polishers, floor drying blowers, that sort of thing. Having the cord come from a high point also makes it easier to keep it running over top of furniture and obstructions when it will only be used temporarily rather than snaking around the legs of desks and chairs and so on. And it also discourages passers by from fucking with them if they haven’t brought a short stepladder or a foot stool or something.
they look like teletubbies
Is there a light switch that controls it? Maybe lighting options that can hang.
I use mine for my lamps. Got four outlets like that in my living room.
And judging by the shadow of your arm and phone, the lights are low.
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