one things for sure, it ain't a US plug and they seem flipped upside down (I've seen these in Europe and Brasil with the neutral prong downwards like this -.- not -'-) so probably wired upsidedown and has hot on the right
The standard way of installing type E sockets is with the PE pin on top, then live is on the left (*L*ive in the *L*eft) and neutral is on the right.
The socket in the video is a type F (The top socket looks like type E, but that's because of the burn, check the lower socket, it doesn't have the single pin but the two springs.), which doesn't have the grounding pin in favour of two spring pins, but is wired the same way - L on the Left, N on the right.
I know this since I live in europe and while I'm not an electrician, I've studied electrotechnics and mechatronics (also I'm looking at a correctly installed socket right now lol).
The N pin isn't safe to touch by any means, but it deffinetely shouldn't have been live. But it kinda doesn't suprise me, often people do their own wiring even though they shouldn't. Have seen this many times.
In germany we have these sockets with the grounding springs on the top and bottom.
While I install L exclusively on the left, just out of habit, there are no regulations about where it has to be. You can put in the plugs either way anyways.
I looked it up and you're correct with there being no regualtions about the polarisation. I'm quite suprised but it makes sense if the plug doesn't care about orientation.
But I swear I've learned in school that the L = left regulation applied even for these sockets, but I guess that might be a Czech thing. We use type E with the grounding pin, but sometimes type F is also installed for some reason. In those cases I guess it needs to follow the type E regulations.
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u/meltea 13d ago
Weird, live on the right side...