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In some places, you can get 120 and 240, or you could wire up a large transformer at your mains distribution board and get what ever voltage you wish. Might need to call the local electrician to not loose any legal battles if the house burns down.

I know this goes against what many of you have been told and understood your entire career, but take a deep breath and read on.

Step 3: Use the pulse-rating curves (Fig. 2) in the same datasheet to determine pulse capabilities relative to the 40 pulses at the 1000-A requirement.

My grandmother had a set of glass topped buffet serving tables where the glass top had a foil element sandwiched between the glass layers. They plugged right into the wall. No components other than the heating element, line cord, and a neon bulb to remind you it was plugged in. The element terminated with a couple of fused in copper rods threaded to take nuts. Got too hot to comfortably touch, but warm enough to keep your food hot. It should be within the capabilities of a glass/ceramics hobbiest with a kiln to sandwich a foil element between two pieces of glass and fuse the sandwich together.

Heat is a result of the friction of electron flow. Half the current at double the voltage should result in roughly half the heat if using the same size wire. It’s why our grid transmits at 100k volt over long distances.

I recall doing the exact same as a kid when in france, on holiday. The french also have those so seductive to interested kids 2-Prong plugs with a gap of ‘just’ that size….

I adore the Gravity Blue finish on this tester — it’s a welcome change from the sea of grey, silver, and white that fills every damned parking lot. More blue/green here again.

But there is other sources for the “warmth”, all though, if one lives on permafrost, then many of those sources are off limits. Since it is typically either boring a hole into the ground (Not always an option due to geological reasons), putting a hose that is coiled under the surface of the ground, typically a meter or so down. (the ground temperature a meter under ground is typically rather close to the average year round temperature (though dependent on what soil one lives on). We would find permafrost if the average temperature is below freezing.) Or sinking a coiled hose to the bottom of a lake or river. Since the temperature at the bottom of lakes is typically around 4 degrees C. (This though requires that one has a lake on one’s property that doesn’t completely freeze to the bottom… (So a depths of at least a few meters is typically required for cold climate.))

“Main Power” means different voltage in different places. Where I am the mains is 240 Volts and circuit layout is not acceptable for this voltage. I doubt it would even be acceptable for lower Voltage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-low_voltage >Extra-low voltage (ELV), in electricity supply, is one of several means to protect against electrical shock. The International Electrotechnical Commission and its member organizations define an ELV circuit as one in which the electrical potential of any conductor against earth (ground) is not more than either 25 volts RMS (35 volts peak) for alternating current[inconsistent], or ripple-free 60 volts for direct current under dry conditions.

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The contacts open because of the electromagnetic force (magnetism) generated in an iron core around which the relay’s coil is wrapped (Figure 3).