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Ozone being generated by spotty and arcing electrical connections?
I don’t know if that makes it better or worse.
Heat
Electromagnetic induction.
Well it looks like somebody tried to harness it using 2 forks.
It’s probably that the plug is retrofitted into the wall after construction and it uses a different type of plaster which carries a diffent moisture level.
Another feather in the cap for the UK plug socket
Wait, people like the UK socket?
Non-reversible, insulated prongs, stability… What’s not to like?
Non reversible is not a benefit afaik. DE has all that with reversible.
It can be better if one is predictably L and the other N.
I read it somewhere, I’m not an electrician.
Mpuld deflection is one of the lesser known type-G plug and socket safety features.
Sometimes mold growing around the perimeter of a socket or switch is a sign of moisture behind that wall (poor insulation, water seeping from a leaky pipe or a hole in the roof…). I’ve never seen it form a ring like that though, usually it’s right on the edge of the outlet plate.
I’ve seen similar things with homes with water damage. One of the shitty things about water damage is that you have to redo a lot of the electrics throughout the house because it can cause corrosion. Corrosion in connectors in things like outlets increases resistance and can become a fire risk.
I’m guessing the whole wall got sustained water damage causing corrosion in the outlet, increasing resistance, which caused it to throw off some heat. The heat dried out the plaster and prevented mold growth.
Maybe, it’s the plaster holding in the wall box…
Most likely.
The box tends to sit slightly proud of the wall. When they plaster it in (particularly retroactively) they need to build up the plaster around the socket.
Thicker plaster means more insulation, and less condensation. Less condensation, less mold.
The ring around the socket also supports this. The edge where the new plaster gives way to the old. That point tends to be rougher, and so more prone to capturing mold.
It could also be thicker paint causing the same effect. Most people do the wall with rollers, but sockets with a brush, leading to a thicker coat.
Also in some countries plaster comes with antifungal substances mixed in by default.
The ring around it makes that less likely, though still plausible. It would also have to leach through the paint.
Yeah, I think this is a lot more plausible than the wall heating theory that someone further up got way more upvotes for.
This was my first thought. That’s a repaired wall.
Civilisation with centralized energy source
It’s not perfectly symmetrical around the socket, kinda makes me think of someone spreading wall patching/repair material and/or paint, so maybe the mold didn’t like a different material that was made to look the same around the socket?
More like anti-fungal effects but still interesting.
Could it be electromagnetic fields making it grow in that pattern?
There are Magnetic bacteria but this is certainly just heat/moisture related.
It’s probably that the plaster around the outlet when they installed it is mold resistant.
And/or paint
Or the socket faulty wirings heat the wall and make it less mold friendly.
The nearly perfectly symmetrical shape makes me think its due to the electromagnetic fields when current is passing through the socket to whatever is plugged in, but I have no idea why such a small amount would have such a dramatic effect on the mold.
Heat spread is symmetric if the material is lol
Which it is…? It’s symmetric to two outlets next to each other giving heat, which is the case. And reality is never perfect, it wouldn’t be an absolutely perfect pill shape for so many reasons.
I was thinking it might just be heat from the wiring or plugged in devices keeping it too dry for the mold.
It could also be that they needed to mud/tape around the opening for the plug in the drywall/plaster and it changed the consistency/chemical makeup just enough to not be as friendly to the growth of mold (less moisture/denser etc)
It’s fake. Nobody uses a 4wire plug like that which can be magically reversed
? British plugs are fake?
Do they come with mirrors?
My wife is English, I know what their plugs look like
It’s a uk/ireland 3 pin plug that has screws holding it in the wall.
But they dont magically swap around whether you hold them left or right do they genius?
Your posts are bad, and you should feel bad
lol that user deleted them all, good jorb!
Im not above admitting when I’m wrong.
I doubled down and made an ass of myself.
You’re too late, I realized it before you got here
Yep. Everyone knows that the UK is a fake country that only exists in Doctor Who.
(… It’s a 3 wire type g outlet. I think you maybe mistook the mounting hardware for ports)
Half of it may be, the other half is backwards
Never gonna happen bc it and the wall are fake
Or a loose connection is arcing slightly and producing ozone gas
No. It’s absolutely the next penicillin
“Got a runny nose or fever? Just lick this electrical socket!”
I mean, very few people would report symptoms of a runny nose or a fever after licking the socket…
Some “just stop testing” logic!
Ackshually there ist a 2/3 chance you will end up fine ⚡️
You should start licking batteries, to build resistence.
I just like the color electricity tastes
Horray! Another Wonderfalls fan!
There are perhaps dozens of us
You can’t eat at this restaurant unless you have your electric socket licking passport
The 1800’s called, they want their medicine back
Somebody needs to eat a square of that drywall.
*antifungals
Mushroom circles grow in circles because they drain the nutrients from the ground, and eventually you have a nutrient barren center that grows with the ring of mushrooms around it.
I wonder if this is something similar, although I’ve not heard of mold using up a resource before.
Looks like we need to show it to Bisop Brennan!
