"Don't come near, it will kill": 12 worst examples of electrical wiring abroad

"Don't drink tap water" - perhaps this phrase is most often heard by tourists going abroad. However, no one ever warns that in some places it is better not to turn on the lights and not to use electricity at all. Never.

Members of the British Institute of Engineering and Technology and 138 thousand readers of the magazine "Engineering and Technology" published by them voted the worst examples of electrical wiring from around the world. Savvy in science and technology, the British have published really frightening and life-threatening examples.

Out of 500 failures of electricians, 12 of the most-the most were selected.

1st place is an office building in Madras, India. An electric shield with bare wires is located directly on a wooden board with traces of a recent fire.

The 2nd place was won by a hotel in the Maldives, where there is such a shower. There's even a double blow — two sockets next to the water.

3rd place — installation of telephone cables, lighting and, it seems, even mains power.

Oddly enough, but in Saint-Tropez, too, obviously, they save on electricians. Or they just don't look at the back wall of the house.

It turns out that the standards for electrical wiring around the world leave much to be desired.

This "creation" of electricians was also included in the dozen worst, according to the vote.

Many of the worst examples of electrical wiring from the list are in Asia, but two samples from France got to the top.

A complete set for those who are tired of living: gas and electric meters next to the sewer pipe.

The top 12 includes electricians' failings, which are actually deadly.

Nothing like that, just a pole hanging on two cables.

A stick was used to connect the two ends of the wire.

A bare wire peeks out from under the ground.