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Subject: Floors [Was: Soldered connections.]
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On 2025-09-02 21:24, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 21:59:16 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 2/09/2025 8:15 pm, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>> On 2025-09-01, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> However, if I try to certify the electrical installation, I would have
>>>> to redo them, meaning rewire the second floor (first floor in EU)
>>>
>>> (I don't think floor numbering is uniform across the EU? At least .fi
>>> has the street level as the first floor. Now I wonder if there's a wiki
>>> article with some neat map of this...
>>>
>>> Oh, it *is* called '"European" scheme'? Now that's perhaps a bit
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Countries_numbering_floors.svg )
>>>
>>>> entirely. And unless I certify, the electricity company refuses to
>>>> increase the Amps, which is why my house is limited to 10A.
>>>
>> When I walk in from the Street Footpath through the Front Door of a
>> House, I'm still (possibly) AT GROUND LEVEL, so I MUST be on THE
>> *GROUND* *FLOOR* level, surely!!
>>
>> If I then go up a set of stairs, that puts me at the *FIRST* *FLOOR*
>> *ABOVE* Ground level, surely!!
> 
> 
> I suppose it's to be expected from people who drive on the wrong side of
> the road.  If you're in an elevator where there is a parking garage or
> something below ground, is the ground floor 0?

Certainly.

Above ground zero, there are levels 1, 2, 3...
Below ground zero, there are levels -1, -2, -3...

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.