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> Most european houses have a single 400v outlet: right in your kitchen, for the oven (which means the oven is going to be right in front of it.) The likelihood of a child playing with it is close to nil. As for adults, the vast majority of people are taught to just flip the breaker and work on it if needed.

Not to mention you normally can not electrocute yourself with 400V.

400V is between two phases, you never accidentally touch two phases.

When you touch a conductor you are between one phase and the ground, meaning in 230V.

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Any time two phases are being run next to each other, there’s a risk of high voltage. That’s precisely what happened to me (two 277v lighting circuits).