Forbidden Tech
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I appreciate a good "um actually" but this really is about Christmas lights. People really are stupid enough for this to be something posted specifically around December.
As far as I can tell from a reverse image search this is the original. (Not linking to the other place, DM me if you want the link for some reason).
Fair enough. I shouldn't be posting within 30 minutes of waking up anyway...
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Fair enough. I shouldn't be posting within 30 minutes of waking up anyway...
Never underestimate stupidity. Though I do think it's at least not normally people trying to connect two strands that are themselves already live. It's normally people who are connecting several strands together and started at the end not plugged in with the male end poking out, not realizing that this means when they're done stringing and go to plug in they've got the female end and no way to plug it in.
Left facing the daunting task of completely undoing all the work they just did, they try to look for something to bridge the gap without thinking through to the danger.
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What if I yell "no homo!" when I plug it in?
where are you plugging it in?
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"this time of year" is 100% christmas.
from people putting up lights, probably trying to run remote power to a box with an extension cord, or because they installed half their lights backward and need this to bridge between the two sets because they rather embrace the danger than redo all the work.
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where are you plugging it in?
I mean, there's only one place for double-headed items to be safely used and it isn't in the workshop.
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What would they even be used for except to short a circuit?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I saw an electrician use one for troubleshooting. Half the outlets in the house were in serial on the same circuit, and there was a problem in the wall somewhere. He disconnected the wires from the breaker and backfed power from a live circuit to an outlet to see if there were any more breaks further away.
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Take it down, darwin demands sacrifice, lest we be riddled with stupidity.
Except that sometimes, those idiots could take people down with them. That electrical fire might spread to another house, and the person getting electrocuted might not be the idiot.
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Except that sometimes, those idiots could take people down with them. That electrical fire might spread to another house, and the person getting electrocuted might not be the idiot.
Imagine I'm making the most exasperated, annoyed, disapponted noise possible.
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In the US, using a cord like this will either be harmless or create effectively a dead short. Typical breakers will catch the latter but it will take tenths of a second for a breaker to react in which time the electricity could kill someone.
Depending on circuit conditions a GFCI might intervene as well, they're typically faster at reacting (needing a few milliseconds) but for a cable designed to handle full residential power, it's still enough to kill a person in that small window of time
except american standards mandate GFCI only in bathrooms, so you'll get cooked before anything trips
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They cant stop you from buying heat shrink and wire strippers. Don't let nothing hold you back
you don't even need heat shrink if you have the good plugs which can be unscrewed open
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A former coworker was abroad most of the time. Still, his power meter showed lots of usage during his absence. A tenant in the same house had used such a cord to leech power across the common laundry room.
Now that coworker knew his way about electricity. So instead of the 220V between common and a phase, he rewired his washing machine socket to two different phases, aka 380V, and left for a week.
When he came back, he saw a number of kitchen- and other appliances waiting for trash collection.
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Why not have the meters detect and control a disconnect. with all the solar generation around, someone's gotta have a bad transfer switch somewhere.
Arc-fault breakers are required by code as of now, and it would help this situation quote a bit. However millions of homes don't have them installed so they're more at risk.
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I mean, there's only one place for double-headed items to be safely used and it isn't in the workshop.
...the kitchen?
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This is all reasonably accurate. Source: electrician, who worked at a supply store for a while. I've had people ask how to make all kinds of stupid cords.
If you don't know what you're doing, don't fool with electricity
Unionized Kobold electricians. Hmm.
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A former coworker was abroad most of the time. Still, his power meter showed lots of usage during his absence. A tenant in the same house had used such a cord to leech power across the common laundry room.
Now that coworker knew his way about electricity. So instead of the 220V between common and a phase, he rewired his washing machine socket to two different phases, aka 380V, and left for a week.
When he came back, he saw a number of kitchen- and other appliances waiting for trash collection.
3 phase going to a house?
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Take it down, darwin demands sacrifice, lest we be riddled with stupidity.
He didn't take it to the store and tape it to the shelf so it could NOT be there
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3 phase going to a house?
Absolutely normal here. Three phases, now 400 instead of 380V back then, 64A. Standard house connection.
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Absolutely normal here. Three phases, now 400 instead of 380V back then, 64A. Standard house connection.
In the States the new standard is 240V @ 200 amps, split phase. Most circuits are half of a phase (120V) but there are 240V circuits for load-heavy appliances like stoves and air conditioning. I've heard some people have an extra 240V socket in their kitchens just for tea kettles.
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In the States the new standard is 240V @ 200 amps, split phase. Most circuits are half of a phase (120V) but there are 240V circuits for load-heavy appliances like stoves and air conditioning. I've heard some people have an extra 240V socket in their kitchens just for tea kettles.
These-phase 400V is the standard house connection here in Europe. Wall sockets are 240V/16A (any phase to neutral), but we also have devices running on three phases, like the oven or the geyser in the kitchen.
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These-phase 400V is the standard house connection here in Europe. Wall sockets are 240V/16A (any phase to neutral), but we also have devices running on three phases, like the oven or the geyser in the kitchen.
Do they put a third of the panel on each phase?
