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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by nucleardog on Thursday September 24, 2020 @04:33AM (#24576568)
Fair enough -- my mistake, just assumed this was kosher based off of finding a few cheap appliances with 120v on the body and finding them plugged into reverse-wired receptacles.
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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by mturmon on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:26AM (#24579490)
Don't mean to be pushy, but: Are there really toasters, of any vintage, that can have an energized case due to a reverse-wired receptacle? I'm doubtful, but I don't know.
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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by nucleardog on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:19AM (#24587750)
In the toaster case I was more referring to the heating elements inside.
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