Re:CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension...
by everforward on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:09PM
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I wish they'd just do quick, practical examples.
This is what happens when you mess with mains voltage and chuck a fork into a circuit. Maybe even a dead rat/frog. This is what happens when you put too much power into a wire, and let them watch it catch on fire.
I knew power was conceptually dangerous when I was a kid. I didn't realize how dangerous until I tried to change a light switch as a teenager, and didn't realize the house had multiple breaker boxes. Watching fairly thick copper wires melt themselves scared the hell out of me.
I won't do anything over 12v myself to this day. I'm too hasty and easily distracted for it to end well.
This is what happens when you mess with mains voltage and chuck a fork into a circuit. Maybe even a dead rat/frog. This is what happens when you put too much power into a wire, and let them watch it catch on fire.
I knew power was conceptually dangerous when I was a kid. I didn't realize how dangerous until I tried to change a light switch as a teenager, and didn't realize the house had multiple breaker boxes. Watching fairly thick copper wires melt themselves scared the hell out of me.
I won't do anything over 12v myself to this day. I'm too hasty and easily distracted for it to end well.