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Aussie/Euro/NA power strip jury-rigged without the ground wire with stripped wires plugged directly in and held with sticks. Guess the country!
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Apr 24, 2019 17:53
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I'm gonna guess American foreign military base. I've heard those places are a nightmare of violated building codes.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:55
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https://m.imgur.com/w2QKgYH Found this one at a fair. Not the worst I’ve seen but the police tape was the only thing protecting it. It was not near a single worker or anything. Just instant death to any kid not being watched by a parent. stuxracer fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Apr 24, 2019 |
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Apr 24, 2019 19:26
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kid sinister posted:Aussie/Euro/NA power strip jury-rigged without the ground wire with stripped wires plugged directly in and held with sticks. Guess the country! Granite pavers are a little strange and make me think Canada, but I’m going with Australia on the basis that who imports Australian appliances and needs a compatible power strip?
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Apr 24, 2019 21:32
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I'm gonna say India, and also that at the other end of that coil of wire is a stick welder. e. Or China, maybe
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Apr 24, 2019 21:37
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Leperflesh posted:e. Or China, maybe Ding ding ding! China has a couple different outlets in use. Like most things Chinese, their electrical infrastructure is a mess.
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Apr 24, 2019 22:04
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stuxracer posted:https://m.imgur.com/w2QKgYH Lol are those breakers in there? And is [img] not working? I get that sometimes too.
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Apr 24, 2019 23:19
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Link to the image, not the imgur page link. It's the difference between https://m.imgur.com/w2QKgYH and https://i.imgur.com/w2QKgYH.jpg
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Apr 24, 2019 23:24
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Leperflesh posted:and also that at the other end of that coil of wire is a stick welder. They mentioned that in the Reddit OSHA thread I found that at. What makes it obvious that it's a stick welder?
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Apr 24, 2019 23:40
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Burt Sexual posted:And is [img] not working? I get that sometimes too. Ask one of your grandkids to help you
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Apr 25, 2019 07:59
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GotLag posted:Ask one of your grandkids to help you
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Apr 25, 2019 08:23
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You only need to know the difference between a gallery page and a direct image link, the forums will insert the appropriate bbcode for you grandpa
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Apr 25, 2019 09:31
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I was going to ask for some advice about buying a hood vent for my stove, but then I found this and now I know what to get. 
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Apr 25, 2019 18:45
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Vent it into the room below
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Apr 25, 2019 19:24
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kid sinister posted:They mentioned that in the Reddit OSHA thread I found that at. What makes it obvious that it's a stick welder? Well, the coil of extra wire, the jackass way it's being powered, both tell me it's some highly untrained but superbly skilled jobsite welder guy splicing his poo poo into mains wherever he can find it. You can weld with nothing but a pair of jumper cables, mains power, welding sticks, and a cavalier attitude towards your own health, if you feel like it. And given a welding job is a temporary affair, it's easier to get away with just shoving whatever random objects you find lying around into place to McGuyver a solution, as opposed to something that stays that way for weeks or months. e.g.   
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Apr 25, 2019 21:48
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From the thumbnail, I thought that was going to be a plumbing photo. I'm guessing they didn't have the right kind of resistor so they made their own?
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Apr 25, 2019 21:51
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GotLag posted:Vent it into the  I unironically love that kitchen, though.
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Apr 25, 2019 21:51
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:From the thumbnail, I thought that was going to be a plumbing photo. Those are diodes?
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Apr 25, 2019 22:57
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MRC48B posted:Those are diodes? That just raises further questions!!
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Apr 25, 2019 22:58
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Resistance is futile, these are diodes.
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Apr 25, 2019 23:47
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I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS. NAMELY WHY.
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Is there any possibility there is no short bypassing the diodes? Diodes don’t work well in parallel.
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Platystemon posted:Is there any possibility there is no short bypassing the diodes? Someone really wanted to half rectify that, I wish I knew why. Also they took care to put in spares for when those totally non-power diodes burn out one by one, which they will do because diodes do not work the way you think in parallel.
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Apr 26, 2019 00:57
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I've been thinking about this for hours. Why? Just...why? What are...why?
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Why? Because the person was an idiot. Why (from their point of view)? Because they needed to rectify a high current and didn't have a diode rated for anywhere near the correct amount so they bundled a lot into parallel. In theory the current through each diode will be divided equally so for instance 10 diodes with 1 A rating in parallel have a 10 A rating. In reality the characteristics of each diode are exceedingly likely to be slightly different and you run the risk of a subset of the diodes being overrated if they conduct and the others don't. And when they start to fail you will likely get a cascade of failures that takes out the whole thing and can cause a fire or damaged equipment. I'm just wondering if it was someone's homemade project or if something actually shipped like that. The size and glass package makes me think they're small signal diodes like a 1N4148 being press-ganged into a power supply application edit: like is that a beefier diode rectifying the other half of the wave next to it? Why not use another one of those??? BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Apr 26, 2019 |
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Apr 26, 2019 08:53
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Platystemon posted:Context: I'd move the pile of poo poo they have there and simply block the vent.
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Apr 26, 2019 09:18
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MRC48B posted:Those are diodes? Those are eggs. You'll not want to be near when the electric spiders start hatching.
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fist4jesus posted:I'd move the pile of poo poo they have there and simply block the vent.
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Apr 26, 2019 09:34
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there wolf posted:I was going to ask for some advice about buying a hood vent for my stove, but then I found this and now I know what to get. If you're going with an elephant trunk vent (aka spot extractors, but no one calls them that), why not go the whole hog and get one that screams SCIENCE! 
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Apr 26, 2019 09:42
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Megillah Gorilla posted:If you're going with an elephant trunk vent (aka spot extractors, but no one calls them that), why not go the whole hog and get one that screams SCIENCE!
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Apr 26, 2019 10:16
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The moment one of these diodes die, they all die.
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Azza Bamboo posted:The moment one of these diodes die, they all die. #WWG1WGA
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Apr 26, 2019 12:09
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Perhaps the current is low enough that a single diode would suffice, but the creator wanted to add some redundancy. That could be a future satellite we're looking at! Maybe there's a diamond being smuggled in the middle of the wires.
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Apr 26, 2019 14:04
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I have the feeling that the other side of that bad boy is a really cheap mig welder, because it’s somehow always really cheap mig welders.
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Apr 26, 2019 15:26
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It didn't stop there!  Article with more pictures and information. quote:The home collapsed after the contractor's crew dug into the home's foundation and took out critical support Whoops! Hope that contractor has the insurance to cover leveling a home, or that the home insurance provides coverage.
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I sure hope that house didn't lean on either of its neighbors when it collapsed. Cripes.
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Ashcans posted:Whoops! Hope that contractor has the insurance to cover leveling a home, or that the home insurance provides coverage. Bob's Building Co. is announcing it is declaring bankruptcy and will be closing immediately. In entirely unrelated news, Bill's Bobding Co. is now open for business!
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