Crappy Construction: The Four POs of the Housepocalypse

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Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Zhentar posted:

The main problem with ring circuits is that they need relatively balanced current flow on both return paths. A break or high impedance connection in the ring unbalances the flow, potentially causing an overcurrent condition that can't be detected by the breaker, and without any visible fault to occupants. Testing to detect those failures requires disconnecting the circuit from the breaker panel and measuring the impedance between the two ends of the circuit (and even that can fail to detect faults if there's bridging) - and then assuming that the re-connection is performed correctly. Spurs don't have two return paths, so you either don't use them, or use extra copper.

Two 20 amp radial circuits use the same amount of copper as one 32 amp ring circuit (or less, if you make use of spurs). You get more total capacity, and more safety. It costs you one extra circuit breaker, more than paid for by the labor savings.

Also on an imbalance you can turn your wiring into a loving huge electromagnet .

# ? Feb 9, 2016 17:23

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# ? May 22, 2024 06:24

kid sinister: Nov 16, 2002

Another one from Reddit

# ? Feb 10, 2016 22:05

Polio Vax Scene: Apr 5, 2009

Someone just realized that people loving using those automatic door openers for when they are lazy/have their hands full/dont want to touch a nasty public door handle.

# ? Feb 10, 2016 22:15

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

So they'll touch a nasty public door opening button instead?

# ? Feb 10, 2016 22:49

kaschei: Oct 25, 2005

Collateral Damage posted:

So they'll touch a nasty public door opening button instead?

They'll press it with their butts, like everyone else. Butts are very hygienic.

# ? Feb 10, 2016 22:57

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Collateral Damage posted:

So they'll touch a nasty public door opening button instead?

You hip-check them.

# ? Feb 10, 2016 23:19

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

flosofl posted:

You hip-check them.

I prefer a groin thrust.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 00:34

kid sinister: Nov 16, 2002

kaschei posted:

They'll press it with their butts, like everyone else. Butts are very hygienic.

My dad took me to work one day when I was a kid. That's how he opened the the card reader door there. Apparently it was too much work to take the card out of your wallet and hold it against the reader panel.

kid sinister fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Feb 11, 2016

# ? Feb 11, 2016 00:42

Alastor_the_Stylish: Jul 25, 2006; WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.

spog posted:

I prefer a groin thrust.

I welcome the button to Sparta.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 00:45

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

In all seriousness though there are people with handicaps that prevent them from dealing well with a doorknob or latch handle, but don't prevent them from dealing with stairs. For example, hand/arm amputees, or even just a thumb amputation.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 00:50

baquerd: Jul 2, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Leperflesh posted:

In all seriousness though there are people with handicaps that prevent them from dealing well with a doorknob or latch handle, but don't prevent them from dealing with stairs. For example, hand/arm amputees, or even just a thumb amputation.

But for some reason it's politically incorrect to put silhouettes of stick figures with no arms, everything's got to be a wheelchair. Time to get specific handicap signs?

# ? Feb 11, 2016 03:12

Polio Vax Scene: Apr 5, 2009

It's a symbol accepted more for its meaning than its actual representation, like the floppy disk.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 03:35

deoju: Jul 11, 2004; All the pieces matter.; Nap Ghost

kid sinister posted:

Reminds me of the legendary "flush" in NYC after the MASH TV series finale and how it stressed their sewage system.

I don't know about Mash, but here is a graphic about hockey in Canada...

Edit
Edit: the game ended in OT, which might clear things up. It was the 2010 Olympics.

deoju fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Feb 11, 2016

# ? Feb 11, 2016 05:12

TooMuchAbstraction: Oct 14, 2012; I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.; Fun Shoe

I used to work for Amazon, which very carefully tracks the rate at which orders are being placed. Once got paged in for a massive "order drop", where the order placement rate on the UK and German sites had dropped way below normal. We tested all of our systems, as was everyone else who got paged, we couldn't find anything wrong...then orders spiked back up for a bit before dropping again. Finally someone pointed out that the UK and German soccer (football) teams were having a match in the World Cup. Sure enough, orders returned to normal as soon as the game finished.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 05:39

there wolf: Jan 11, 2015; by Fluffdaddy

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

my wife got suckered in to a kirby home showing and the girl basically refused to leave until i got home and told her that my parents would disown me if i bought a kirby since the one my parents bought no poo poo shocked my dad

idk how it happened but bringing up kirby in my folks house was on the same level as denying the holocaust to them

she then started to pack up her stuff and explain that this was a in-between job and that she had an interview with a medical billing company that week.

Our beast of a canister vac likes to signal failing plugs with electrical shocks.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 18:28

wolrah: May 8, 2006; what?

Collateral Damage posted:

Electric kettles, pfft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBw618geqyI

He outdid himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg3bFxdAZsY

Thermite powered kettle.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 19:06

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

That kettle is amazing

# ? Feb 11, 2016 19:25

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Baronjutter posted:

~~That kettle~~ Colin is ~~amazing~~ insane.

# ? Feb 12, 2016 00:06

Munin: Nov 14, 2004

wolrah posted:

He outdid himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg3bFxdAZsY

Thermite powered kettle.

I'd still say safer than the Chinese stick electric water boiler.

[edit] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EViyccc2t9w

Munin fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Feb 12, 2016

# ? Feb 12, 2016 01:51

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

Munin posted:

I'd still say safer than the Chinese stick electric water boiler.

[edit] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EViyccc2t9w

He said he did coffee like the package suggests and it exploded in 5kw of glory

# ? Feb 12, 2016 04:07

Javid: Oct 21, 2004

http://i.imgur.com/GyvNK8A.jpg
:nws:

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:27

Samizdata: May 14, 2007

Collateral Damage posted:

Electric kettles, pfft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBw618geqyI

And then he does it one better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg3bFxdAZsY

The Thermite Kettle.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:37

Messadiah: Jan 12, 2001

Is that wall made of particle board?

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:38

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Messadiah posted:

Is that wall made of particle board?

Horsehair plaster.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:40

Samizdata: May 14, 2007

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

That ~~kettle~~ Colin is ~~amazing~~ insane.

And this is why he is one of the only people I subscribe to on YouTube.

Plus, he is always having SUCH a good time endangering himself and everything around him.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:53

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

And he's human. He hosed up hard with the toilet loo roll turbine. And he showed the consequences. Love that guy.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:56

MrYenko: Jun 18, 2012; #2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Javid posted:

http://i.imgur.com/GyvNK8A.jpg

Need her number.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 14:31

Hollow Talk: Feb 2, 2014

MrYenko posted:

Need her number.

You seem awfully sure it's a woman.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 15:29

MrYenko: Jun 18, 2012; #2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Hollow Talk posted:

You seem awfully sure it's a woman.

I'm not, just hoping.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:07

Kilo147: Apr 14, 2007; You remind me of the boss
What boss?
The boss with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who-doo?
You do.
Do what?
Remind me of the Boss.

MrYenko posted:

I'm not, just hoping.

Did you not notice the waifu pillow to the left?

# ? Feb 13, 2016 20:08

H110Hawk: Dec 28, 2006

http://i.imgur.com/jgupAd5.gifv

:suspense:

# ? Feb 14, 2016 00:32

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

Is he just letting go of the chainsaw?

# ? Feb 14, 2016 00:44

Nitrox: Jul 5, 2002

GotLag posted:

Is he just letting go of the chainsaw?

He leg go in order to grab the rope with both hands.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 01:57

H110Hawk: Dec 28, 2006

GotLag posted:

Is he just letting go of the chainsaw?

Because that's what is wrong in that video.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 02:01

kid sinister: Nov 16, 2002

GotLag posted:

Is he just letting go of the chainsaw?

A lot of chainsaws have a throttle safety built into the handle, so if you ever let go of the handle, the throttle will drop back to idle and stop the chain.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 02:44