Mike Latinovich aka mlatinFeb 24
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠

Biblically accurate outlet

https://kind.social/@PurpleJillybeans/115009836419952013

Feb 18 at 7:41pmWeb
Show threadTobias 🌒🌕🌘Feb 18
@catsalad "Be NoT aFrAiD"
Show threadMatilda LoveFeb 18
@catdad @catsalad i feel like in this case you should probably be afraid
Show threadDave RahardjaFeb 18
@catdad @catsalad Of electric shock
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasFeb 18
@catsalad can't imagine that any single electrician is fully trained on wiring that one up.
Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️Feb 18
@hyc @catsalad One assumes it has a single live, neutral and ground connector at the rear, why would it be a problem?
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasFeb 18
@falken @catsalad that would make sense, but at least UK plugs tend to be wired directly to their pins, not wired to a bus connector. Also, whose responsibility is it to differentiate 110V from 220V outlets?
Show threadghostdancerFeb 18
@falken Most probably an inverse pentagram drawn in blood surrounded by black candles made of baby fat. @hyc @catsalad
Show threadmirabilosFeb 18
@hyc @catsalad @falken why, it just needs two wires, phase and neutral…
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasFeb 18

@mirabilos @catsalad @falken somebody needs to hook all of the live pins together, and all of the neutral pins together, and all of the ground pins together. Do you know which ones all of them are?

And should you even be connecting pins together for both 220V and 110V plug standards?

Show threadmirabilosFeb 18
@hyc @catsalad @falken there’s no ground in that…
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasFeb 18
@mirabilos @catsalad @falken eh. I definitely see a US and UK ground slot. If you don't, well, prepare to be electrocuted :P
Show threadmirabilosFeb 18
@hyc @catsalad @falken but neither DE nir NL/BE…
Show threadZimmieFeb 18

@hyc @mirabilos @catsalad @falken In this specific case, nothing is connected to anything. It’s just somewhere to store an appliance’s plug when not in use to protect the pins.

In every outlet I’ve ever personally seen or installed, the outlet vendor is responsible for connecting the various terminals to the inputs. They’re basically sealed units, and the installer just connects earth to one lug, neutral to another, and hot to a third. Multi-standard outlets work the same way. See the attached photo (not mine, but a good example).

Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️Feb 19
@bob_zim @hyc @mirabilos @catsalad oh, neat, so doesn't matter what plug it ships with, always somewhere to stow it
Show threadAdrianoFeb 18
@catsalad Just set fire to the house yourself, it's faster and cheaper
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 18
@catsalad Positive, negative, ground, chaotic neutral, chaotic ground, Mountain Dew: Live Wire, 12V rail, 5V rail, 3.3V rail, hot, cold, mystery wire.
Show threadJack the Frosted CountFeb 18
@theorangetheme @catsalad "That one's just going through some phases"
Show threadExtreme ElectronicsFeb 18
@catsalad Wot?, No USB ABCmicromini ?
Show threadSheaFeb 18
@catsalad the very scared clown plug and the very angry ready for fight plug
Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Feb 18
@nu @catsalad We don't talk about fight plug.
Show threadyetztFeb 18
@catsalad ah, the famous plug dartboard
Show threadleaFeb 18
@catsalad i wonder how many plugs you could plug into that at once
Show threadDB SchweinFeb 18

@catsalad

The socket of Babel right there!

Show threadJim SpathFeb 18

@catsalad @deirdrebeth Nay, the Power of Babel!

[minor edit cc'd cats]

Show threadTobias 🌒🌕🌘Feb 18
@catsalad Inserting a fork couldn't be easier! Our team tried it - what happened next was shocking!!1!
Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 18
@catsalad No need for all that complexity if you're creative.
Show threadmirabilosFeb 18

@12thRITS @catsalad

🙀

Show threadKorma ChameleonFeb 18
@12thRITS @catsalad that's unsafe. They didn't connect the earth
Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 18
@KormaChameleon @catsalad Here you go
Show threadJernej Simončič �Feb 18
@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad At least this one has a switch. The Schuko outlet in the previous post doesn't (and is probably 220-240V).
Show threadJohn MaxwellFeb 18
@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad Aaaaaààaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Show threadmultiplexFeb 19
@jmax @12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad 2
Show threadavatastic  Feb 18
@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad modern problems require Electroboom solutions.
Show threadNjordFeb 19

@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad

This reminds me of the utter terror of UK to US plug converters. Uk voltage and US plugs, all the danger of both, none of the safety of either 😉

Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 19
@Njord @KormaChameleon @catsalad I read that there was a time once in the UK when, if you bought an electric razor, it came with four or five separate plugs to allow you to use it on the various systems within the UK!
Show threadNjordFeb 22

@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad

UK style electric (which is what we have here in Cyprus, too) is *REALLY WEIRD* about bathroom electrical outlets, yeah

Show threadBewilderbeastFeb 19
@12thRITS,  also,  @KormaChameleon @catsalad
Show threadVendelaFeb 19
@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad thinking of the video meme "my nephew did the electrical" to which the electrician asks "when did his house burn down?"
Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 19
@vendelan @KormaChameleon @catsalad
Show threadhappyFeb 19
@12thRITS @vendelan @KormaChameleon @catsalad if it's using tn-c-s grounding without gfci it might just trip the main breaker (but it's more likely that paperclip is gonna melt first lol)
Show threadautumnFeb 19
@12thRITS on my todo list: understand what the heck ground is
Show threadDave FischerFeb 19
@12thRITS @vendelan @KormaChameleon @catsalad "The easiest way to check is to get someone else to..."
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 18
@KormaChameleon @12thRITS @catsalad Like this?
Show threadmanchickenFeb 18
@theorangetheme @KormaChameleon @12thRITS @catsalad LGTM 🤷
Show threadB. Garfoot  Feb 18
@12thRITS @catsalad 🫨
Show threadRay McCarthyFeb 18
@12thRITS @catsalad
Hmm, 220V into a 110V plug, apart from the other hazard.
Show threadErik AblesonFeb 19
@12thRITS @catsalad I’ll just be over here in the corner trying to get over the shakes after seeing that. As a Canadian in living in France, (and doing various renovation projects on my house) I’ve learned that 220V is a *lot* more dangerous than the North American 110V.
Show threadArthur dBFeb 19

@erik

FYI, nominal mains voltage in France is 230V since at least thirty years.

Show threadErik AblesonFeb 19
@arthurdb That's what I meant - Doh!
Show threadArthur dBFeb 19
@erik guess you are more informed than most French then!
Show threadkccqzyFeb 21
@erik @12thRITS @catsalad North American mains voltage is 120V not 110V either. 110V is supplied when the power company couldn’t get enough power and wishes to prevent blackouts.
Show threadjbaggsFeb 18
@catsalad I bet the patent office enjoyed that one.
Show threadBushed Shark  Feb 18
@catsalad I don't know which prince of hell is this sigil gonna summon but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be at least one of them
Show threadHoward CohenFeb 18
@Shark @catsalad Using this outlet transports you to them.
Show threadPositivDenken 🤯Feb 18
@catsalad it goes in the square hole?
Show threadmyrixFeb 18
@catsalad 🙃
Show threadCheetah FluffFeb 18
@catsalad oh man the pareidolia is going nuts with this image 
Show threadisolFeb 18

@catsalad

You only posted that because the lower half looks like a surprised cat.

Show threadvfigFeb 18
@catsalad (footnote for those who want to know what it really is: not an outlet—it has no terminals—but a place to stick the power plug on this air conditioning unit when its disconnected. original photo source: https://kind.social/@PurpleJillybeans/115009836419952013 )
PurpleJillybeans :PrideDisk: (@[email protected])

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Show threadFritz AdalisFeb 18
@vfig @catsalad @catsalad
Plot twist: the power plug has all those prongs.