Matthew DockreyMar 7
Why do I have the absolutely cheapest vertical turntable I could find? As you might have guessed, it's not for playing music. Not exactly, anyway. More to follow as things ramp up, but I think this project status just flipped from "exploratory" to "active".
Show threadMatthew Dockrey
...how cheap? Well, a roommate just noticed this in the outlet I was using, 120VAC waving free in the breeze. It broke off so cleanly when I was unplugging it last night, nothing felt out of the ordinary. Straight through the plastic, too, not even following a glue joint. Yikes!
Mar 7 at 10:49pmWeb
Show threadIris Young (he/they/she) (PhD)Mar 7
@attoparsec AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Show threadMatthew DockreyMar 7
@iris RIGHT?!
Show threaddr_aMar 7
@attoparsec that looks extra-special sketchy. i wonder of there's any real isolation in there.
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Mar 7
@dr_a @attoparsec So did you pull the breaker to remove it, or just veeeeery carefully grab one prong with needlenose?
Show threadMatthew DockreyMar 7
@msbellows @dr_a There was enough of the plastic shell projecting to do it by hand. Slowly. The sink it is across from is metal, but with a granite rim so you'd need to at least work at it to have your other arm grounded.
Show threadPhil Stevens Mar 8
@attoparsec @msbellows @dr_a This is the time that I express infinite gratitude for Australia and New Zealand mains sockets. All of them are switched per code.
Show threadScottMar 7
@attoparsec Well now I’m going to be suspiciously double-checking outlets every time I unplug anything for the next month.
Show threadJohn TMar 8
@attoparsec when people say, "Oh, I don't like to mess with AC power, I leave that to the experts", I ask them if they've ever seen how shoddily made most of the stuff we plug into the wall actually is...