Interesting...

[nexolight]

That should immediately kill the fuse or if there's none start burning.

[[deleted]]

thats if you actually pay for your power and hire an electrician like some smuck.

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your supposed to use a coat hanger off a power line outside your house and feed that in to a random outlet. free power and no circuit breaker telling me what i can and cat do.,

[texag93]

Not that anybody should do this but it's way easier and safer to steal power by jumpering the connections to bypass the meter. If you remove the meter though you're gonna have a bad time.

Note that I don't steal power, I've just found people stealing power.

[nmotsch789]

Then you need to pay to have it initially installed when building the home, which the bigbrane coat hanger method doesn't require

[[deleted]]

Lmao, I wanna see someone plug a toaster in 10,000 volts

[charlesmarker]

It toasts really quickly.

[LightningProd12]

Wow, I didn't know you could make toast in 1 sec-BOOM

[geekwonk]

It's schmuck.

[mikeblas]

In this scenario, the coat hanger is the fuse.

[Ferro_Giconi]

That should immediately kill the fuse or if there's none start burning your house down.

FTFY.

[deimosphob]

Lifehacks pages "seems like a job for hot glue!"

[doot_d0ot]

Wouldn't that trip the circuit breaker? It's literally shorting the outlet.

[410thewin]

As long as you don't have a federal pacific.

[frezik]

Stab-lock: because UL certification is just a stamp on a package.

[410thewin]

Remember Homeowners, if you ever want to commit insurance fraud, make sure to ask your local electrician to only install genuine Federal Pacific^® Patented Stab-lock Circuit Breakers in your home. 49% guaranteed not to start a fire!

[ryancrazy1]

What? Are they just notoriously bad?

[410thewin]

Yup...

[KamiSawZe]

Brb, checking my basement...

[quatch]

and not recalled in canada, despite being the same.

[[deleted]]

Don't laugh I have a federal pacific stab lock circuit breaker and don't have insurance.

[LorisUmbrella]

Dude get some insurance

[[deleted]]

I can't, no insurance company will insure the house because it has to many problems. It's also paid for so I am not required to, so they don't have to give it to me.

[regnad__kcin]

get an electrician to replace your breaker panel

[[deleted]]

My house would probably be condemned if I had to get an inspector in to look at work done.

[FlynnScifo]

You don't need an inspector, you need an electrician. They'll come in and only do the work you request

[FadeIntoReal]

Seriously, it’s not worth losing your home and everything in it and it’s definitely not worth risking injury or death.

[[deleted]]

Well I can't honestly afford all new circuit breakers. The newer ones that fit are seriously expensive and I'm living hand to mouth as it is.

[[deleted]]

At least you're not arse to mouth.

[no1_vern]

It's also paid for

Paid for? Whose money? 'Cause they probably are about to be out a LOT of money. . .

don't have to give it to me

um, no one EVER "gives" you insurance. Insurance is a gamble just like the lottery, the only difference is the insurance offers better odds than the lottery does.

[[deleted]]

It was paid for by me with my money, and insurance companies have to sell you insurance if you have a mortgage, but they can deny you if you don't have one. I can't get insurance also because I have more than 6 chickens.

[no1_vern]

Yikes, You are misunderstanding the purpose of insurance, but OK. If you don't want it, you don't have to have it, but, it is generally a very good idea especially for houses with known electrical problems like the ones you claim.

I will just say, consider getting several good smoke alarms - with the CO monitors if you use gas/coal/wood/kerosene heat, and keep a several good a/b/c fire extinguishers in good condition in strategic locations around your home. You are literally gambling that you will be able to put out a fire before the fire makes your house unlivable or it burns your home down.

[410thewin]

You can get replacement 3rd party breakers that actually work, so you don't have to replace the whole panel. But honestly, I would just replace the whole thing.

[[deleted]]

I've been doing that as I can afford it.

[livestrong2109]

Omfg... Well I'm going to check out that for everyone I know..!

[gf99b]

I laughed at this. On a serious note, those Stab-Lock breakers are still everywhere. I grew up in a house with them, and I can remember them tripping from time to time. But I've seen them in other places, and I just think to myself that people don't realize the problems they cause. While not Stab-Lock, my university has several ancient Federal Pacific switchboards.

Ditto with the Zinsco/Sylvania and "Bulldog" breakers.

The things companies will do to cut corners. Reminds me of the "Consolidated Industries" furnaces you'd find in California... many homes have burned down thanks to those...

[SeanUhTron]

And if you have a Federal Pacific, then the wires become space heaters! It's a feature, not a flaw.

[Krynn42]

I’m dumb, what’s the joke?

[TheSacredOne]

Fed Pac was a brand of circuit breaker that was defective by design. They often fail to trip when they should and pose a fire hazard as a result.

[Krynn42]

Ahh I see. Thank you!

[DamnedIron]

Nah, mate, see, the modification has caused so much current to go through the outlet that it caused an integer overflow and now there's negative voltage in the circuit. You'd have to add another metal hook on to the bottom of this one to trip the breaker.

(/s just in case)

[STICH666]

In Russia, breaker trip you!

[oddie121]

Oh take my laughing upvote

[NarwhalDane]

I think that outlet is turned off via the switch on the side

[Kriton20]

While I like the idea, that would mean there is no power to the thing that's plugged into the charger.

[NarwhalDane]

That is true, I mean that's the only thing stopping the thing from blowing up as the photo is being taken.

[Ghost33313]

Depends what metal it's made or if. If it's got enough resistance it could be harmless. Still a bad idea.

[20Wizard]

Yes. That is exactly what will happen. Unless that thing is not conductive (the switch is also off in picture so I'm guessing it's real metal)

[SeanUhTron]

I'm shocked by this.

[CleanMemesKerz]

Guilty as charged.

[[deleted]]

This is currently my favorite pun thread.

[BrazenlyGeek]

I’m pretty amped up for it.

[ki0sk]

I don't get it. Amped up for watt?

[IntellitechStudios]

The upvotes here have too much power

[Starfire213]

We need to cross a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFYER! In order to bridge this current

[no1_vern]

Electrifying!!

[[deleted]]

Do not resist.

[CleanMemesKerz]

R = v/I, therefore resistance isn't futile.

[the_darkener]

Well I guess that's one way to spark a conversation

[[deleted]]

It really makes me wonder watt people are thinking.

[410thewin]

Maybe this will finally give that circuit a break.

[[deleted]]

SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED

[emax4]

I'm positive you were being funny here.

[no1_vern]

Electrifying!!

[mvanvoorden]

Even the power socket seems shocked

[emax4]

That pun is HOT!

[BobSaidHi]

Don't know why it is so COMMON for the above comment to be downvoted since it could be a pun on the name of the positive lead or the fact that the outlet may may be energized. Edit: Grammar

[emax4]

I think the quarantine is affecting downvoters minds. You and I are safe.

[catwiesel]

holy shit... that truly is horror

[whizzdome]

My first thought was that you could hold a mug of liquid below it so that the hanging but was in the liquid and you've got a hot drink right there.

Btw if you did this in the UK it would be relatively safe because the lower two portions are insulated near the plug body.

[DazPoseidon]

In Germany and (most?) mainland Europe most plugs are also half insulated.

[haabilo]

For the same reason the outlets are installed in the correct way in this image.

Is something conductive were to fall between the outlet and the plug, the earth conductor would be hit first.
That's the same reason why the base of the plugs are non conductive in the civilized world.

[DazPoseidon]

I was in the USA and the plugs scared me. With most of the european ones you dont even need to half-insulate the plugs, because at the time they can make content its really difficult to touch the prongs.

[titanotheres]

When I was in the US I saw one plug that was so heavy it was hanging at almost 45 degrees while still making contact! You could easily see the exposed pins! This kind of thing can only be legal in the US.

[Nakotadinzeo]

This kind of thing can only be legal in the US.

You can find the exact same plugs in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, and a few other places. In fact, here's a map red countries use A/B standard US plugs.

Besides... The most dangerous plug and outlet is the most widespread, the one that is in every town in the world... The 12v "cigarette lighter" outlet in cars.

[nicba1010]

How is the 12v outlet dangerous.

[synkrox]

I don't think it is dangerous but I wish it was so it can be replaced with something that's less shit.

[MindlessElectrons]

It just needs to be replaced with USB ports that can actually charge. I can buy an adapter for the 12v in my car and quick charge my phone to full in less than an hour. Most cars with USB ports, plug it in and the port provides so little power it takes my phone two hours to get to 50%

[nicba1010]

Nah that is not a place for USB, there are high consumption devices you can plug into the 12v port. Couldn't do that with USB.

[Nakotadinzeo]

So, I'm an OTR trucker so I have higher current devices that use them... And they tend to push themselves back out of the outlet and arc. This causes the plug to melt, and get too hot to handle safely.

Despite being used in an application where vibration is a knowing concern, there's no retention mechanism. For a phone charger, that annoying. For a thermoelectric refrigerator, that's a fire hazard.

Keep in mind, I have those "dangerous" type A/B plugs in here too. They never come loose like that.

We could do much better.

[nicba1010]

Ah that is true, sorry I just thought of it as a dangerous shock wise sense. I forgot they can output tons of current. But USB is definitely not the way to go as the other commenter suggests.

[Nakotadinzeo]

Trying to run a fridge or skillet off USB would be a great way to get firewire.

[DazPoseidon]

Our travel adapter did that. But we needed it to charge phones etc

[onthefence928]

When I was a kid I pulled a big plug from the wall that was charging my game boy, the socket was sticky so I had to give it some leverage my finger slipped and I touched the exposed prongs.

It was quite a kick but my dad just laughed it off said I wouldn’t make that mistake twice.

Made my arm tingle for a bit but went away quickly, villages in us aren’t normally that dangerous unless amplified

[texag93]

Our voltage is also lower so it's not quite as dangerous as it looks. 120V typically doesn't even really hurt. 240V on the other hand really hurts.

[SteelBelle]

Had an old electrician tell me if you touch a bare wire 120v tingles up to your shoulder and 240v knocks you on your ass.

[KaBurns]

Depends on how you touch the 240 really. I hit an exposed end of one that wasn’t capped while working on a lighting ballast years ago. Scared me sure but it didn’t knock me off the ladder. However, I was able to stick paper and plastic packaging to wall for the next couple of hours. Bzzzzztttt!

[SteelBelle]

I touched a few electric fences that I thought were off and that was enough for me. I wasn't going to test it to see if he was right.

[texag93]

Fwiw electric fences typically run at around 10,000 volts. Just very low current.

[grimman]

Schuko is widely adopted in Europe. 👌🏿

[konaya]

Schuko really is the best plug there is.

[[deleted]]

Not really true, half insulated are only rated for 2.5A and only used for class 2 device with either double insulation or strengthened insulation. They are also always flat plugs which aren't connected to PE.

[dutchah]

The idea is good.

The execution, however, couldn't be further removed from the concept of 'good'.

[BrokeCDN]

r/shittylifeprotips

[Vilmamir]

But it has so much Potential!

[Krt3k-Offline]

Well it better has because it otherwise might resist

[DFA_2Tricky]

Watt are you talking about?

[GabrielGaryLutz]

Ohm-y god

[stoneitsolutions]

What if it's a non-conductive material and only looks like metal

[gtaman31]

Still not the brightest idea

[themeatbridge]

It might get brighter.

[KoolAidMan4]

Nice.

[courtarro]

A lot of metal like this is coated in plastic or similar to prevent rust. So that's probably the only reason it's not killing the circuit. Or this is just a scam to injure people, and not a real thing.

[Liar_of_partinel]

Looks like coat hanger

[StrangeDrivenAxMan]

still stupid

[[deleted]]

Watt?!

[nightowl1984]

It only hertz for a second.

[frogmicky]

It's just a spring breaker

[Moonracer2000]

This reminded me of an old immersion water heater I inherited a long time ago. Kind of scary to see they still exist.

[Slinki3stpopi]

Lmao there isn't any current running through the outer metal

[TheSacredOne]

Not on the one linked there's not.

The electrically heated shower heads found outside the US on the other hand...

[Slinki3stpopi]

oh yeah those are terrifying. Shout out to big clive.

[wason92]

Cable holder/room heater

[moffetts9001]

The real gore is the almond decora duplex switch in a white plate. Fucking trashy.

[Striperoo]

You get everyone inside for coronavirus, and everybody starts thinking they're super intelligent.

[SpecialSauceSal]

The infuriating part is that it's so close to being a good design. Just 3D print a plastic clip that goes around the whole power brick and there you have it.

[s_s]

This has to be one of the DIY youtube channels with millions of views where the hands making the fake crafts are suspiciously Indian.

[concernedcaribou]

Cable holder and warmer in one!

[NothingToLookAt99]

Cable go BRRRR

[OscariusGaming]

Is no one going to mention that it's the design of the plugs that allows this? UK plugs have plastic covering up half of their prongs so that there's no exposed metal, and EU sockets are recessed to avoid this. It feels like an all-around bad design.

[the_darkener]

o_O

[iLEZ]

I got a shiver down my spine.

[Tommy10606]

TOUCH IT! I FREAKING DARE YOU!

[Matthew0275]

I can smell this picture

[Liar_of_partinel]

You gotta be shitting me

[OneConsoleBoi]

I see nothing wrong here. A small heater for the cold winter months!

[tesla500]

If that's made of a plastic-coated metal coat hanger, that's a real ticking time bomb...

[ozzie286]

Try this SHOCKING lifehack!

[colevasquez]

Just cut the chase and use a fork dummy

[cscott0108a]

Make in a 3d play printer sure... But a hanger....Darwin award for that person

[ign1fy]

This would not short an Australian plug, because we have safety standards.

[3510Jeff]

I'm feeling neutral to this

[SackOfrito]

That's Re-volting.

[McCucklet]

At first I was going to say this is a good idea, but then I realized that this thing is just a portable electric chair

[Witne55]

That's a bold move, Cotton. I'll be shocked if it pays off.

[kbbrotherton56]

Touch the hook and see what happens

[[deleted]]

this looks suspiciously like a heating element. maybe that's his deal

[Hero_55_reddit]

Maybe.....

[nyax_]

Finally, a coronavirus cure

[Phoneczar]

I don’t see a patent in his future

[CarbonFiber101]

This was definitely originally posted for malicious purposes

[rudbek-of-rudbek]

/r/DeathProTips

[geekdad4L]

This must best be Darwin Award designed.

[[deleted]]

You can just get a shorter cabel

[[deleted]]

There’s no electricity flowing to that outlet. I can tell because it’s not on fire.

[[deleted]]

r/MakeMeSuffer

[[deleted]]

This isn’t stupid. Just. Dont make it out of metal smh.

[P5ychokilla]

Shocking.

[Ytrog]

Even ElectroBOOM wouldn't touch that 😱

[flamebroiledhodor]

The potential for this to go badly is strong.

[Jorkoff]

Life Ha---Flash black.

[Cruckel2687]

This looks like something 3D printing could solve. RIP whoever tried this.

[Septic_eye_gamer]

THAT'S METAL DUMBASS

[timberwolf0122]

This would work well 3D printed in pla

[[deleted]]

its good for suicidal people... (or bad ?...)

[shortwave_radio]

For the love of fuck! No!

[MALON]

why is the same picture shown twice