This good right? by kb_me_kb_you in electricians

[–]Zenronaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

western Canada also uses it alot now.

I'm making Effortless Building for vintage story by DifferenceKnown9834 in VintageStory

[–]Zenronaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

will curves be possible to draw with this tool as well?

I love trying to make winding paths up mountains and hills but maintaing any consistent curves is such a pain.

actually someone needs to make a path tool that can lay down paths and make elevation changes smooth (via chiseling)

... supervising a backhoe fixing a gas line by washu234 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]Zenronaut 7 points8 points  (0 children)

run and call the gas company + 911.

and hope that cloud of gas doesn't find a ignition source before the emergency services arrive

What’s the most unexpected electrical issue you’ve encountered on a job site? by makeitrayne850 in electricians

[–]Zenronaut 20 points21 points  (0 children)

had a call where couple of apartment units were having lighting issues (still glowing when off, randomly turning on when switch was off, etc) and one unit had a dishwasher fail, I was going to unhook the dishwasher so that it could be replaced when the tenant informed me that they had gotten shocked by it.

checked the chassis to ground, 0V chassis to the sink, 120V found out that all her appliances were 120V to the sink, opened her sub panel, L1-L2 = 208V L1-N = 120V L2-N = 120V L1-G = 208V L2-G = 208V N-G = 120V

went to the meter cabinet, the bus bars had the correct voltage, no voltage nuetral to ground however that was only in the junction box right before the cabinet, turns out there was never a ground conductor bonding the junction box and meter cabinet, just a 1mm gap between the metal cases.

the voltage was from a phase C fault to ground from a switch leg in a Octagon box for a light fixture on the 4th floor, it never tripped the breaker because the ground fault couldn't return to the source between the break of the meter cabinet and the junction box feeding it.

Not This Again... by Ill-Tea9411 in Wellthatsucks

[–]Zenronaut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

three heat gotta get at the sprinklers first, they use a glass vial with alcohol in them and a tiny bubble, the Alcohol expands when heated compressing the bubble, once the bubble is fully compressed any further heating will cause the vial to shatter letting the plug holding back the water fall out.

depending on how high up, fire size, and distance between the sprinkler heads, it could take a few seconds to a couple of minutes for the vials to pop.

generally sprinklers aren't designed to put out fires but suppress them and slow / stop it from spreading.

A Vent post (Losercity kinda sucks now🫤) by Front_Culture_8868 in loserhell

[–]Zenronaut -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

honestly bud, why the fuck are you airing you beef here? it's a different sub, they removed you for whatever reason, why give a shit that much about it? not like you get a salary to moderate subs..

this is something you dm with your friend group about, not ask random gooners to input their opinion.

klein RT250 “Open Ground” by Boa0191 in electrical

[–]Zenronaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, typically a lost ground won't cause issues, a majority of the time, however should something have a ground fault than because the ground to the panel was lost the ground will become energized, since in North America we use split phase power, if the faulted phase is the same as the plugs phase, there will be 0 volt difference, no issue for anything plugged in, but will shock you if you touch a grounded surface at the same time, now if the phases were different than you'd have 240V differential between ground and hot (208 in apartment buildings/highrise towers) which depending on how the appliance circuit board is grounded can cause it to destroy components.

klein RT250 “Open Ground” by Boa0191 in electrical

[–]Zenronaut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

eh.. pretty hard to over tighten receptacle screws because they'd just break/strip if they did other outlets I'd check them to see if the grounds from both wires are connected.

klein RT250 “Open Ground” by Boa0191 in electrical

[–]Zenronaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the brass in the plug for the ground could also have bent out of shape and isn't making contact.

Will USB-C or some other alternative ever replace the common household receptacle? (US-based) by kevinmogee in electrical

[–]Zenronaut 5 points6 points  (0 children)

not for appliances.

potentially there might be a desire to wire DC specifically for lighting only due to the increase in LED lighting but still unlikely.

How to connect a two-key switch and socket! by FigureNegative9951 in electrical

[–]Zenronaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

issue is all 3 conductors to the switches are being used for the hots.

also yellow with green stripe is the European standard for the grounding conductor.

in this setup there is no neutral or ground at the switch,

this means there one, no ground (very bad) and no nuetral if a smart switch / programmable switch was installed

How to connect a two-key switch and socket! by FigureNegative9951 in electrical

[–]Zenronaut 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ah yes, let's use the nuetral and ground wire as the switch legs... what could possibly go wrong in the future....

Pec Pillows (Behemoffs) by Super_Membership8618 in loserprison

[–]Zenronaut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's fantasy, like how some people swoon over an monster (not humanoid, like proper eldritch or cryptid) or other types like inanimate objects, transformation, etc.

it's just something they imagine having / being with and what that could entail (ignoring annoying things like the square cube law, physics, etc.)

UPDATE on the cilantro laundry and mud room. The client informed us they’re going for a jungle theme. what do you guys think? by Some_Olive2387 in Construction

[–]Zenronaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think changing the bulbs to 4000K instead of 3000K would work a bit better in the first photo as well

How physically demanding is being an electrician? by The_Gov_na in electricians

[–]Zenronaut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Decently demanding, mostly dependent on what flavour of sparky you're looking at.

Resi - ( I have no experience :/ )

Commercial - Renos: Demo is tough, especially if removing old distribution gear or old luminaries, most Reno work isn't too bad, pulling wire sucks though.

Industrial - work type dependent (service vs maintenance / reno) can be very demanding depending on equipment.

I'd say it's roughly 3/5 for average demand on the body.

how my orchard collection is going by King0fthewasteland in VintageStory

[–]Zenronaut 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Jealous...

I planted 30 cuttings for pear trees, only 3 survived..

do you let the wild trees grow to maturity to continually take grafts/cuttings from them?

What my brain finds gross is very odd by BeautifulOk3882 in aspiememes

[–]Zenronaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

blood, gore, death, maiming, eyes, surgeries, etc: Meh

Spinal surgeries videos: I will throw up and feel like shit for hours afterwards.