Mildly interesting
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 16:01 last edited by
@george-k Wow!! That is impressive!!
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 17:58 last edited by mark
They don't make them like they used to! lol
Holy crap that is an excessively large door.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 21:56 last edited by
It makes me wonder what they intended to put through it.
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@jon-nyc it's called an "electrician's" or "underwriter's" knot:
https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-an-underwriters-knot-1152873
Used in lamps and things like that.
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That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
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That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 16:03 last edited by@klaus a lamp cord has two wires, as you say, joined in a "cable." One has to split them apart to wire the lamp cord:
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I think such cords would be illegal over here.
Our power cables look like this.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 18:10 last edited by
It's not obvious in the picture, but I suspect the Blue and Red wires are joined.
Except where they are separated in order to tie the knot.
The 2 wires form a single strand that can be easily pulled apart. Outside of a fixture the covering between the 2 wires is joined.
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That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 00:19 last edited by Doctor Phibes 3 Sept 2021, 00:20@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
Klaus, you wouldn't believe the wiring over here. It's unbelievable. I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands every time I wire a plug or install a fixture. The first time I opened up a plug in Canada I thought it was a practical joke.
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
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@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
Klaus, you wouldn't believe the wiring over here. It's unbelievable. I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands every time I wire a plug or install a fixture. The first time I opened up a plug in Canada I thought it was a practical joke.
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 00:23 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.
I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.
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@doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.
I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.
wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 00:35 last edited by Doctor Phibes 3 Sept 2021, 00:36@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
@doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.
I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.
It's funny how the priorities differ. When we lived in Canada, the heating systems and protection against the cold were amazing - we were far warmer than we'd ever be in an English house, where they seem to build in the mistaken belief that the UK is a tropical country. But the electric systems were shocking, if you'll forgive the pun.
We live in a fairly built up area - a relatively busy suburb of Boston, but we still don't have a sewerage system, the house has a septic tank. The town tried to get people to vote for a sewer, but got voted down because nobody wanted to pay, despite the fact that the water table is in real danger of being corrupted.
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wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 03:46 last edited by
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@doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.
I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.
wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 03:48 last edited by@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.
I remember my first visit to France in 1991. My friend’s apartment had a Minitel. That’s the last time I was impressed by European technology.
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No one born after 1935 has walked on the moon.
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Baritone Leonard Warren died onstage at the Met in 1960 just as he finished singing Verdi's "Morir, Tremenda Cosi," which means "To Die, A Momentous Thing."
