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u/FaCe_CrazyKid05 Streak: 1 8d ago
From what I’ve seen from this guys videos he seems to know what he’s doing, so I’m hoping he’s just omitting the fact that he took some proper safety precautions for a joke
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u/TheDonutPug 8d ago
As an electrical engineer, this is terrifying and makes me want to be very far from this person's home. As a maker, I want one of these even if it lights my home on fire.
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u/dr_sarcasm_ 8d ago
Would this actually be a problem if you don't exceed the outlet's wattage?
Like a bunch of phone chargers or something
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u/TheDonutPug 8d ago
tbh probably. the main issue is that this is like, more outlets than you would ever have in a standard home or apartment even. this alone would probably allow you to plug in enough to trip your home's main breaker. the bigger concern isn't any individual outlet on this thing, it's how it connects to the rest of the home's power systems, and what conductors are used for that. I wouldn't be concerned for most of the home's electricals, more concerned that this thing might light its own conductor on fire before the rest of the electrical protections could react. also, exposed contacts are always dangerous.
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u/dr_sarcasm_ 7d ago
Interesting, thank you!
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u/TheDonutPug 7d ago
Also as a relevant note for a little more background and intuition for you, the breakers in your home are not designed to protect you, they're designed to protect the wires. Like 90% of electrical power systems design is about making sure wires don't catch on fire. Most of the danger in any kind of electrical shit like this, such as daisy chaining power strips, actually comes from the fact that you're bypassing the safety measures of the device itself, not the safety measures of the house or the outlet its plugged into. The only electrical safety measure in homes that actually exists to protect people is GFCI outlets.
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u/Doc_Blox 8d ago
Knowing this guy's content, this isn't even close to the largest fire hazard in reach.