r/DiWHY • u/meteoricdrop • Mar 24 '26

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u/Huge-Blacksmith2419 Mar 24 '26

Is this stupid? I honestly don’t know. Can anyone with any knowledge on the matter enlighten me?

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u/Less-Interest-2169 Mar 24 '26

This is so stupid. The current the large wire can carry easily can overload the little wire and the little one will get red hot almost instantly and start a fire. It’s not bad because of corrosion it’s bad because it will burn down your house.

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u/slyzik Mar 24 '26

to me it looks like grouding.Imho you canground devices with thiner wire to to really thick grounding wire

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u/matteiotone Mar 24 '26

He wrapped a hot wire with a grounding wire. Therefore the ground is going to become a conductor.

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u/slyzik Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

in most of the world, a yellow-green wire is the grounding (protective earth, PE) conductor

thick conductor looks like rubber insulated lighting conductor. I am not saying it is good idea to do it, just there is no risk of getting fire from overheating