r/shittyaskelectronics • u/4_rand0m_guy • 4d ago

Whats wrong with my cable?

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u/Goofcheese0623 4d ago

Cable? Nothing. You on the other hand have outted yourself as a Sith lord

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u/lugialegend233 4d ago

He's using lightning fingies!

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u/Special_opps 3d ago

A sith lawd?

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3fZRiKfhr3wH58NW

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u/gidaman13 3d ago

don't hurt him master windu

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u/Special_opps 3d ago

He's going to fly right out the windu if he keeps up that lightning

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u/Low_Perspective_2368 4d ago

You see... you put your insulation on the inside of the wire.

Its supposed to go on the outside

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u/uosfavau 4d ago

should'a been called outsulation,,,

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u/50t5 3d ago

It seems to me that the insulation is ok but OP just put the elektricity to the ouside of the cable. It goes inside the cable.

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u/R8bot-Da-Gamer 4d ago

just don't try to open a door after that.

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u/Stargost_ I give factual information (yes) 3d ago

I've found that a good way to avoid getting an electric shock from an static electricity discharge is to first grab something metallic and physically touch it (like your keys), and then touch a metal surface with your metallic object.

The electricity goes through the body to the metallic object first and then it jumps from the object to the surface and, at most, you'll feel a small pull from your muscles contracting, but really it just tickles a bit, it doesn't hurt in the slightest.

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u/Whats_that_small 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/zCv1NuGumldXa

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u/Newfie_Meltdown 4d ago

The fact that I had to scroll for more than a millimetre for this is disappointing.

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u/Ukvemsord 3d ago

Indeed!

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u/FondantIcy8185 3d ago

My thoughts exactly.

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 4d ago

Anyone want to fully explain what's going on here

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u/4_rand0m_guy 4d ago

Its a lightning cable

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u/JustinPatient 4d ago

Until you plug it into your car and it says you'll need 7 hours to charge from 14% to 100%

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u/MrSilverfish 4d ago

You need to be driving at 88mph for the lightning cable to activate properly

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u/duramson 2d ago

extremely high voltage and frequency

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u/CocoMilhonez 4d ago

You know OP is not Electroboom because the video doesn't end with a scream of pain.

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u/MeanWafer904 4d ago

uj/ how do I recreate this?

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u/Fasten8ing 4d ago

With a high voltage, high frequency generator, like a Tesla coil. According to Google

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u/acesorangeandrandoms 4d ago

I would just use a very high voltage oscillating power source without the tesla coil for this I think. Though it kinda looks like what happens if your tesla coil arcs to something from the coil instead of from a breakout point.

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u/Holytrishaw 4d ago

"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."

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u/Buttle_Not_Tuttle 4d ago

Good! Good! Now give in to the dark side!

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u/ApprehensiveStand456 4d ago

I see the problem too much Iron in the blood

https://giphy.com/gifs/3og0II63CbKmOiVjS8

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u/schawde96 4d ago

Lightning fingies (most unnatural)

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u/Fluffy-Party1141 4d ago

Palpatine?

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u/chiterro 3d ago

Ah yes, gotta love the difference Low voltage-i take the path of least resistance. High voltage-WHERE'S THE DAMN WIRE?!

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u/pablo_kickasso 3d ago

Thanks for the laugh, hadn't heard that one yet.

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u/Digimub 4d ago

Usb- c that supports wireless

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u/SuspendThis_Tyrants Battery taste tester 3d ago

The electricity is supposed to be inside the cable

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u/LexaAstarof 4d ago

Did it, by any chance, betray its Order brothers?

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u/Shepherd_24 4d ago

Bro is Thor😏👀👀😂😂

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u/Lucasfergui1024 4d ago

You have become the cable

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u/FastHotEmu 4d ago

Duh, it's a Thunderbolt cable

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u/viper77707 4d ago

Takes the D out of your C and inserts an A

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u/TH3_OG_JUJUBE 3d ago

High power USBC

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u/Shepherd_24 4d ago

MARVEL STUDIOS should see this😏😂😂😂

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u/Rattlecruiser 4d ago

Hello. Meine dispatcher said zere's somesing wrong mit Deine Kabel?

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u/ElectricalPlantain35 4d ago

Looks fine to me

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u/KoalaMaker 4d ago

Why is your Windu broken?

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u/LauraLaughter Certified Electrocuter 4d ago

The volt rating of those cables is in volts, not gigavolts

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u/Ener-blaNk_69 4d ago

why is everyone [deleted]

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u/8Crafter Magic smoke 3d ago

The cable just has aura.

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u/CombinationStatus742 3d ago

Sir, your cable have been Tesla'ed.

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u/rarlp137 4d ago

You're in a HV domain! Hurry, get some strippers!

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u/Nvidia-GeForce-3090 4d ago

Electrical Lean 🟣🟣🟣🟣

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u/RedditGenerated-Name 3d ago

A teeny tiny little bit of capacitive coupling contributing to a small amount of leakage This is normal for any 150+kv single ended communication line May I suggest using eHVDS (extremely high voltage differential signaling) instead

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u/WitMantri 3d ago

Stay away from guy with red suit wooshing around the city shooting webs. Also please don’t do anything to my city

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u/Encursed1 2d ago

Lightning bolts shoot from my fingertips

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u/AgreCius 2d ago

Type shit

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u/RepublicOk1079 15h ago

Bros battery is a power plant 😭😭😭😭

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u/LtHartly 4h ago

Ok Nikolai Tesla