[Techie Humor] Don't Put The Molex Where The Ribbon Cable Goes

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Furthermore the electrical system in your home is capable of delivering 10's of thousands of amps (for a split second or so before everything blows up).

Having a wooden floor saved my stupid butt,

as a kid once I was poking a electrical socket with a steel wire when I put both ends of the wire in each socket *BLAZZZAP!* blew up the main fuse of the house and left me with a ghostly white face on the couch for a couple of hours

HunterICX

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Having a wooden floor saved my stupid butt,

as a kid once I was poking a electrical socket with a steel wire when I put both ends of the wire in each socket *BLAZZZAP!* blew up the main fuse of the house and left me with a ghostly white face on the couch for a couple of hours

HunterICX

Heh Ive busted contractors doing exactly this to save themselves a trip to the circuit breaker. Just short phase to neutal and pop the breaker goes. Your reasonably save assuming the wire is insulated and the breaker is in good operating conditions.

I have to bust their chops about it because its not fool proof safe and its not good for the breakers

[MrYenko]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Heh Ive busted contractors doing exactly this to save themselves a trip to the circuit breaker. Just short phase to neutal and pop the breaker goes. Your reasonably save assuming the wire is insulated and the breaker is in good operating conditions.

I have to bust their chops about it because its not fool proof safe and its not good for the breakers

They'd have to go retrieve their tools from the bottom of the nearest body of water, if I was in your position. That's just idiotically hazardous.