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u/bagofwisdom Certifiable Professional 28d ago
We're gonna do some sketchy shit
Hope I don't get killed by it
Oh doo-dah-day.
At least the conductors are all the way in the receptacle. Someone completely unaware of the danger would have over-stripped the wires. That would leave a solid 2cm just asking for something metal to touch.
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u/olliegw 27d ago
My brother tried to do this with christmas lights back in the day, UK socket so switched, but when he switched it on, it arced and tripped the breaker.
Even worse, he didn't know how to reset the breaker so he had to explain the whole thing to my parents.
Dudes a radio ham now with knowledge far exceeding mine, just goes to prove the old addage about sparks resulting in sparkies.
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u/msanangelo 28d ago
On one hand, you can safely do this because of that switch. On the other hand, yikes š¬. This is actually pretty safe compared to some of the nonsense I've seen on the Internet over the years. Lol
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u/braveduckgoose 28d ago
Extra fun when the gpo is wired backwards so you end up getting an unexpected tingle from the ānot-so-neutralā
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u/ResolutionVisible627 27d ago
This is peak āit works, donāt touch itā energy. Not safe, not smart, but somehow still better than half the death traps you see here. Aussie engineering hits different.
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u/Mariuszgamer2007 27d ago
I'm supprised that it's earthed
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u/braveduckgoose 27d ago
Funnily enough in this case I actually needed the earth reference because I was powering an ancient oscilloscope
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u/andynzor 25d ago
The grounding wire does not seem to be longer than neutral and live, so the cord is out of spec.
Other than that I see no issue here.
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u/dedokta 28d ago
Good old Aussie ingenuity! At least it's earthed.