11 sats \ 2 replies \ @rebel_nomad OP 6 Sep \ parent \ on: Do not follow any of the rules simply because they exist! alter_native
I've worked around 600V DC, that is scary shit...
Here in Asia I've seen description of how electricians used to hook up shit, one of the main challenges being that no one really know what pattern the colour coding of the wires follows, sometimes yellow & green is live hahaha
That must have been a while ago, but still what they do with 220 volts AC here makes you wanna run and never come back...
But yeah, still many things can be done, I regret not doing a video of when I cleaned out an outlet without pulling any fuse... That was easier than getting the point through to my wife that it was necessary, so to avoid lots of back & forth I just did it :-)
And yeah, as I suspected one of the wires was both corroded and had slipped...
Maybe I'll do something on rules for idiots versus real life? Its a very different beast, good routines for doing dangerous stuff with what tools are available is valuable, but requires far more real work to get right I'd say
No one wants to take responsibility anymore. we have been making rules for the lowest possible denominator for a while. I do things the way I want. And sometimes it's risky. I'm aware and okay with that.
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Hell yeah!
I'll get around to handling that large old boat I had for a decade ago, especially the last voyage where I had a more or less planned engine fire haha...
When you're all alone at night in a boat, in waters full of rocks, or in fog so dense that you can barely see your bowsprit, well you learn how to get things right!
Especially wishful thinking is a real killer in real life, with a culture more or less based on that the years to come will be hilarious haha
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