Comment on A secret cord
wjrii@lemmy.world 3 days agoLegitimate? Basically none. Illegitimate? First, lazily fixing a fuckup on putting up strings of Christmas lights where you can’t daisy chain them properly, with bonus points for the likeliehood of needing to break off the grounding pin. Second, injecting power from a generator into a single circuit of your house if the power is out.
In one sense, you could argue conductors are conductors and if you think through every eventuality you can mitigate risk, but on the other, if you find you’re in a situation where one of these seems useful, you are not the type of person thinks through every eventuality.
SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
it can function as a temporary fix until you can do it properly. unfortunately temporary is often the most permanent solution.
vrek@programming.dev 3 days ago
Usually this are associated with Christmas lights… What’s the rush? Do it right this weekend instead of hoping you have time next weekend and you don’t burn down your house in the meantime
SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
oh dont gotta tell me, id rather not hook up lights at all instead of using this. with temporary solution i mean things like getting power during a natural Desaster
vrek@programming.dev 2 days ago
Just use a normal power strip to power things in a natural disaster, or prepare proper and properly hook one up.