This probably works in the UK and US. Rest of Europe, not so much unless you gently strip the cable which is pretty dangerous.
I’m intrigued how that would work with some styles of plug that disconnect before coming out of the socket like the uk type-G plugs. Unless they’re not touching the socket itself and connecting somewhere else?
mojitas@lemmynsfw.com 5 hours ago
frongt@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
It’s not that dangerous. They make strippers that will only take off the outer insulation, and then you can use vampire taps on the wires.
Or you might be able to pop the case and jump the power on the DC side. You could easily do that on an ATX power supply, but servers are a little more complicated, because hotplug PSUs use wafer connectors instead of molex plugs.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It doesn’t matter for server class hardware, they generally have dual PSUs to ensure they stay up if one of the two lines fails. So unplug one side, plug in your backup/mobile supply, the disconnect everything else and then run away with the blade
Strawberry@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
oh yes that makes a lot of sense for server stuff. I imagine that may be quite useful for general use & maintenance too.
I’m too caught up thinking of consumer stuff.