Theoretically, the building is ground and you only need to connect one cable.
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CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days agoI highly doubt the electricity would flow to the pole itself at all if you connect both contacts to the top
one_knight_scripting@lemmy.world 5 days ago
yobasari@feddit.org 5 days ago
The screws will melt and probably start a fire with the wood they are screwed into. The pole might get hot too from the current that goes rhrough the fasteners but most of the heat would be in the screws and the fasteners and dissipate before it reaches the pole. Hardly any current will flow through the pole itself.