Yeah, I’m just imagining someone running multiple 0000 gauge (4 ought) cables in parallel to each outlet and switch, and then all back to the breaker box.
Comment on xkcd #3211: Amperage
Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Eh, ~zero impedance house circuits won’t do anything bad to normal electronics - it’ll just make sure no fires happen in your walls. I do almost all home wiring in 12 gauge and larger for this reason
Cort@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
500 amps? That’s no wiring, that’s cabling.
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dude, the entire comic is about wires.
Hope@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think that’s the joke, especially since the alt text asks about getting melted copper off the carpet.
BillyClark@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The comic is talking about the cords that come out of the outlet into the room melting and starting fires. The guy you responded to is talking about wires in the walls starting fires.
Tja@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Ah, the good old asbestos carpets. Cozy!