https://xkcd.com/2880

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A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That

    is one mother fucking cursed connector

    it’s brilliant because it’s so hazardous yet still creates a contact between two double core wires.

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      1 year ago

      Additionally, the next “wire” would be connected reversed polarity so you would never know if grey or yellow were hot.