Re: electrical deaths

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:30:40 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-11-28 15:39, Clive Arthur wrote:

On 28/11/2024 13:41, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2024-11-28 13:14, Martin Brown wrote:
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One of my friends at university (at a top level institution) found
himself holding a live plug a on Jesus lead left behind by a previous
graduate student. The burns from that were horrific. Once attached
you can't let go or move and burning human flesh doesn't smell good.
He was probably only on for 30s before someone realised and
disconnected him.

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What's a "Jesus lead"? I tried to google, but what I find are songs.

 
A mains cable with a plug at both ends.  It means your home-made disco
console can use a readily obtainable mains socket for power input and it
doesn't matter which way round you unwind the cable.  Another advantage
is that you can unplug the console end and use it to fend off violent
drunks.
 
I don't understand why they're not used more often.

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Jesus!
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Yes, I have seen them. On 220 volts. They were used for transformers,
those that had 120 on one side, 220 on the other, both being female
sockets, so you needed a cable with two male plugs to connect them to
the wall.
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We don't see such transformers anymore, but when I was a kid they were
common, because although most houses were 220 volts, some were 125, so
we had gadgets of both voltages.

I've seen them used between two houses, when one had the power shut
off.