🧵 what will happen?
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 06:58:46 UTC No. 16365424
If someone plugs this cable into two outlets in their home?
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 07:02:07 UTC No. 16365428
If someone poops into another poop, who poop'd?
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 07:19:21 UTC No. 16365446
>>16365428
I think it will trip a circuit breaker but that's just a guess
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 08:01:36 UTC No. 16365488
>>16365424
It's over
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 08:19:32 UTC No. 16365495
>>16365488
Will it blow up the power plant?
🗑️ bodhii at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 08:31:18 UTC No. 16365504
>>16365424
nothing
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 09:47:05 UTC No. 16365570
>>16365504
Try it and report back
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 10:25:13 UTC No. 16365633
>>16365424
Probably nothing if the two outlets are on the same circuit.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 10:25:22 UTC No. 16365634
Nothing because both are at the same potential.
🗑️ bodhii at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 10:39:52 UTC No. 16365654
>>16365570
I already know because I am not stupid. The entire electrical grid is connected, every single house and business on a single circuit. This cord is used for generators to power the house. And how does it power the house? Because it sends electricity from the generator into the houses circuit. If you feed energy into the circuit your meter will even run backwards as the energy you dont use back into the grid. You can receive checks from the power company if you do this. Using this cord is no different han wiring a new light socket or something in your house. It is all already a loop
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 11:50:12 UTC No. 16365728
>>16365424
That would be more spicy with europlug
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 12:40:21 UTC No. 16365772
>>16365446
If the cable is bridging two circuits, then you have more than a single breaker feeding a given home circuit. Since a breaker is rated to the amp rating of the wires, having two breakers feeding a single wire could result in an overloaded wire without the breaker tripping. This will cause heating, insulation failure, and potentially a fire if the wires don't short and trip the breakers. The breakdown is most likely to occur near bad terminations as they already generate the most heat.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:12:01 UTC No. 16365805
>>16365424
Assuming US power system, if the two outlets are in the same circuit and properly wired, nothing. If the two outlets are on different circuits there's a chance the two circuits will be out of phase with each other, which I thiiiink could cause a breaker to trip but I'm not actually sure about that.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:36:52 UTC No. 16365821
>>16365424
if you got 3 phases at home(first world country so no UK) you got 6 cases:
1.) both outlets have the same phase and you managed to plug in phase on phase and N on N -> nothing happens
2.) still same phase but you connected phase on N -> fuse trips
3.),4.), 5.) and 6.) the outlets have different phases and thus a fuse will trip no matter how you plug it
If you connect two outlets that are close, you got a good chance that they are on the same phase.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:55:28 UTC No. 16365853
>>16365821
Aren't most houses in the US only wired for two legs of three phase power?
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 14:26:53 UTC No. 16365899
>>16365504
>nothing
IF they are fed by the same phase, then nothing.
If they are on opposite phases, the voltage difference between them will be 240 VAC and at least one if not both breakers will trip.
There is also risk of arc flash and fire.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 14:33:37 UTC No. 16365910
>>16365821
Homes don't have 3 phases but your mostly right
>>16365424
Homes have 2 "legs" of single phase power. Meaning there are 2 copper bars in the panel bringing in street power. The first leg holds the odd circuit breakers (1,3,5, etc) and the second holds the even circuit breakers (2,4,6, etc).
If you plugged into an outlet on breaker 1, and the other outlet was also on breaker 1, nothing would happen. This is the most likely thing to happen as outlets in the same area are usually on the same circuit.
If you plugged into an outlet on breaker 1, and the other outlet was on circuit 3, nothing would happen. Thats because they are the same "leg" of power.
If you plugged into an outlet on breaker 1, and the other outlet was on breaker 2, things would get spicy. First the end of the cord would explode in an arc of electricity as soon as you tried to plug into the second outlet. It would immediately melt the copper and break the connection. The breakers would also trip as they would sense an overload. The final thing that would happen is a big nigger would come into your house wearing moonshoes, and he'd bounce around stealing all your valuables. You can try to stop him, but unless you have your own moonshoes equipped, it would be a fruitless effort.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 21:34:33 UTC No. 16366602
>>16365910
why is there an arc flash
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 22:13:27 UTC No. 16366671
>>16365424
Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, Hawking... you know what they did when they had a scientific question? They didn't post about it on 4chan, they went home and did it themselves.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 22:18:07 UTC No. 16366682
>>16365910
>
If you plugged into an outlet on breaker 1, and the other outlet was on circuit 3, nothing would happen. Thats because they are the same "leg" of power.
This isn't necessarily true depending on circuit elements.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 22:20:27 UTC No. 16366692
>>16365910
>homes don't have 3 phases
Yes they do faggot. Once a house gets big enough it pretty much requires it or your feeds will be huge.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 22:28:24 UTC No. 16366706
>>16365424
The outlets in your house are connected to each other by a cable already.
However, if the power comes off different phases, it will blow the fuse on both as the two pahses are not in sync and begin to draw power from each other.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 22:35:20 UTC No. 16366716
That depends somewhat if you have plugged into the same circuit of the house. If you plugged into two different circuits, it'd work but you could overload either side of the circuit or a plug depending on what's plugged in or who knows. It should trip a breaker but it's a huge fire hazard. If you plugged into the same circuit nothing would happen.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Sep 2024 23:30:58 UTC No. 16366856
>>16365424
>If someone plugs this cable into two outlets in their home?
Infinite energy!
OP !dQdLbVGMJw at Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:31:44 UTC No. 16368738
>>16365424
Depending on how your home is wired
A. Nothing will happen
B. You trip a circuit breaker
C. You experience Indian nerve gas as you freeze in place and turn into KFC
Anonymous at Mon, 9 Sep 2024 19:48:52 UTC No. 16370279
>>16366602
Electricity from different sources bump into eachother
>>16366682
Ok nigger sure you can think of the outlier cases, but what I stated will happen in 99.999% of residential houses
>>16366692
You ultra-giga-macrodynamic faggot, thats so rare that its like me saying "water is wet" and you saying "NO ACSHUALLY IF ITS HEATED IN A HIGH PRESSURE CHAMBER TO X DEGREES IT BECOMES A SUPERFLUID SO YOUR TECHNICALLY WRONG". But fine, I'll change my statement specifically for (YOU).
>homes almost never have 3 phases, unless its a giant faggodome which requires 3 phases because the feeds would be too big otherwise
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:40:56 UTC No. 16374217
>>16365424
How is this science?
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:43:23 UTC No. 16374298
>>16374217
half of the threats here are either x, pol or xpol. this isnt so bad. op will plug and get yelled at by his step-dad for science.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:08:04 UTC No. 16374328
After an ice storm, our power was knocked out. Eventually we noticed that half the outlets were completely dead and half were at partial voltage. Plugging in a lamp would result in dimmer than usual light and fans plugged in would run at half speed. I turned off all the breakers after noticing this in cause it could cause damage to appliances or cause other hazards.
AC is kind of weird so I'm not sure why some outlets were at half power. One leg out and the other still working somehow? Why wouldn't it result in half the circuits being dead and the other half at full?
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:15:49 UTC No. 16374616
nothing if the phase is same
220 volt blast if they are different.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:17:33 UTC No. 16374618
>>16374217
electrical theory is basis of all universe. see few more years and they find graviton=photon and its just another fancy bonus effect of electricity just like magnetism is.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:23:10 UTC No. 16374691
>>16365821
What happens if you short all three phases 120 degrees out of phase with the exact load on all three lines?
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:01:52 UTC No. 16374763
>>16374616
165v
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:22:38 UTC No. 16374790
>>16374763
Nope. The US residential setup isn't the same as a wye-connected 3-phase with one line missing -- the neutral is a center tap on a single phase transformer, so you get 120V line to neutral, and 240V line to line.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:04:34 UTC No. 16377245
>>16370279
>water is wet
Anon, I...
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:15:43 UTC No. 16377258
>>16374790
Grounded center tap.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:27:54 UTC No. 16377658
>>16365899
>fire
based
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 01:43:56 UTC No. 16377889
>>16365654
try it
Supra80 at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:36 UTC No. 16377913
>>16365654
>used for generators to power the house
That is what it's commonly used as, but it's highly dangerous. Electricians suggest a more dedicated setup, pic related, for hooking up a back-up generator to a house.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:40:16 UTC No. 16377945
>>16365504
this anon is correct assuming both ends are wired correctly. otherwise you will get a pop and a tripped breaker.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:45:29 UTC No. 16377950
>>16377913
How is this any safer? This setup will have hot pins in a wall outlet during normal (non-generator) operation, which seems worse than a male-to-male cable in every way.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:10:26 UTC No. 16378345
>>16377950
before this box you put a switch like this:
house wiring -> switch -> box -> generator
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-||.-.-.-.
.-.-.-.-.-.-..-.-.-.-.-.-.>>--> city electricity coming in
When not using the generator, the switch isolates this box from the rest of the house wiring, so that you don't have to worry about hot pins
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:41:23 UTC No. 16379253
bump for electrifying knowledge
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 23:26:00 UTC No. 16379316
>>16365424
Putin will be defeated and drag queen story hour will commence
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:50:01 UTC No. 16381294
>>16365424
I like to get my good and wet on my metal ladder before I carry it to the electric chainsaw to trim my tree
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:50:37 UTC No. 16382128
>>16365424
it depends, if the orientation checks out and both outlets are on the same phase nothing will happen.
If its connecting Lx to N or Lx to Ly then a high current will flow and blow either a fuse or something else.
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:23:12 UTC No. 16382799
>>16365495
This is not liquid my dude it will just burn itself until the connection is melted.
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:42:41 UTC No. 16383058
>>16366692
Yeah, i have 3 phase. It's very common every new or upgraded house here has it.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 01:26:28 UTC No. 16385481
>>16365424
nothing, the hot terminals are already connected to one rail
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:21:58 UTC No. 16386182
>>16365424
You have to put your tongue on exposed prongs to know if it’s doing anything
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:25:06 UTC No. 16386188
>>16374298
Xpol is best pol.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:57:17 UTC No. 16386547
>>16377950
You break that circuit when the generator is not in use.