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Title: power strip ?
Post by: Frank DeWitt on May 02, 2017, 04:43:47 PM: (https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18268200_10212747722031660_959835132274970908_n.jpg?oh=cf82b7dceef5171a8b6f1c2db614d741&oe=59741E61)
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Tim McCulloch on May 02, 2017, 05:06:09 PM: Quote from: Frank DeWitt on May 02, 2017, 04:43:47 PM
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And people wonder why we need OSHA.
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Craig Hauber on May 02, 2017, 09:42:12 PM: Quote from: Tim McCulloch on May 02, 2017, 05:06:09 PM
And people wonder why we need OSHA.
But somehow OSHA never bothers farmers -and that's where you find quite a bit of homebuilt electrical of that quality.
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Stephen Swaffer on May 02, 2017, 10:25:53 PM: IIRC, OSHA only looks at businesses with more than 10 employees. Even the big corporate farms around here manage to have enough legal entities that they can keep the employee count of any of them under 10. Just have to know how to play the game :).

If you plugged 28 chargers into that, you'd trip a breaker-or start a fire if the breaker wasn't sized correctly!
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Stephen Kirby on May 02, 2017, 10:48:56 PM: Git-er-done. :o

The person who made this is probably proud of their resourcefulness.
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Erik Jerde on May 03, 2017, 01:23:26 AM: At least there's a nice big spot in the middle that you can step on to hold it in place when you pull the plug out. Just wear proper workboots...
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Tim McCulloch on May 03, 2017, 10:54:27 AM: Quote from: Stephen Swaffer on May 02, 2017, 10:25:53 PM
IIRC, OSHA only looks at businesses with more than 10 employees. Even the big corporate farms around here manage to have enough legal entities that they can keep the employee count of any of them under 10. Just have to know how to play the game :).

If you plugged 28 chargers into that, you'd trip a breaker-or start a fire if the breaker wasn't sized correctly!

Hmmm. Looks like the wiring has been overloaded already. Check the formerly white wire at the bottom of the frame - it looks like it's discolored from heat.
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: John Fruits on May 04, 2017, 09:46:08 PM: Someone I shared this with suggested it was the distro for the Frye Festival.
Title: Re: power strip ?
Post by: Jonathan Johnson on May 05, 2017, 02:50:59 PM: "Liability? No, I don't need liability insurance. That's why I designed it the way I did. When it catches fire, all evidence will be destroyed!"