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And even then, touching ground and touching PC peripherals should still be safe. Touching near the outlets or power supply while grounded wouldn't though
I watched a video recently where someone created a male-to-male extension cord to show how dangerous they were, and was able to touch the prongs because as long as you didn't bridge the gap, no electricity could flow through your body. It is so weird that electricity is so safe and so dangerous at the same time.
That's called a suicide cord. A lot of people make them to hook up portable generators to back feed their electricial panel. It's illegal as fuck and can kill not only the person but anyone who is working on restoring your power as well. Criminal negligence causing death is not a charge you want to try and fight.
A lot of people make them to hook up portable generators to back feed their electricial panel.
I am not a sparky, can you explain what this means. I can answer probably any surveyor question or Canadian employment law question in exchange if that helps the deal
You backfeed power into the system via a wall outlet. Plug one (male) end of the cord into the output of the generator, plug the other (male) end into a wall outlet. You're now backfeeding power into your house... and up the power lines.
The proper way to do it is with a generator transfer/cutover switch. Depending on the design it can work a few different ways, but they all will isolate the house power from the line voltage if the generator is running. I have one, it's only for certain circuits in the house (main electrical panel has like 20 circuits; transfer switch will power 8 of them from the generator). When you "switch over" it disconnects that circuit from the mains voltage and runs it only off the generator, no backfeeding.
A transfer switch. Some are manual, some are auto. An electrical engineer once told me "Don't put your fingers anywhere you wouldn't put your cock". That advice has served me well.
honestly I'm just happy to see a NMS comment thread in the wild, I just came back to the game after the 10 years it has been out and I can hear all of this in my head
I’ve been through several severe floods. What happens is septic tanks will float up through the ground and leak a bunch of piss and shit into the water.
I really don't have words for what is going on in this picture.
I'm happy that it appears our brother has saved his gear and is still a (mostly) happy member of the PC Master Race.
Let's just table the whole electricity and water things because I seriously don't know what he is thinking, but storm drainage is incredibly filthy and can contain toxins and bacterial that you don't even want to be breathing.
I wish him the best and hope the water recedes quickly.
We had a training storm event about 8 years ago in a house built in 1959. We had 2 sumps that couldn't keep up. The houses further down the hill had drowned basements and water into their first floor. Similar rain bomb events keep occuring more frequently. Need state/county plans to help divert the stormwater runoff from inundating the sewers and peoples drains.
Not to victim blame, but why are you keeping this stuff in the basement at all?
It appears you have a relatively old masonry block foundation, as based on the weathering surrounding the mortar of the cmu. This would then imply that you likely don't have a large amount of waterproofing on the outside of the basement wall, since most homes before say the 80s likely wouldnt. Also, after your basement dries I recommend checking for bowing of the walls. While if your basement is quite permeable it shouldnt be as much of an issue, but water-saturated soil is significantly heavier than dry soil and may put too much pressure on an unreinforced wall (walls built before around the 80s again are unlikely to have reinforced masonry)
"When you think you're gonna get eaten and your first thought is, "Great, I don't have to go to work tomorrow," you're relieved you don't have to go to work 'cause you thought you were gonna get eaten? What the fuck is this world? What have they done to us? What did they do to us?!"
Oh come on, when has all sort of various cleaning chemicals, waste, various mechanical fluids, acids, or tons and TONS of pesticides/herbicides ever damaged someone in a confined space?
You would think he'd be more concerned with moving his expensive PC out of the basement... then working on pumping the water out after that as a top priority...
Seriously this is some braindead shit. My basement flooded a few weeks ago and my first priority was calling in favors, moving things, and getting pumps running. My last thought would be 'oh time to boot up some DIABLO FUCKING FOUR'.
I'm still dealing with the fallout, my basement is, as of now, devoid of anything after being torn apart and waiting for drywallers to call.
Bacteria and microbes can get into you by either aerosolisation and breathed in, or they coat everything and get into you via contact transfer.
It's why you should close the toilet seat when you flush, especially if you have stuff uncovered that goes into/near vulnerable orifices like toothbrushes, razors, or makeup tools.
Apparently there original scene had zero explanation of where the mud came from. People combed over the footage and declared there was no mud puddle so it had to mean...
Due to the rising costs of PC equipment he should probably spend his time moving that somewhere safer in his house.
Also I work for a HVAC/Plumbing company that is in an area hit by these rain storms… if the cities/towns sewer and drain system is backing up into that basement it’s not a great idea to be hanging out in it longer than necessary due to the risk of black water being mixed into other safety issues.
Also that furnace looks like it’s from the 90s and most likely needs to be replaced (hopefully by insurance now) since it’s got water damage. That AC is probably old too seeing its drain line setup so have someone quote that too.
Shits too expensive so hopefully insurance will cover it as flood damage
PSA for those in areas with basements and antiquated storm/sewer systems that can back up into your home.
There's a fix! It's called a backwater valve. On the main sewer outflow from your house it's basically a one-way valve that prevents any pressure from the sewer system from going back into your home.
You should have one, if your local permitting allows. (Some places don't allow retrofits because if everyone did it then the sewer would pop instead of just using the homes as pressure relief)
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u/PCMRBot Bot Aug 15 '26
Welcome to the PCMR, everyone from the frontpage! Please remember:
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