Lex with the Mithril Wrench

Aspiring Electrician, Elder Millennial (43) {Truck in header photo is Not Mine, but it looks cool}

[ratantics]

I needed to see this today.

[1225027]

[halfblackwolfdemon]

I showed this to my electrician husband and he zoomed in a dozen times and then said, “Am I in a dream?” Before handing me back his phone and staring at his computer in disbelief.

[eightdoctor]

im stacking extension cords on each other like theyre tinker toys. constructing a tower of babel in the name of the god of electricity. there'll be at least 100 outlets when ive hooked these boys up nice and good. ill never run out again

[eightdoctor]

nothing more satisfiying than this. really sates that primal urge to Plug Things In. but you know i think we can take this even further

[eightdoctor]

ooooooouhg oooooofg.....whops........oupsies

[dosimoss]

hahah

[greentrickster]

And that is why I have to say,

Just this once - don't do it gay!

A male/male power cord is gonna always just kablew-ya.

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(Note: electricians and others in that field sometimes call the plug end of a power cord the 'female' end and the one with prongs the 'male' end (and yes, they're called that for exactly the reason you'd suspect). A chord with two female ends can be done, though there's not much point to them, but a chord with two male ends also has the cute li'l nickname of a 'suicide cord,' and if you use one as an electrician, you can lose your license. <3)

[jabberding0]

how it's done

[tromboneralert]

[trainsgenderfoxgirl2816]

now that is some SEXY electrical work

[prokopetz]

"It doesn't help your credibility to exaggerate, most employers wouldn't literally work you to death" like, I used to work in distribution. If booking a truck driver for back to back shifts until they fall asleep at the wheel, crash, and die counts as being worked to death, I have personally met employers who've worked employees to death and gotten away with a slap on the wrist. It may not be universal, but it's a hell of a lot more common than a lot of us would prefer to think.

[simplysnaps]

Death by spreadsheet is an acceptable degree of separation for most in middle management. They can sleep at night without guilt for what they've done, because the system charitably setup twelve degrees of separation between their choices and the real-world harm. But do not be fooled, their choices set that harm into motion. Without their reckless disregard for human life, the harm would not be done.

I used to work at a TV station in Ohio. On weekends, we only had an 11pm news broadcast. Not much happened on weekends, ya know? I worked Monday-Friday 9-5, but someone on the weekend shift quit, so I also had to come in at 9pm on Sat/Sun to work the 11pm news. It was brutal. I worked seven days a week, even if two of them were ~3hrs.

This was a particularly bad winter. One Saturday, we had a level 2 snow emergency: That means you should only travel if you absolutely must. Like, it's not uncommon for cops to pull you over in level 2 emergencies to ask where you're going and why. It is genuinely dangerous to drive in that much snow.

I told my boss as much, how I almost crashed on the way home at 12:30am after a news broadcast. I told him I would need to call off if there were a snow emergency again during a night snow.

He told me, point blank, "If you ever call me about the goddamn snow, I will take it as a call of resignation."

And that was that! The very next Saturday, snow fell again. It was a level 2, but would become level 3 by sunup. Level 3 means driving is literally illegal except for ambulances and snow plows. I stared out the window, watching the snow, and I had to make a choice.

"Will I die for this? Will I kill myself to keep this job?" I made $11/hr.

Yes, managers work you to death. That's their job.

[aspiringsorceress]

Every single labor protection is written in the blood of those who were literally worked to death, and business owners and profiteers would claw those protections back with glee if they could. They will squeeze every red cent from your body if they are allowed, and write off your death for an insurance payout that they'll try to pocket for themselves while hiring your replacement for half the pay they gave to you.

[therealspeederparker]

As a foreman (a construction manager basically) it's my job and duty to protect the people working under me above everything else at my job, and it's important to remember that.

[mattsmemes]

[doinkdoinkdonk]

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[elkorgod]

I cant keep these to myself fr

Ran wire in an (est 145?yr) old building, a Hotel initially? Mayyybe? And it whispered its story the enitre time, grand crowns, once beautiful wooden flooring in the stupidest (most careful) of places, the main stair towers had dark wood lacquered railing tops with marble panel banisters, most chipped and replaced with dull white plaster. Romoured to me by my gc was a ball room and balcony, beautiful brick work and plaster work, the ball floor now drop ceiling concealing office spaces and memorial libraries

The door leading to it remained locked as we didnt need access to run our wire.:(

Also romoured was evidence of segregated bathrooms, the doors leading too, in the stair wells, were pointed out to me. In (assumably) halls comepletely separate from office spaces (on half floors, suspended walk way/crawlspace floors) the people subjected would need to exit their working floor to walk down flights, 2 or 4 sets of 10, to get to a restroom in specific stair towers.

Saw one stair tower that smelt like the 90s.(vinyl paint old dry wall rotting wood, shellac) ((I was born in 04)) the rest of the building smelt like what i came to know as the 60s/70s (smoke and incense carpet/paint) idk how i know, but it did. Swear it did. (Not pictured here.)

[breadandm]

somebody posted this Calvin and Hobbes strip and i cannot overstate just how topical this fuckin thing is

[gore-blueberry]

Cablaggio - Q.E. Distribuzione potenza/ Linea KNX e DALI.

Amp. - 125A

Vo. - 380 3P/N.

Alimentazione Aux. UPS.

Amp. - 25A

Vo. - 230 1P/N.

[az1eee16]

#fire #wiring # electrical #shutdown

[doinkdoinkdonk]

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[coulsonlives]

[juhnkit]

[thecan8dianadventurer]

The iconic “Kiss of Life” photo, taken on July 17, 1967, captures an extraordinary act of heroism that saved a life. The image, showing a lineman who had come in contact with a live electrical wire receiving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation atop a utility pole from his colleague utility worker. The photograph became famous worldwide, earning the photographer, Rocco Morabito, a Pulitzer Prize. This is the powerful story behind that incredible moment and the story, known as “The Kiss of Life,” exemplifies the importance of immediate first aid in electrical accidents.

[lilmoguy]

Tradesman

[mockva]