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Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
@ai6yr @dan613 Tangentially related:
In the apartment where I grew up, the foyer had a ceiling fan/lamp with a metal pull chain. We also had a table lamp on a small table by the door. It was natural to want to turn both lights on and off at the same time, and once could easily reach both the dangling chain and the lamp switch with either hand.
Except that 50 percent of the time, performing this time-saving maneuver would result in 120VAC going from one arm to the other through your torso.
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