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Greenman

Lifer
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I'm going to have to figure out a reason why I have to get one of those.
 
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I used to work at a redneck equipment manufacturing shop. They would power up the units while they were working on them by taking an extension cord with the end cut off, and jamming the wires into an standard three prong plug. Making the power flow into the plug, then to the breaker panel. Craziest shit I've ever seen, and it was at a company making $500K pieces of equipment. I didn't stay there long.

At least get another male plug, so you have a male-to-male extension cord, don't just jam the wires in.
Spoken like an engineer. In the real world, it's just 120 vac. It's scary to get hit with but shouldn't kill you. The plugs design also grips the wires pretty good.

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Chaotic42

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I used to work at a redneck equipment manufacturing shop. They would power up the units while they were working on them by taking an extension cord with the end cut off, and jamming the wires into an standard three prong plug. Making the power flow into the plug, then to the breaker panel. Craziest shit I've ever seen, and it was at a company making $500K pieces of equipment. I didn't stay there long.

At least get another male plug, so you have a male-to-male extension cord, don't just jam the wires in.

I had a teacher once tell me that he was doing a networking install in Alaska and apparently they sunk a small bulldozer frame out into a nearby bay and had the wire going to it for a ground.
 

Zorba

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Spoken like an engineer. In the real world, it's just 120 vac. It's scary to get hit with but shouldn't kill you. The plugs design also grips the wires pretty good.

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Yeah, it worked, except the wires came out all the time, and we blackened more than one plug from arcing.
 

ch33zw1z

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yea, magnetic, but its the whole setup that makes it work, to connect pieces as seamlessly as possible. install the two different parts in the pieces of wood, then use the magnet extension on the drill to screw / unscrew the internal parts
 
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ch33zw1z

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i agree, definitely not something i would use since im a noob with that type of thing. not to mention the starter kit is like $500 bucks