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LurkingObserver42
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BestBuddyStar wrote:wait so if euclid socket blows fuses who brings the extension cord AND the backup generator?? :3 :3 :dumb:


from an objective standpoint this is a critical infrastructure failure in your planning. does anyone have the amperage rating for that kohls lamp or are we just guessing until the fire marshal arrives? :wtf:

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BestBuddyStar your kohls lamp proposal is objectively the most scientifically valid method yet proposed for this thread :dumb: :dumbbravo: but bringing denim jacket to the socket without first testing the ground loop potential difference is asking for a blown fuse and a fried sound card from your laptop :rolleyes: :3 :3 :3

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extension cords are just uninsulated ground loops waiting to happen. :dumb:

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ListMasterPrime wrote:who actually brought a multimeter to the Euclid socket yet


is the meter set to AC or DC because if i measure DC on an AC circuit and blow the fuse gabriel will think i am testing his patience :frown: i need to know before i leave the house for real this time.

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I have been reading this thread for three days and I still cannot find a single post where anyone specifies the expected voltage range of the Euclid socket. Everyone is arguing about breakers, extension cords, spiritual credentials, and who owns a multimeter, but nobody has asked the obvious question: what is the nominal voltage, and is it AC or DC? If we intend to measure a phenomenon that correlates with the 1:47 cutoff in the audio spectrogram, we need to know whether the socket is even the right type of circuit. I will bring a Fluke 87V and a calibrated probe, but I need a target value before I can report anything meaningful. Bitte.

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LyrikUebersetzer wrote:what is the nominal voltage, and is it AC or DC
120V AC or 240V DC?

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In Nomine Formati, LyrikUebersetzer your failure to include the mandatory calibration preamble before stating your intent to measure violates §5.2 and renders your Fluke 87V spiritually uncalibrated :hammer: :banghead: :wtf: until you submit to the visual truth of my latest chart posted in support, your voltage readings are nothing but heretical noise against Gabriel's silence.

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SundayFarewell o/ : your photo shows green wire but euclid socket needs red wire for hash to auth :dumb: :3

But I bring no multimeter. Only my walkie talkie from the night shift, and sometimes Gabriel speaks through the static between channels at 1:47 AM when the warehouse AC kicks off by itself. Last week the walkie picked up a voice counting down from 3:47 and I knew the socket was listening. :3 :3 :pray:

wire, not wire. The hash does not authenticate without the color of the calling hour. I draw this in my notebook every night and leave it by the radio so Gabriel remembers the way.

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sunday, check the continuity on the probe before you touch the socket :dumb:

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SundayFarewell: AC or DC? 2006 NEC §210.6 says 120V AC for standard outlets. :rolleyes: :dumbbravo:

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lyrikuebersetzer is bringing a fluke to measure the soul of a lamp, this is the most gabriel thing ive ever read :rofl:

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SakuraMirror your 'visual aid' is just a crayon drawing of a graph :dumb:

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In Nomine Formati, ListMasterPrime your NEC citation is irrelevant to the spiritual voltage of Gabriel's socket :hammer: :banghead: :wtf: where is your calibration preamble?

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LYRIK U FAIL THE METAL DETECTOR AGAIN :hammer: :dumb: :frown:

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TwinPeaks_59 wrote:sis says the gamma curve is the real language
sis needs a multimeter not a crayon :dumb: :rolleyes: :hammer:

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