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  • We used to have a bit of that.

    Until the aftermath of the election of 1800, the Vice Presidency went to the 2nd-place finisher instead of a running mate. It’s why Adams (a Federalist) had a Democratic-Republican (Jefferson) as his VeeP.

    But then they ended up having the VeeP run against the sitting President in 1800, and it was a fucking mess. So they changed the constitution to put the VeeP on the ballot.





  • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneelectruleician
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    1 month ago

    It allows you to move power from a live circuit to a dead one by connecting the outlets between them. The most common use I’ve seen is to easily hook a gas generator to a household circuit during a blackout.

    But yes, they’re very dangerous and there are less-stupid ways to hook up a generator that won’t make tripping over a power cable lethally dangerous or risk burning down the house by bypassing the circuit breaker and overloading the wiring in the walls.

    But this one is popular because it can be done very quickly and easily with minimal supplies.