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[TMac3000]

I'm convinced that CPAs and tax preparers are practicioners of the dark arts.

:stirpot:

 

[Artlav]

On a random note...
Mystery switches.

I'm staying at a friend's rented house in Chile, and decided to map all the switches spread around it, because trying to turn the right lights on was constant guesswork.

There are 56 switches total in the house.
-One of them give electric shocks when you switch it
-One switch by the bathroom toggles the light pole between the houses
-The ringer button on one side of the house opens up the gate on the other side of the house
-15 of them do nothing that i can see, and i'm kinda worried that one of them might be dropping stray dogs into lava pools on the other side of the town or something, all things considered

Here is an earlier sketch:

 

[Thunder Chicken]

On a random note...
Mystery switches.

Switch 37 does this. Don't flip Switch 37.

---------- Post added at 09:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:56 PM ----------

On a random note...
Mystery switches.

I'm staying at a friend's rented house in Chile, and decided to map all the switches spread around it, because trying to turn the right lights on was constant guesswork.

There are 56 switches total in the house.
-One of them give electric shocks when you switch it
-One switch by the bathroom toggles the light pole between the houses
-The ringer button on one side of the house opens up the gate on the other side of the house
-15 of them do nothing that i can see, and i'm kinda worried that one of them might be dropping stray dogs into lava pools on the other side of the town or something, all things considered

Here is an earlier sketch:

I think this is the wiring diagram to your friend's house. Hope it helps:

 

[GLS]

On a random note...
Mystery switches.

I'm staying at a friend's rented house in Chile, and decided to map all the switches spread around it, because trying to turn the right lights on was constant guesswork.

There are 56 switches total in the house.
-One of them give electric shocks when you switch it
-One switch by the bathroom toggles the light pole between the houses
-The ringer button on one side of the house opens up the gate on the other side of the house
-15 of them do nothing that i can see, and i'm kinda worried that one of them might be dropping stray dogs into lava pools on the other side of the town or something, all things considered

Here is an earlier sketch:

Last year, when turning on the kitchen light, there was arcing inside the switch and the light flickered for several seconds, and at the same time, lights that were off in a bedroom would flicker on. The kitchen switch was eventually replaced and the light show stopped.

 

[Matias Saibene]

On a random note...
Mystery switches.

I'm staying at a friend's rented house in Chile, and decided to map all the switches spread around it, because trying to turn the right lights on was constant guesswork.

There are 56 switches total in the house.
-One of them give electric shocks when you switch it
-One switch by the bathroom toggles the light pole between the houses
-The ringer button on one side of the house opens up the gate on the other side of the house
-15 of them do nothing that i can see, and i'm kinda worried that one of them might be dropping stray dogs into lava pools on the other side of the town or something, all things considered

Here is an earlier sketch:

Welcome to South America.
In the bus, the bell (to stop the bus and get off) sometimes give electric shocks, so the bell did not ring, but the passengers' insults were heard instead. Really.

Photo of the bus line 509, who serves a exasperating 45-minute wait, and a 10-minutes travel.

 

[Urwumpe]

Welcome to South America.
In the bus, the bell (to stop the bus and get off) sometimes give electric shocks, so the bell did not ring, but the passengers' insults were heard instead. Really.

Photo of the bus line 509, who serves a exasperating 45-minute wait, and a 10-minutes travel.

So, your local car mechanics have no idea how to correctly ground electrics in a car? After all, that is exactly the reason why everything is grounded to the chassis usually... so the current has no reason to pass through the human body.

 

[Notebook]

Don't get the joke here, shouldn't be any dangerous voltage on a bus, its usually 24V system. HT in the fluro-lighting, but that shouldn't get anywhere near a bell-push?
Must be missing something here?

N.

 

[orb]

 

[jedidia]

a long time ago, there were those jokes about "how x catches an elephant", among which were many very suitable analogies for the pecularities of various programing languages.
I was unable to find any about Clojure, being a rather young language, but being in the process of learning it, I'd describe the experience as "walking backwards through Africa, searching for an elephant inside a forest nested inside a forest nested inside a forest nested inside a forest" :shifty:

 

[Artlav]

In the bus, the bell (to stop the bus and get off) sometimes give electric shocks, so the bell did not ring, but the passengers' insults were heard instead. Really.

I won't be surprised.
In half of the buses here the people just yell "pare!" or something similar.
In the other half, there are strings tied above the hand-holds, that ring a bell when you pull it, and the actual buttons do nothing.

Haven't been shocked yet, however (if you don't count the buses racing each other to the point of two wheels leaving the ground).

 

[Urwumpe]

a long time ago, there were those jokes about "how x catches an elephant", among which were many very suitable analogies for the pecularities of various programing languages.
I was unable to find any about Clojure, being a rather young language, but being in the process of learning it, I'd describe the experience as "walking backwards through Africa, searching for an elephant inside a forest nested inside a forest nested inside a forest nested inside a forest" :shifty:

Just use the LISP version. All jokes that apply to LISP also apply well to Clojure.

Anyway, since it is about jokes:

Three women sat discussing their husbands and their sex lives.

"My husband's a wrestler," said the first. "He's really strong and aggressive in bed."

"My husband's an artist," said the second. "He's really gentle and sensitive."

"My husband's an IBM salesman," said the third. "He sits on the edge of the bed and tells me how good it's going to be when I finally get it."

 

[Col_Klonk]

Don't get the joke here, shouldn't be any dangerous voltage on a bus, its usually 24V system. HT in the fluro-lighting, but that shouldn't get anywhere near a bell-push?
Must be missing something here?

N.

Grounding systems are sometimes different between vehicles, and you might find there's two incompatible systems installed... and the flouro HT grounding is -ve while the bus system is +ve grounded . They'll still work but when somebody connects the same terminals..bang, or in the case of a human body.. a slight zap!

Or it could be the bus driver taking the mickey out of the passengers

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...I was unable to find any about Clojure, being a rather young language, but being in the process of learning it, I'd describe the experience as "walking backwards through Africa, searching for an elephant inside a forest nested inside a forest nested inside a forest nested inside a forest" :shifty:

Nah! you were looking in the wrong place.. elephants and lions walk down the main streets of the cities, down here :rofl:

 

[TMac3000]

One time last year, we had flames come shooting out of a socket that had a heater plugged into it. The heater had power but was not running. Then suddenly the flames just sucked back into the wall and never reappeared. There is a big black area around that socket now, and obviously both the socket and the heater's plug were pretty much destroyed. But thankfully we have never had that trouble again.

 

[Urwumpe]

Tomorrow, from 14:45 German local time on, a live stream will be shown here

http://www.ipp.mpg.de/livestream_d_16

to celebrate the first hydrogen plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X stellerator.

Chancellor Merkel had been requested to hold a speech there from 15:05, not confirmed yet it seems.

The countdown to the ignition of the plasma will be from 15:35 on.

 

[Col_Klonk]

One time last year, we had flames come shooting out of a socket that had a heater plugged into it. The heater had power but was not running. Then suddenly the flames just sucked back into the wall and never reappeared. There is a big black area around that socket now, and obviously both the socket and the heater's plug were pretty much destroyed. But thankfully we have never had that trouble again.

Wiring 'Professionals' .. don't you just love them :lol:

I walked around the corridor to see my mother-in-law sticking a knife behind the kitchen plug to lever it out from the socket... She shouldn't have bothered... flames and sparks and the plug, with knife 'welded' to it, flew out the socket by itself.

'That worked well'.. was my comment - she stared at me with wide eyes :lol:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

One time last year, we had flames come shooting out of a socket that had a heater plugged into it. The heater had power but was not running. Then suddenly the flames just sucked back into the wall and never reappeared. There is a big black area around that socket now, and obviously both the socket and the heater's plug were pretty much destroyed. But thankfully we have never had that trouble again.

:blink:

You... might want to check the inside of the wall there. It's gonna take some drywall work, though.

 

[Matias Saibene]

So, your local car mechanics have no idea how to correctly ground electrics in a car? After all, that is exactly the reason why everything is grounded to the chassis usually... so the current has no reason to pass through the human body.

It's called lack of maintenance.

Actually, the problem of electric shock of the bells, still exists. Two months ago I took a bus and received a discharge (obviously not very large, the kind that you shake your arm) and I was surprised, I thought these problems were over, when they changed buses with new ones in 2003/2004.
Then settled in the city the company "Plaza" which promised to renew the units, but all he did was that the claims of passengers multiply.
After a long dispute (even with the municipality) the company pulled out, and appeared local entrepreneurs, which maintain a fairly decent service quality, and managed to connect many parts of the city.

Don't get the joke here, shouldn't be any dangerous voltage on a bus, its usually 24V system. HT in the fluro-lighting, but that shouldn't get anywhere near a bell-push?
Must be missing something here?

N.

Also it called: lack of investment, lack of an organism for make complaints, etc...
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More from this:
http://www.bhi.com.ar/policiales/29003/se-prendio-fuego-un-colectivo-de-plaza.html

Look at the 1:08

http://www.lanueva.com/la-ciudad-impresa/787991/fournierpidiounaprorrogaalacomuna.html
http://www.lanueva.com/la-ciudad-impresa/785644/intiman-a-fournier-para-que-renueve-su-flota.html
http://www.lanueva.com/la-ciudad/835301/solo-6-de-los-mas-de-180-colectivos-tienen-colocadas-las-camaras-de-seguridad.html
http://www.lanueva.com/la-ciudad-impresa/813002/colectivos--contrapunto-entre-los-usuarios-testigos-y-la-sapem.html
http://labrujula24.com/noticias/2014/8098_Se-incendio-un-colectivo-de-la-319
http://labrujula24.com/noticias/2014/10615_El-Municipio-exige-que-Rastreador-Fournier-actualice-su-flota
http://labrujula24.com/noticias/2014/11253_Se-cayo-el-ventanal-de-un-interno-de-la-linea-507-en-pleno-recorrido
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And that's nothing compared to the "service" of running water.
http://www.lanueva.com/busqueda/ABSA

 

[Thunder Chicken]

It's called lack of maintenance.

Actually, the problem of electric shock of the bells, still exists. Two months ago I took a bus and received a discharge (obviously not very large, the kind that you shake your arm) and I was surprised, I thought these problems were over, when they changed buses with new ones in 2003/2004.

Maybe the problem is maintenance, someone in the motor pool with a less than perfect understanding of electricity?

 

[TMac3000]

:blink:

You... might want to check the inside of the wall there. It's gonna take some drywall work, though.

We've had no further problem, and I'm sure that socket is about as alive as Olympus Mons.

It was pretty good scare tho

 

[Loru]

Try wearing socks with any polyester additive in winter boots and work in large scale printing / signmaking company (tomorrow I'm putting on pure cotton and sneakers).

Static charges get really high especially if you take silicon base paper out of PCV film or thin protection film out of PCV board. Now imagine doing both of it to place printed film onto PCV board and then you're touching edge of the table (metal frame) with your belt buckle.

And since all our machines are grounded those giant static charges are happy to kick you every 15 minutes or so.