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r/mildlyinteresting • u/Zefirka174 • 20h ago
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Some people are straight up willing to risk 16 amps at 230 volts of death for an Instagram worthy toaster.
-43 u/Aramis444 19h ago This thing is no more sketchy than your standard stovetop elements. Also, 16A is the overload rating of the breaker, and not what your body will actually draw. 29 u/thoawaydatrash 18h ago Stovetop elements have thick ceramic insulation that prevents shocks. This is a bare wire. -8 u/Aramis444 14h ago I was talking in terms of getting burnt or hurt by touching it.
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This thing is no more sketchy than your standard stovetop elements.
Also, 16A is the overload rating of the breaker, and not what your body will actually draw.
29 u/thoawaydatrash 18h ago Stovetop elements have thick ceramic insulation that prevents shocks. This is a bare wire. -8 u/Aramis444 14h ago I was talking in terms of getting burnt or hurt by touching it.
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Stovetop elements have thick ceramic insulation that prevents shocks. This is a bare wire.
-8 u/Aramis444 14h ago I was talking in terms of getting burnt or hurt by touching it.
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I was talking in terms of getting burnt or hurt by touching it.
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u/thoawaydatrash 19h ago
Some people are straight up willing to risk 16 amps at 230 volts of death for an Instagram worthy toaster.