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A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That

is one mother fucking cursed connector

it's brilliant because it's so hazardous yet still creates a contact between two double core wires.

[–] runeko@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Additionally, the next "wire" would be connected reversed polarity so you would never know if grey or yellow were hot.

[–] yetiftw@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

why would it be connected with reversed polarity?