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[–] porkins@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. That’s really bad. It sounds like it was grounding out or something equally terrible. The device probably had something capable of moderating the draw, but it was basically like electricity was escaping places it should not have been going.

Yeah, and for bonus points it was all with 80-year-old wiring.