• kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    That would immediately blow the fuse in the lights and/or start a fire if the two strands were on different circuits that happened to be on different electrical phases.

    While I wouldn’t doubt that some people are stupid enough to do that, it’s actually summer that it’s done the most for because of storms and power outages, and people learn that backfeeding is a thing (that you shouldn’t do unless you absolutely know what you’re doing).

    • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      I appreciate a good “um actually” but this really is about Christmas lights. People really are stupid enough for this to be something posted specifically around December.

      As far as I can tell from a reverse image search this is the original. (Not linking to the other place, DM me if you want the link for some reason).