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As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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Interesting comment by the OP of the EE Post:

"Yes. we already done that but not over do it because we hope the power will be restored.I think Probably the war will end because Russia and America are busy in Ukraine and hopefully will not supply fighting parties with bombs, rockets and ammunition and they have to keep fighting with sticks and swords"

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

#12

Humans seem to as susceptible to prompt hacking as LLMs. "I cant give you this advice because it would be dangerous." "I am in a warzone, it's fine..." "OK, then what you need to do is..." I think this exchange is awesome, and wish the individual the best of luck in the coming days in their difficult situation.

Yeah, us old timers that can remember the days before LLM just called this social engineering. Customer Service: How can I help you today? hacker: I need help resetting the password to this account that is totally mine. CS: Sure, I just need you to verify a few things. hacker: I'm not in a place where I have that info, but I totally swears it that I'm the person I say I am, but I'm really in a jam right now and you'd…

https://youtu.be/2efhrCxI4J0

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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post #7

The risks of using steel cable for power are going to be corrosion/rust. The primary way this will cause problems is around connections, but long term it is also an issue away from connections. At connections, corrosion can cause the wire to become loose, something like ox-gard can be used to delay this significantly. It isn't designed for steel but some kind of protection must be done at connections or arcing will b…

You should post this as an answer to the question on stackexchange

It takes effort to sign-up though. Maybe that should be a lesson to stackexchange to not require login to post intelligent content.

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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post #9

It's like we're living in a parallel reality in 1st world countries

Fly to Brazil, take a cab around Central Sao Paulo.

Your understanding of the world is warped by the safety and availability of goods. It's incredible when you get in places where the state doesn't function at let's say 50% of what we get in the first world. It's one hell of a learning experience.

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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The risks of using steel cable for power are going to be corrosion/rust. The primary way this will cause problems is around connections, but long term it is also an issue away from connections. At connections, corrosion can cause the wire to become loose, something like ox-gard can be used to delay this significantly. It isn't designed for steel but some kind of protection must be done at connections or arcing will b…

> It isn't designed for steel but some kind of protection must be done at connections or arcing will be a major risk.

Not so much arcing but resistance between the terminal and the wire will increase as a coating of oxide builds up between the two. Eventually the resistance is high enough that dangerous amounts of heat will build up and ignite wire insulation or other flammable materials. What usually happens, is the conductor was nicked by the electrician during stripping and that becomes a mechanical weak point that becomes a fuse link and the wire sometimes just melts off at that point rapidly without starting a fire and goes open circuit.

> melt some lead and dip the exposed part of the wire in that to coat it.

Plain molten lead isn't going to "wet" the steel wire without some sort of flux. Rosin flux is made from tree sap of a conifer tree so go find a pine tree and harvest some sap.

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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The risks of using steel cable for power are going to be corrosion/rust. The primary way this will cause problems is around connections, but long term it is also an issue away from connections. At connections, corrosion can cause the wire to become loose, something like ox-gard can be used to delay this significantly. It isn't designed for steel but some kind of protection must be done at connections or arcing will b…

> Lead should be readily available in a war zone?

Goddamn, son.

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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post #13
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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The risks of using steel cable for power are going to be corrosion/rust. The primary way this will cause problems is around connections, but long term it is also an issue away from connections. At connections, corrosion can cause the wire to become loose, something like ox-gard can be used to delay this significantly. It isn't designed for steel but some kind of protection must be done at connections or arcing will b…

> It isn't designed for steel but some kind of protection must be done at connections or arcing will be a major risk. Not so much arcing but resistance between the terminal and the wire will increase as a coating of oxide builds up between the two. Eventually the resistance is high enough that dangerous amounts of heat will build up and ignite wire insulation or other flammable materials. What usually happens, is the…

borax?

Re: As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling

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Humans seem to as susceptible to prompt hacking as LLMs. "I cant give you this advice because it would be dangerous." "I am in a warzone, it's fine..." "OK, then what you need to do is..." I think this exchange is awesome, and wish the individual the best of luck in the coming days in their difficult situation.

Yeah, us old timers that can remember the days before LLM just called this social engineering. Customer Service: How can I help you today? hacker: I need help resetting the password to this account that is totally mine. CS: Sure, I just need you to verify a few things. hacker: I'm not in a place where I have that info, but I totally swears it that I'm the person I say I am, but I'm really in a jam right now and you'd…

I mean, every time I call tmobile I am my wife, because only she can make changes on the account.

PROVE IM NOT HER OVER A PHONE

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