Fun with dodgy wiring
I arrived at work this morning to find that although there was electricity (for a change) the network wasn’t working. A quick look in the server room revealed that the router was off.
The wiring led back to one of the usual dubious Chinese multi-way adaptors (called ‘multisockets’ here), I waggled the plugs in case it was a bad connection (quite common with those) but still no power. I then tried waggling the multisocket’s plug and was rewarded with the power coming on briefly and some sparks.
When I pulled out the plug I got this:
The plug (of course) has no fuse and very thin wires soldered directly to the top of the pins.
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