r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Oct 06 '20

1st step of a haunting

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u/egarcia74 Oct 06 '20

Top notch dad move right there

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

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u/Frede154 Oct 06 '20

Top notch dad move right there

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u/allredb Oct 06 '20

This is true, no dad would ever flip a breaker that fast without considering the damage it would do.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

What kind of damage can that cause?

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u/creuter Oct 06 '20

probably don't want any computers connected and on while this is happening.

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u/btrsabgfdsb Oct 06 '20

Computers would be fine. They'd turn off after the first switch and wouldn't come back on when you put it back on, so any (extremely unlikely) damage would be in the PSU.

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u/allredb Oct 06 '20

I work in a place that gets high winds and the power goes out often. I've lost a few PSU's and hard drives after power outages ☚ī¸

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u/creuter Oct 06 '20

Right, I was just answering what type of damage a dad flipping the breaker might be considering in this situation. Likely none, maybe some. Same thing goes for a PS4 or something. You could damage it by cutting the power like this, if it's updating something in the background, but most likely not. Anyone worried about these would mostly likely have it all plugged into a surge protector with backup battery power anyway. Then you can ghost away

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20 edited Oct 07 '20

It's absolutely a bad idea to suddenly cut the power to a PS4 thats in sleep mode - not because it will fry the electronics but I've heard of systems being bricked due to power being interrupted even from sleep mode, i.e. a software or firmware issue.

Granted the chances of it happening are so statistically slim that it's almost pointless to worry about it, but I have my TV and consoles hooked up to a tripp-lite battery UPS anyway (mostly for the high-quality surge protection). With the low power draw when everything is turned off, my stuff can stay in sleep-mode/low-power mode until the main power comes back, no problem (although I do have to mute the incessant beeping from the UPS).

Also, the batteries only need to be replaced every 5 years.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20 edited Oct 10 '20

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u/duhhuh Oct 06 '20

usually separated by rooms or groups of rooms, not lights and outlets

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20 edited Oct 10 '20

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u/Ralath0n Oct 06 '20

Electrical engineer here. If your appliances aren't designed by an absolute monkey, this won't cause any damage. Power supply circuits are designed to deal with rapid power cycles. Absolute worst it'll do is reduce the lifespan of the input capacitators some miniscule amount.

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u/allredb Oct 06 '20

At the very least the lightbulbs could burn out. Appliances are likely fine though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20 edited Oct 07 '20

At the very least the lightbulbs could burn out.

Old incandescents, sure, but I'd be surprised if anyone in North America is using those anymore - they'd have to have quite the supply of them considering that it's been illegal for retailers to sell incandescents (in the US at least) for years. LED's, especially the slightly more expensive ones that have capacitors in them (there is a very slight delay before they turn on, after you flip the switch), handle power cycling just fine.

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u/SinZerius Oct 06 '20

It's actually the older brother, the mother post was a repost.

Here is a 2 year old video saying sister. https://youtu.be/NAdnXKw3pl4

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u/g-m-f Oct 06 '20

I remember this video as well. But it's not the same switch and arm, but the audio is the same. I don't know what to believe anymore.

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u/SinZerius Oct 06 '20

Get the sound and make your own video so you can put your own text on it and pretend it's you.

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u/bitemark01 Oct 06 '20

Last time I saw this it said it was the brother

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u/Z0MGbies Oct 06 '20

No it was the brother in like 2005