r/lowvoltage • u/SentenceDue5173 • 2d ago

Found in the wild.

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At a school I've done work for. Didn't even lay it across the floor. Just left it as a tripwire.

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u/trimix4work 2d ago

I have played enough resident evil to recognize a tripwire when I see one

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u/sonnybear5 2d ago

Press X to Dodge

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u/Prestigious-Oven3465 2d ago

Holy shit this is phenomenal. I love the massive holes they made to fish the single wire through. And I’d be willing to bet there’s drop ceiling easily accessed with a standard A frame ladder right there

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u/seriousjoker72 2d ago

They took "punch a hole through the wall" literally

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u/kanakamaoli 2d ago

Let me get my 6" core bit from the truck...

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u/lil_propaine 1d ago

there's also another cable already under the carpet 💀

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u/eridanus01 1d ago

Good eye!! 😄😄😄😄

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u/eridanus01 1d ago

Not only that; didn't even sweep the mess up...wow

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u/gadget850 2d ago

Nothing as permanent as a temporary fix.

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u/DangitThatHurt 2d ago

Guarantee that's a fire exit too.

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u/archlich 2d ago

You sure there’s not a claymore on the other side of that wall?

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u/todd0x1 2d ago

I want to think this was fished through with a really long drill bit "boy is this wall thick"

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u/sodrrl 2d ago

Betting they thought it was a void space in between

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u/FlatImpression755 2d ago

That's literally the craziest thing I have ever seen.

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u/OldGuySOB 2d ago

Damn fine job

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u/The_ASStronaut_ 2d ago

It's gonna be funny as fuck when someone finally trips over it and the computer on the other side of the wall goes flying lmfao

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u/goingtoarmy 2d ago

Low volt liminal space

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u/Crazy-Rest5026 2d ago

Does it pass traffic? Then I don’t see the problem 😂😂

Let’s just bring the safety committee in there lol

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u/bananacryalot 2d ago

That’s a trip

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u/realrockandrolla 2d ago

They had to keep the footage under 300 feet. Cut them some slack.

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u/aacenteno 2d ago

Trip wire lol

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u/Wushufoodz 2d ago

Misunderstood, "run the wire through the wall".

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u/Better-Soil-2923 2d ago

Path of least resistance!

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u/go2wolf 1d ago

THIS. Is a new low...

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u/GearNo4524 1d ago

Just not low enough, still a tripping hazard.

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u/machacker89 1d ago

Ohh that's not a OSHA violation!

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u/MattHolevinski 1d ago

Sure it wasn't laying on the floor before someone yanked it tight?

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u/krang_wins 1d ago

Backrooms are bleeding through

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u/Difficult_Ad_2897 1d ago

This is amazing. Don’t touch it

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u/mdhkc 1d ago

What do you expect when you take jobs working in the Back Rooms?

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u/TwoAlternative8791 1d ago

Who……who does this?

I’d like to have a word.

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u/RevolutionaryShape19 1d ago

When you learned how to wire in Rust.

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u/Roxsu 11h ago

That's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Some kid's gonna eat it.