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xkcd #2848: Breaker box (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Any electrician will warn you to first locate and flip the house's CAUSALITY circuit breaker before touching the CIRCUIT BREAKERS one.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's a "hot water heater" because it only heats water that is sexy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Or is the water heater itself super sexy? We may never know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It just occurred to me that I actually do have a hot water heater. Two actually. I put them in under my kitchen sink - one raises the 125F domestic water to 140F (and provides near-instant hot water), and the second takes that 140F water and heats it to 185-190F at a dedicated faucet (for filling stock pots, making large quantities of tea, etc). I think I have as much copper run to push electrons as I have to deliver the water in my kitchen sink.