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xkcd #2963: House Inputs and Outputs (xkcd.com)

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People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Electricity in garage, bad?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

In the garage is fine, but this is about inputs and outputs. Electricity entering or leaving a house via a garage (or front door), and not via power lines, generally indicates something is very wrong. That's quite a large air gap to cross after all.