Post At5ZK6L3faQmby5ES8 by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
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(DIR) Post #At2zrKVY1apfRkcCqe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-13T11:50:50Z
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What is your worst cable?Mine is USB mini to breadboard pins, one of my first soldering projects so the job is terrible, and I used a cheap cable that was already fraying. It has a big tape lug, solder blobs and the mini connector waggles ominously. Rising smoke would not be surprising. It is time to let go.
(DIR) Post #At306u2YCNcLzYTglU by floby@mastodon.social
2025-04-13T11:53:36Z
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@futurebird it may not spark joy but it definitely sparks _something_
(DIR) Post #At307frCPt3gIFXIjg by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2025-04-13T11:53:43Z
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@futurebird I have one of those little 3-pin PC fan connectors that, for various reasons, I used for lithium ion batteries (18650s mostly.) Those are up to 4.35V max, so if you connected up 12V to it as you might be so inclined, magic smoke would indeed occur in whichever thing the connector is on.(I was having troubles in those particular things with barrel jacks and these I had tons of on hand.)
(DIR) Post #At309Uv03cF0wlBQqe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-13T11:53:51Z
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@floby 🤣
(DIR) Post #At30V9ltMTwVjQFcbg by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-04-13T11:57:58Z
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@futurebird tomorrow: "hey do you have a jankey mini-USB to breadboard cable that I can use as a smoke machine for my mini-diorama photography project?"
(DIR) Post #At33GVEZa7sxocN1ea by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-04-13T12:25:05Z
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@futurebird Handmade: I made a bunch of cursed usb-power cables with Dupont headers at the loose end. They're handy to quickly power a hobby project, and they're Good Enough for little devices like climate sensors. From an Amazon seller with disdain for UL and other standards bodies: I have a beep collar for the dog that came with a 1-A-to-2-C USB splitter. You're supposed to plug the remote and beep module into the same USB port to charge.
(DIR) Post #At39fpGQqaSqtyhLbk by pimentoad@triangletoot.party
2025-04-13T13:40:44Z
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@futurebird There are so so many.I have a little adapter cables for pretty much every connector ever put on a cell phone. Including some that are USB on one end and the other end is shaped like the phone battery.Worst that I've made and still regularly use: NEMA 14 (US dryer plug) to NEMA 5 (US wall outlet). Yes it is wired to provide 220V to whatever you plug in.A cable that has been in the box of USB cables for over a decade but I've literally never used:
(DIR) Post #At39lEpRE4W7dYeXBI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-13T13:41:46Z
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@pimentoad That is a mess.
(DIR) Post #At3A7gn5wZkEjOGJmq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-13T13:45:50Z
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@pimentoad It's like the USB cable version of a parasitic plant that taps into the branches of a tree and doesn't photosynthesize for itself. USB mistletoe
(DIR) Post #At3G3D3FAjhl3v3xRo by benjamincox@writing.exchange
2025-04-13T14:52:11Z
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@futurebird My immediate response was “Fox News” but then I read your answer. 😁
(DIR) Post #At3GR1VdjjQsDPhTd2 by wevdap@mastodon.world
2025-04-13T14:56:30Z
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@futurebird Not my own, but I definitely flinched when the excellent lamp repair technician pulled out a faithful 117 VAC line cord to alligator clips to test a fixture
(DIR) Post #At5N0wqFYX2gCmm1xo by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-04-14T15:19:22Z
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@futurebird These are some of the weirder ones in my collection.
(DIR) Post #At5QtbcKTAhiAU16Js by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-14T16:03:11Z
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@mansr RCA to usb ? um. Is that a power cable or—
(DIR) Post #At5ZK6L3faQmby5ES8 by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-04-14T17:37:34Z
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@futurebird I needed to get to the USB power for something, and I happened to have that plug at hand.