Thursday, October 31, 2024

Surge suppressors now mandated at electrical service

My sister recently bought a house with the plan of moving into it. The house was 1965 vintage everything. One of the contractors was an electrician.

I happened to be visiting and was able to lend a sympathetic ear.

He (and his wife) spend a lot of time looking for hardware. Recent mandates for upgrades to all "services" outran the supply chain. Home owners are not forced to upgrade but any work to the "service" will not pass inspection unless the upgrades are incorporated. He can only charge for the hours he is actually working on the house.

He was not a happy guy. He has overhead. Twiddling thumbs or driving to Indiana to pick up a part does not put money in his pocket.

The Matrix

In the movie The Matrix, humans are an energy source that are farmed. To make the farming process more efficient, the humans are heavily sedated with drugs and entertainment. This is, of course, pure balderdash in the thermodynamic sense.

It makes a lot more sense if you substitute "data" for "energy".

As improbable as it sounds, what if the mandates to install surge suppressors was all about protecting the data collecting microphones and cameras and other sensors rather than protecting the subject's "devices"?


3 comments:

  1. Out here you can't SELL a house unless it is up to 'code', and that's definitely a possibility!

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  2. Are surge suppressors required elsewhere? If it's "now" a wide spread thing that's happened quietly then you may be on to something..
    If it's local maybe someone's BIL sells house suppressors?

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  3. I believe the experts call this TFH

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