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JMR Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Unintuitive wiring

0 I have a phone line splitter with two jacks and one plug. One jack is connected to the phone line, one to a DSL modem and the plug goes into a DSL filter into a phone.02br
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00Of course, there is no electrical difference between a plug and a jack but it seems odd that the outside connection uses a jack and one of the connectees uses a jack and the other a plug. It is as you had a power splitter and you pluggred in a connection to the power source, plugged in one appliance and plugged it into another appliance.02br
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00(That would be dangerous since there would be high voltage on a plug.)02br
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00Cam anyone think of a word or phrase for this kind of slight weirdness?0-
  

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02br 02br 00If you are focusing on using too much power, say 01font 00'over-loading'02font 00. 02br 02br 00If you are focusing on a confusing tangle of wires, we often call it 01font 00'spaghetti'02font 00. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 00If you are focusing on using too much power, say 01font 00'over-loading'02font 00.
  • 02br 02br 00If you are focusing on a confusing tangle of wires, we often call it 01font 00'spaghetti'02font 00.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Welcome to the Forum.02br
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00If you are focusing on using too much power, say 01font00'over-loading'02font00. eg I overloaded the circuit and 01i00blew a fuse02i00.02br
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00If you are focusing on a confusing tangle of wires, we often call it 01
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