A Very Important Safety Lesson

[claudiometer]

Hokay, so. Now is the time for a network announcement that has nothing to do with ‘holy shit possibly Harrogate,’ other than I can share the load of beefing up mental firewalls. Otherwise network-fu isn’t so much my thing. Instead, I have a couple follow-ups to Riddick’s ‘hey we can turn Liminal Space into usable electricity’ discovery.

Thing One, during the last jaunt I figured out how to properly wire my rooms, so you can bring your own plugs. The downside is I think it has a measurable limit in terms of energy output, so I didn’t rewire the server room for Liminal Intranet. That’s still on… hell, I don’t know, cognitive power? I expect it to work so it works?

Thing Two, and slightly scarier: It’s possible to draw some serious shock power out of Liminal Space, if you play your cards right. The really bad news here is that shock power is measurable in milli-amps. Very Important Safety Lesson, guys – amps can absolutely seriously hurt or kill people. I’m reasonably sure anything fatal would take a deliberate effort, but it would be very easy to contact-paralyze someone by accident.

I’m not here to tell people not to chase it in the first place or whatever. Just… be careful. It’s one thing to have another weapon in your arsenal and another thing entirely to risk accidentally Flooring someone.

Comments

[claudiometer]

The outlet's still built into the wall, but people can bring their own chargers now, instead of the creator having to think appropriate plugs into the wall. I'm not too solid on non-American plug types, but this is my field - gimme an example or details and I can work one in, no problem.

[triggerhappytraitor]

I already have a charging station set up for the few things I have from home, and have been able to work up some adaptors when needed. I'm a bit more curious as to the differences between the two more than anything else.

[claudiometer]

Nothing wrong with powering things because you expect them to have power while they're in your space. For big projects, that's probably the better way to do it, really - I haven't tested yet, but I'm pretty sure wiring a space gives it a measurable kilowatt-hour output, and while a regular house doesn't use all that much, big projects are not a regular house.

'It works because I say so' has either no upper limit or one we're not likely to bump into any time soon. 'It works because the space is wired for electricity' lets people bring their own plugs in and out, instead of counting on whoever made the room to know what your adapter looks like an build in a charger.

[triggerhappytraitor]

So for something like an electric powered motorcycle, it likely would work better with a proper outlet rather than a will-powered one.

[claudiometer]

That would probably work just fine with either.