• expatriado
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    18 hours ago

    i hope they’re not E26 mount or any other light bulb standard, nor counterclockwise E26, since those work in hotel rooms

    • Azura The Spellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Why not, tough? It probably just wouldn’t do anything.

      Though technically...

      It could be built to cause a short circuit, that would be beyond stupid and a breaker should prevent any serious damage.

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        7 hours ago

        looks like several decades ago stealing the bulbs was a thing, so they were designed so if you stole them would be useless at home

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          7 hours ago

          Oh jeez that makes sense. It’s late and after reading the other reply that it was to stop people from stealing them I was thinking to myself I’m sure people could figure out they had to unscrew it the other direction. Thanks for explaining like I’m 5.

      • Yosmonkol@piefed.social
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        7 hours ago

        To prevent people from stealing them. I’m pretty sure most places just have integrated LED fixtures nowadays.