Truth in advertising?
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It looks like itâs been stuck on top of the advert slot, so I suspect a spoof 
But a very plausible one!
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Probably only funny to a very very small number of people on this forum.
But, but, but⌠thatâs not a zamboni.
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I assumed it was. What is it then?
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That is an Olympia.
An âice resurfacing machineâ - like a Kleenex vs a tissue.
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Thatâs not funny if it were true; thatâs a fire waiting to happen.
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Itâs probably true, and they are really lucky if it didnât cause a fire.
My husband worked in electric at Home Depot and people OFTEN came in looking for large capacity breakers, because theirs would be tripping all the time. Heâd explain they were tripping because the load was too great, that didnât meant they were broken, but that they were working, and it was preventing a fire. Heâd say that he couldnât help them with something he knew was unsafe. Theyâd yell at him, say they wanted one that wouldnât trip, demand his manager, scream that he wasnât telling them where the breakers were- manager would point them to them. Husband would pray there wasnât a fire later.
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The neighbors behind us had their house burn down because of that. My brother works in electric too and has explained to people the dangers of breakers that canât handle the load from the wiring theyâre using. Thankfully most people have heeded his advice. But you always get some asshole who thinks theyâre smarter so he just prays they donât burn down their house with their stupidity.
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Literal electrical engineerâŚyou would hope, but I wouldnât bet on it. This is not the worst of what shows up on the WTF engineering boards (most of the things that do I donât post here just because they donât make sense unless youâve got the same background, but occasionally you get the holy hell option)
(ETAâyes, pics do occasionally come with scorch marks)
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Itâs not just regular people, either. I went to an arc flash training about a decade ago where one of the photos in the presentation was supposedly from a major sports stadium. The photo was of a fuse block for very large fuses. Weâre talking fuses about the size of 16oz soda cans. The fuses must have blown at some pointâŚand were replaced with copper rods.
People donât seem to care about safety until itâs too late. Then thereâs hell to pay. Tragically, for some people that can be quite literal (i.e., they die).
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Yeah he had an electrician customer who got mixed up on what type of wire he needed but Bro was like âdonât you need this type of wire for that?â and the guy was like âoh yeah thatâs rightâ Dude had like 20 years of experience too. Damn thatâs a frightening thought isnât it?
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Please send the good niche ones my way. Husband is an EE who is⌠involved with the less ideal applications of the field 
I enjoy sending him things that cause face palms.
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