The "Shit I just bought" thread

Kajiimagi · 2025-07-28T19:31:11-0400

Mahes said:
So,

Thank you for this product review. My wife loves to just spray insect to death with chemical warfare and let me clean up the mess. I went ahead and splurged. I chose the Widowmaker 3.5 as I like the handle cock more than the grip cock. Also the laser site is a hoot. I look forward to some insect destruction.

Picked one up myself today. We had 2 flies in the house that my lazy fat cat just looked at. Looking forward to blasting away!

Kajiimagi · 2025-07-28T19:33:19-0400

Fucker said:
I use the switch that is provided with the device. Saves guesswork.

Oh I see you are using a motor controller? Then yeah you would need to turn of the breaker. Bathroom outlets would still be hot though. Personally I hate using motor controllers, I just set the fan to medium and never touch it again.

Void · 2025-07-29T10:39:53-0400

Kajiimagi said:
I've never had to turn off a circuit breaker to install a ceiling fan. The wall switch works perfectly fine. That would allow you to use a plug in work light . You can always use a modest drop cord and plug into the bathroom receptacle as well. They are on isolated circuits.

Well, first, I'm not a professional electrician and there are 3 other people roaming around the house that might not realize and hit the switch, so safety first.

Second, every single one of the 12 we installed was on a dimmer switch, which is not good/unusable for a fan, so every dimmer had to be changed out for a different switch even if the fan didn't come with one (some did not, just remotes). Which definitely should have the breaker off, so why not leave it off for the whole fan?

And we did run extension cords all over, that was part of my annoyance. I spent less than a good extension cord for that work light, and now I have a cool fucking work light for use in other situations.

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