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At least they did not plug an extension cord into it and relocate the receptacle that way, or better yet run copper plugged into that outlet to the replacement.
That's the spirit! Behind every cloud is a copper lining.
Daisy chaining outlets is totally a thing, though. If no wires are exposed, there's nothing inherently dangerous about running copper from one to another.
Running copper from the plug? I get from the poles on the back of the outlet… but plugging in copper and then running that to another outlet?
I think they didn’t read your comment the way you intended. You were trying to describe someone wiring Romex into the plug face and they missed that.
No, I knew what they were saying.
Are your friends and family shocked with your skills as an electrician? ;-P
I'm actually college educated on electronic circuits and do electrical engineering as a hobby.
As long as the wires can't short, using the front receptical is functionally no different than using the back.
It's all one piece of metal, and it's not going to be somewhere that it'll be disturbed.
It may not be the best way, but done right it's not dangerous.
It's ultimately the same thing. As long as there aren't any exposed wires, it's safe.