They could possibly do that but they would have to hack two to three systems and that really wouldn’t be cost effective going after one household.
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AI could hack & shut just because it decides that you are not using the internet responsibly
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A news item on the Beeb the other day where a company’s AI had been hacking into other company’s AI systems. Apparently, nobody asked it to.
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Yes, It could and that is one of the reasons I’m against all these data centers being built. But a plane “could” fall out of the sky and hit my house too. But unlikely “what ifs” don’t control my life choices.
the probability of AI vs a plane is exponential. AI can reach millions or billions of individual internet connections at the same time. It has no problem multitasking. So it’s a case of not if but when.
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Its called a Ground Circuit Fault Interrupt. … In the USA.
Its code, Hooked into 110 / 120-volt circuits around bathrooms,
kitchens. All grounds & insulation from shorts must be
properly functioning for a live circuit. If a poor ground or short
appears the GCFI trips and will not re-set until the repair is made,
or fault disconnected from receptacle.
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They are called RCB’s here (residual current circuit breakers) and together with trip switches of different current ratings they are found in the house consumer unit in all modern houses or houses that have had recent re-wires.
They trip out if power is shorted to earth, or short circuits somewhere. Sometimes the spark in a light switch accidentally trips them out, or an incandescent bulb blows.
They trip at the drop of a hat and If the consumer unit is in a hard place to access, they can be a pain in the bottom.
For that reason I have still retained my original fuse box with 5 amp for lighting, 15 amp for ring mains, and 35 amp for cookers etc. I have never blown a fuse in the 53 years I have resided at this property. Being as we don’t have an electric cooker, the 35 amp fuse is connected to a supplementary unit containing two 15 amp trip fuses and a large RCB, and serves the garage, lab and summerhouse. It also powers any outdoor tools like my lawnmower. I will not entertain rechargeable stuff in my garden it’s rubbish.
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I disagree there foxy, for a full garden cut we have to change the battery once but that is preferable to having to get an extension lead out and continuously have to pass a power cord from side to side, the battery mower has saved at least 10 minutes on the task.
The view whilst sitting on the downstairs Loo, talk about easy access
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Time is of no importance to me Spitty… 
What does annoy me is every available mains outlet busy charging shavers, phones, vacuum cleaners, small personal cooling fans, the cats chargeable mouse, radio scanner, cordless drill, computer, GPS watch, and even then, the item you need will not have been charged…
Bloody madness!
Two minutes to roll out the electric (corded) mower. The cable is long enough to reach all areas of the lawn and it’s always standing by for a full days work…Location of the outside sockets reduces the chance of mowing the cable as it always faces away from the direction of cut.
I can wander around the grounds slowly trimming off the surplus grass and even have time for a nag to a passing neighbour. I reckon the ten minutes extra is well worth the trouble considering the extra wattage of the mains powered mower.
Concerning the consumer unit…If it was me, there would be a shiny new, up-to-date all singing dancing high tech unit gracing the kitchen wall but Mrs Fox is having none of it, so the fuse box remains buried in the back of the dark recesses of the under sink cupboard behind the potatoes, cleaning equipment, pegs and the rechargeable Iron…
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Guys here wear the batteries in backpacks for their mowers here now the connection runs down to the right side of the mower handle.
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I did that back in the Late 60’s at a park for Home Trailers.
They still need to charge em’ up though Zac.
The daftest thing I’ve seen on the telly is the advert for ‘Riobi’
One battery powers all their range of tools…
So you start cutting the grass and your battery runs out…
I know… 
I’ll get the drill out and put some pictures up for Mrs Fox while the battery is charging for the mower…
Hang on… 
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Spot on. That is the problem. All these tools - hedge trimmer, drill, strimmer, mower, rotating saw, chain saw, screw driver, etc. But you’ve just got the one battery … unless, the obvious solution - buy different tools from different manufacturers, each with its own unique battery. Good decision.
Wait. What if you’re two thirds the way through cutting the hedge and the battery runs out? I know, buy a spare battery for the hedge cutter. Then you can keep cutting while the first battery re-charges. Come to think of it, that’s a good idea for the strimmer and mower, and chain saw and drill. And screw driver. Right sorted. 8 different tools and 16 batteries. Sorted.
Or could there just perhaps be another way to solve your battery running out and a second job to do problem?
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Apart from a cordless drill, plug everything else into the mains.
Mrs Fox purchased a Gtech Air Ram vacuum cleaner. It was brilliant at doing the job but unfortunately the battery expires on a regular basis and spends most of it’s time plugged into the main socket charging up.
She uses the vacuum on a daily basis.
So I had a look on the Air Ram website and the spare battery costs £100…
Not a chance…
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you’d think these things would come with both a battery and a cord so that you can choose which to use
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All my yard tools are EGO brand and they all use the same battery, but one charge is only enough for the front yard and maybe half of the backyard. That’s for the lawnmower, edger, string trimmer, and leaf blower. So I just do the front yard one day and then the backyard the next. Those batteries are about $200, so I’m not about to buy another one when I don’t have to.
I used to use a corded string trimmer, and that worked okay, but battery power makes the job easier.
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I know, run time less than an hour mostly, but like Mel, she gets an eye job and goes off recall for a month, so can the lawnmower man. Battery, safer to use, Corded, a chance at a cut up.
Perhaps Mr T is also EGO brand and taking up all the power?
All the cordless ones are low voltage high amperage motors so would require a transformer or a battery charger plus battery in order to use a cable plugged into the 240 volt mains.
A corded unit, high voltage, low amperage, and can afford a more powerful motor Annie.
Cordless are always more expensive than an equivalent corded one.
And I’d argue that when you take into account the cost of the battery and charging costs, probably more expensive to run.
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seems people are wasting a whole heap of money on these appliances, as invariably they will have to replace batteries because the unit will be prone to inbuilt obsolescence and a limited battery life. Plus they build in double income through ensuring that it’s not the battery but the unit charging mechanism that reduces in efficacy over time. So you replace the batteries thinking that will help but find that ultimately you have to replace the appliance.
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