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		throwaway173738 61 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Comparing the power consumption of a 30 year old r... Stainless is not a very good conductor. If it were aluminum or copper there’d be a problem but you can literally bury a bluetooth transmitter in a 16-gauge steel box with very little attenuation. I’ve done so at work.

Marsymars 61 days ago [–]

Convenient too, or wireless relays and power meters within metal junction boxes wouldn't work.

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