good lord, there's hot wires just hanging out all over the place
No there's not. There's one hot (exposed) plug which is only exposed while you plug it into the power strip. There's another hot plug which is only exposed when you unplug it from the wall and isn't exposed anymore when you plug it into the UPS.
For someone who works with electronics for a living and just stormed a building with the SWAT team, I can't imagine that this is an unbelievable amount of risk. Get some rubber gloves and you're good.
(I'll also note that opening an original Macintosh was about 100x more dangerous.)
No there's not. There's one hot (exposed) plug which is only exposed while you plug it into the power strip. There's another hot plug which is only exposed when you unplug it from the wall and isn't exposed anymore when you plug it into the UPS.
For someone who works with electronics for a living and just stormed a building with the SWAT team, I can't imagine that this is an unbelievable amount of risk. Get some rubber gloves and you're good.
(I'll also note that opening an original Macintosh was about 100x more dangerous.)