An oversized basketball rim device for retrofitting onto an existing standard sized basketball rim attached to a backboard of a raised goal which increases an opportunity of making a basket when shooting a basketball. In addition, a joint comprises a connecting device which is adapted to be passed through the pieces of wood and the connecting element and apply a compressing force on the pieces of wood in such a manner that the engaging device of the intermediate connecting element penetrates into opposite wood surfaces. In the disclosed example, the current limiting device is in series with the capacitive stability device but in parallel with the operative component.