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    What would they even be used for except to short a circuit?

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    Some genius won't pay attention to the orientation of a christmas light display while he's putting them up, he'll go to plug them in, and they'll be the wrong way, so he'll want an "adapter."

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    • B [email protected]

      So if I understand it correctly, if you were to use this "solution", you'd leave live exposed prongs on one end of the lights, right?

      Cause that would make it even dumber than I had imagined lmao

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      Yep. Exactly right.

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        I will just regurgitate what I've heard. I think they are used in case power goes out and you have a generator. You need to disconnect from the power grid first, but it should then allow you to power tour house with the generator. It sounds more like a US thing.

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        Yes, this would technically work. Although, it would only power the hot leg the outlet is connected to which only feeds part of the house.

        It's very dangerous for a variety of reasons. Especially if you forget to shut off the mains breaker. The transformer can backfeed power down the line at line voltages, creating a shock hazard for lineman or anyone else who might have contact with the line.

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          The only time I've ever seen one in use was a friend that had a shed that was powered with lights etc. He had an external plug box on the shed, and would use one of these to jumper from his extension cord to that external plug. It worked, but I shuddered when I saw it.

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          ... and you could easily fix the whole situation by having the shed run a male extension cord out that could be plugged into the generator.

          It would also be infinitely more whimsical, since it'd make the shed look like a little appliance with its own chord. Or paint everything and call it a tail, the possibilities are endless.

          "Well, let me just plug in the shed real quick"

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          • B [email protected]

            So if I understand it correctly, if you were to use this "solution", you'd leave live exposed prongs on one end of the lights, right?

            Cause that would make it even dumber than I had imagined lmao

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            Yup. American Christmas lights basically ARE very thin extension cords with the bulbs (hopefully) wired in parallel. Back in the day they were pretty much all incandescent and in series, and a single burned out bulb meant everything went out and Junior got a joyous new holiday chore!

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              No gay cords allowed!

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                No idea how and why but my dad once had a cable like that in his workshop.

                Short story: we were having a party, bit drunk and wanted power for the bigger speakers, needed an extension, rummaged around and found this one. Of course didn't check the ends, plugged it in and then thought "oh what a weird male adapter there, lets take it...bzzzzt".

                Have a tiny burn scar on my hand now, luckily nothing else happened. The cable got dismantled afterwards, but I still don't know why it was there in the first place, he is a pretty good handyman normally.

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                  It's OK - I'm only going to use the suicide cord for my fractal wood-burning project.

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                  • J [email protected]

                    Yes, this would technically work. Although, it would only power the hot leg the outlet is connected to which only feeds part of the house.

                    It's very dangerous for a variety of reasons. Especially if you forget to shut off the mains breaker. The transformer can backfeed power down the line at line voltages, creating a shock hazard for lineman or anyone else who might have contact with the line.

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                    Wouldn't any repair worker ground anything they work on first, or assume it is live?
                    I am not even a proper electrician, but "short-circuited and grounded, or treat it as live" has been the rule forever.

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                      Wouldn't any repair worker ground anything they work on first, or assume it is live?
                      I am not even a proper electrician, but "short-circuited and grounded, or treat it as live" has been the rule forever.

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                      Not an electrician, but I would imagine the danger being if the technician checked the wire was off locally, started work and then the home generator starts feeding mid work.

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                        No gay cords allowed!

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                        The gay cords are extra powerful in Europe with a spicy 230v

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                          The gay cords are extra powerful in Europe with a spicy 230v

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                          1 European gay is equivalent to 1.91 american gays

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                            It also backfeeds the grid and can kill someone working on the lines.

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                            This is the real issue and why you need a modern transfer switch. Lineman is working on the transformer on the pole, "it's fine we cut it off upstream and I checked" and BOOM anyway

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                              I don't understand why it would have female on both ends?

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                              Weird use case. Never underestimate the customer.

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                                No idea how and why but my dad once had a cable like that in his workshop.

                                Short story: we were having a party, bit drunk and wanted power for the bigger speakers, needed an extension, rummaged around and found this one. Of course didn't check the ends, plugged it in and then thought "oh what a weird male adapter there, lets take it...bzzzzt".

                                Have a tiny burn scar on my hand now, luckily nothing else happened. The cable got dismantled afterwards, but I still don't know why it was there in the first place, he is a pretty good handyman normally.

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                                If you lose power, you can use one of these cables to power your house (or at least, the part of your house on that phase).

                                This is not how you should do this, but it can work. It is not a good idea (possibly illegal?).

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                                  What if I yell "no homo!" when I plug it in?

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                                    https://www.facebook.com/groups/it.humor.and.memes/posts/28661227206809691/

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                                      If you lose power, you can use one of these cables to power your house (or at least, the part of your house on that phase).

                                      This is not how you should do this, but it can work. It is not a good idea (possibly illegal?).

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                                      In my jurisdiction, backfeeding your house from a receptacle is very illegal. Transfer switches and interlock kits exist for a reason.

                                      For anyone wondering exactly why it's a bad idea: Power from your generator can, if your house isn't isolated from the grid, travel back into the utility lines and backward through the big transformer at the utility pole (so now it's a few thousand volts again) and give an unsuspecting linesman a nasty surprise. People have died from this. It is a bad idea.

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                                        It's OK - I'm only going to use the suicide cord for my fractal wood-burning project.

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                                        Well at that point all you need to do is cut a normal extension cord and strip the ends. Maybe add a switch or a button for extra safety.

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                                          I'm gonna guess winter, hanging Christmas lights. People string up their lights and then realize far too late that they put two strands with female ends facing each other and instead of restringing they look for a male-to-male cord to bridge the gap.

                                          A little live wire shouldn't stand in the way of holiday cheer, after all.

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                                          That would immediately blow the fuse in the lights and/or start a fire if the two strands were on different circuits that happened to be on different electrical phases.

                                          While I wouldn't doubt that some people are stupid enough to do that, it's actually summer that it's done the most for because of storms and power outages, and people learn that backfeeding is a thing (that you shouldn't do unless you absolutely know what you're doing).

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