Comment on Cords

• tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The power can go through the female end just fine, that’s not the problem. The problem is people plug this “suicide cable” into the wall first, thus creating a 120v taser of sorts. Like someone else in this thread said, the only problem from cables like that is people tend to try to backfeed energy into the system with a generator or solar panels. Boom.

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  • fraksken@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also, at the end of the chain there is a male terminal exposed with live current. Could cause a fire I guess.

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  • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So is the problem solved by not plugging it into a powered wall plug? Just like… flick the switch off, like you would a light switch before changing a bulb?

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    • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The solution is pulling down your Christmas lights and hanging them back up the right way.

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most American outlets aren’t switched. They can be but most aren’t. If you’re really paranoid you can throw the breaker at the panel.

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      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wait really? I don’t think I have a single unswitched plug in my house, and I’ve never seen another house with even a single unswitched plug. Do US people need to unplug cords to get rid of standby lights?

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    • bjorney@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, but if someone trips over the cord there is a 50% chance the wrong side comes unplugged and potentially kills them, hence why they don’t make these cords

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• AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isnt having an open end really dangerous?

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  • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You cam cover them with electric tape or put a cover on them. It’s nobmore dangerous than your home’s exterior outlets though.

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    • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Homes exterior outlets??? It might be europe but we dont have neither of those seemingly pretty dangerous things.

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      • piccolo@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Gfci outlets are pretty cool technology. They make getting electrocuted impossible as long they are installed correctly.

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      • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m going to assume you are English, since they seem to have extreme fear of electric shocks. But there is never any issue with exterior outlets. 99% of them have covers like this and are no nore dangerous that light switches on a patio or in your bathroom.

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  • starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every Christmas light string I have seen has had a small fuse inside of the plug, so even if you managed to get a female plug full of water or something and somehow manage to get shocked before a breaker trips in the outlet, you’re probably just going to blow the fuse.

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Every Christmas light I’ve ever seen were all low voltage. The last Christmas light that was directly into main power instead of having a power convertor plug was decades ago. I guess that’s EU regulations at work.

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• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Aaah, gotcha! Thank you!

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