The last extension cord you will ever need.
Love Wins
Submitted 6 hours ago by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to science_memes@mander.xyz
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kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
lime@feddit.nu 5 hours ago
at least it’s short enough that it will only reach two plugs on the same panel, thereby guaranteeing that the first things that blow are breakers.
CoopaLoopa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
Unless one of your outlets is wired backwards, plugging this into 2 outlets on the same side of your electrical panel won’t do anything.
If you were able to plug it into outlets on different sides of your panel, then you just created a 240v short and the cable is going to be real-spicy real-quick.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 5 hours ago
Yeah, not what I need. I need NEMA 5-15 to CAT6 adapter
_druid@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Alternatively, One can plug one end in, then you have a creative new way to parent.
“Didn’t mow the lawn? C’mere Billy, hold out your palm.”
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Laughs in generator.
uen3@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Is this the one you use to feed the house from a generator? If so, I think that’s the one time it’s valid
expatriado@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
i guess if you’re got a bad breaker on your panel, you can load 2 circuits on one breaker with that thing, at least until the hardware store opens. you still get overcurrent protection… but a very unlikely thing to need
minfapper@piefed.social 2 hours ago
I mean, generators exist and you usually need a male to male cable to plug into your house
gnu@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
The better solution is getting a sparkie to install a male socket (with protective cover) for power inlet if you’re anticipating needing a genset on any regular basis. While they’re at it get them to also install an isolating switch so you can easily avoid backfeeding power into the grid while keeping the house powered.
schmorpel@slrpnk.net 6 hours ago
I must have gotten pale when some festival organizer handed me the end of a cable with a male plug. ‘Your electricity supply, here you go!’
Me: ‘… ???’
Organizer, still waving the cable end around: ‘Just use an adapter!’ (he barely managed to omit the ‘stupid woman’ in his answer …)
Dojan@pawb.social 6 hours ago
I don’t get what you were supposed to do with a plug and an adapter.
West_of_West@piefed.social 4 hours ago
How else will my generator power my house?
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
I was gonna mention something like a USB Type-C cable, but that’s not really electricians’ territory, is it?
SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 6 hours ago
USB-C is kinda sorta hermaphroditic.
rtxn@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
When USB-C-compliant devices are connected, they have to negotiate which side is upstream and which is downstream. So yes, they’re hermaphroditic, just like snails.
In contrast, the USB A-to-A cable that Ugreen uses is closer to hyenas. If you know, you know… and don’t you wish you didn’t.
lime@feddit.nu 5 hours ago
that “kinda sorta” is doing a lot of work there.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 hours ago
USB-C is specifically designed so it can swap between different modes safely by way of devices being able to communicate what they need from a plug via dedicated pins in the socket. So yeah, you can have USB-C male/male cables and it’s going to be safe as long as you use it with compatible devices.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Here’s a handy reference: everything downstream of a plug socket is electronics, everything upstream of a plug socket is electrical.
Sincerely, an electronics engineer that works in the electrical field.
TWeaK@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
Pfisterer HV terminations are male to male. They also have big butt plugs for when they’re not in use. Kinky Germans.
Bakkoda@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Rj45 to nema15 in a pinch
spacehulk@lemmy.zip 44 minutes ago
Ok i get the electrician joke, but what is this love wins thing? Its like a screenshot of two posts and the bottom is cut off