I think thou dost protest too much. Perhaps not so much ace as you claim.
Right below the sign they probably have the bits you need to craft one (two repair plugs and a bit of wire).
I hate that we live in a world where this is a popular enough question that a sign had to be made about it.
The fuck is wrong with people? Just rehang the lights! It takes less time and effort than getting in the car and going to Ace to ask for a deathdapter!
I bet they were on the ladder stringing them along the eaves of the house and realized they had the line backwards
It literally takes 10 minutes to fix. I know, cause I made that very mistake this year. Frustrated yeah, but I sucked it up and redid it and fixed it. Lot less time, effort, and stress, than getting shit together to go to Ace, begging for a deathdapter, getting frustrated, and having to come home just to fix it anyway.
Here’s a short extension cord version of one
The explanation of why they’re a bad idea is valid though. Usually the kinds of people who know just enough to want this type of plug are also the type of people I wouldn’t trust with one.
Edit: I’ll go ahead and explain why people want plugs like this. These can be used to backfeed power from a generator into a house, letting you used different outlets/lights in the house. A knowledgeable person can actually use something like this safely, but most people who would use something like this don’t know enough to do it correctly. The dangers about doing this are:
- You can easily shock yourself off of the exposed pins of the cord. You can avoid getting shocked by waiting to plug into the generator until the other end is connected first.
- You can backfeed power onto the electrical grid. The power going backwards through the transformers will step up the voltage to thousands of volts, and could seriously injure or kill the linemen who are trying to fix the outage. This is avoided by making sure you’ve opened either the house’s main disconnect breaker or the breaker for the individual circuit you’re plugging into.
There are some safer ways to setup this type of generator use, there are special generator power cords/outlets that won’t have exposed energized prongs if plugged into a generator. There are also transfer switches or breaker interlock kits designed to prevent someone from being able to backfeed power by requiring them to disconnect commercial power before the generator can be fed into the house’s distribution panel.
I’m not well informed, but I wouldn’t be surprised if in some places it wouldn’t be legal to sell that kind of cords (because of being a safety hazard and such).
The car community has a saying “Only when you know all the rules are you allowed to break some of them”
Also in TTRPG community, but they break it all the time.
Omg please everyone report that listing z
Am I crazy or is the example picture of the interlock backwards. Both sides can be turned on, but only one can be off at the same time 😅
You’re right, I hadn’t noticed that. They have the breakers labeled backwards from how they normally are.
Yea I had to scroll down to the review pictures, I seriously thought I was going crazy over what is a super simple thing lol
For a generator you ideally want a 220v version so that you can power all the circuits in your house. Which makes the suicide cord all the scarier.
I trust NANCHANGZHENGFUYUANGUOJIMAOYIYOUXIANGONGSI for all my dangerously illegal electrical needs!
Even funnier is if you click on the brand SCTOU to see other products, the other items from SCTOU appear to be questionable body armor and anti-bird spikes. Seller names are different as well, but they’re all similar random Chinese names.
Those “anti bird spikes” look like razor sharp bladed caltrops to me!
It’s pretty telling that the product page has zero reviews. I don’t think this product has any surviving users.
"Is this UL certified?
I think it’s been taken down and relisted multiple times, possibly due to reports. I’ve seen these plugs on amazon for years now.
Yeah makes sense. The whole listing is super sketchy.
Yeah but the cable has “anti snow” feature so…
What even is this? I never saw one in my life, so the sign must be telling the truth.
Now I really want one.
I have had this conversation multiple times, about multiple cable types, while in electronics sales.
What’s the best analogy or wording you’ve found for conveying the nature of the problem to people?
I’m not sure there is one, I usually just highlight that they’re one-directional, and you would technically need another nontrivial piece of hardware in the middle.
Then we figured out what their problem actually was.
It prevents you from connecting two live wires and dying.
Aha! I knew there was a string adapter for my tin can so I can plug it to my audio jack!
Anything exists if you’re skilled enough with flatware and snips
You have conjured an image that is both more effort and more dangerous than OP.
I’m sure you can find one on AliExpress.
I think i have we might have one of these but in eu type somewhere in the shed. Does have about 15cm of cable between the 2 plugs tho.
americans…
Oh, bug off.
Was at a Christmas party last night and a guy dropped a 2 foot long double ended dildo on the table.
Male to Male adapters exist, but electrically questionable.
ASS TO ASS! ASS TO ASS! ASS TO ASS!
They should put what they are called in the electrical world to help drive home the point. “Suicide cords”
Minus the cord?
Suicide adapters?
deathdapter
Sales go up
They could’ve just said, “If you want a double-ended male plug, go check out the Adam and Eve store webpage.”
“And don’t forget the code Ship2 to get 50% off your order!”
Hmmm not sure what I would do with TWO double male plugs. I don’t have that many people in my bed at once. : / Ummmm you should probably ignore that whole sentence…
It cracks me up that they’ll sell chainsaws to anyone.
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It’s also a good thing dildos aren’t made of
metal and connected to voltage.Not with that attitude
You don’t sound fun
Some are and some pay extra for that…
Like, a motor… The State of Arkansas would pay you for a novel execution device though.
Who is your dildo guy? Their selection is too limited.
