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HDMI, C to C, etc. Cables
I think everything USB C is stupid. Bring back the A and A to C cables. Do I have to upgrade literally everything to use a laptop normally.
Are you supposed to do it? No. Is it safe? Also no. But did lots of our grandfathers run their Christmas lights with an odd mismatch of cords including one of these? Yesss with a cigarette in one hand, a beer in the other, they sure as hell did.
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
The last extension cord you will ever need.
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.
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.
Unless you accidentally touch one of the prongs after plugging one end in… 😅
Yeah, not what I need. I need NEMA 5-15 to CAT6 adapter
the P in PoE stands for Pulverization
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.”
i managed to do that to myself once in my sleep; i had managed to wrap my arm around a lamp cord which came out of the plug, and when i rolled over i managed to put my thumb on the exposed wires.
I’ll never understand why the US refuses to modernize the horrid NEMA 5 connectors. A recessed receptacle, insulators around the base of the live and neutral blades, spring-loaded detention mechanism to keep the connector from slipping out… in its current state, it’s only two steps removed from sticking the bare wires into the socket.
i don’t live in north america, but this was in a house from the 1910s.
Tbh insulating the blades bases would be a huge step in the right direction, and there’s no remodeling required.
At least for homeowners, factories would need new production lines presumably.
- Arrogance: we especially don’t want to do it because the rest of the world does.
- Cost: not the equipment, though that can get pretty pricey considering we up the margins on everything, but mostly labor; labor is ungodly expensive (they cry insurance or (my fave) “you’re paying for the years of experience”).
Laughs in generator.
Even better:
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
You can get a male-ended socket on the house for that exact scenario.
Don’t forget a master switch between it and mains. Otherwise, line workers (and you) could get injured.
Bonus points if it auto-switches based on whether mains is available.
Oh that’s so much smarter.
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
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 …)
I don’t get what you were supposed to do with a plug and an adapter.
send a picture to the fire department?
Then call the cops, then try to find a fire alarm to pull so you can evacuate the venue.
I mean, generators exist and you usually need a male to male cable to plug into your house
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.
How else will my generator power my house?
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And your house, and your house
I was gonna mention something like a USB Type-C cable, but that’s not really electricians’ territory, is it?
USB-C is kinda sorta hermaphroditic.
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 non-compliant USB A-to-A cable that Ugreen uses with its own devices is closer to hyenas. If you know, you know… and don’t you wish you didn’t.
My mpcie to pcie x4 adaptor uses an A-to-A cable, also says on the board to not plug in USB devices. :D
that “kinda sorta” is doing a lot of work there.
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.
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.
Pfisterer HV terminations are male to male. They also have big butt plugs for when they’re not in use. Kinky Germans.
Rj45 to nema15 in a pinch
