It allows you to move power from a live circuit to a dead one by connecting the outlets between them. The most common use I’ve seen is to easily hook a gas generator to a household circuit during a blackout.
But yes, they’re very dangerous and there are less-stupid ways to hook up a generator that won’t make tripping over a power cable lethally dangerous or risk burning down the house by bypassing the circuit breaker and overloading the wiring in the walls.
But this one is popular because it can be done very quickly and easily with minimal supplies.
They can be used to hook a generator to your house if your power goes out, but people will use them for things like if they strung up Christmas lights backwards so 2 female ends are next to each other.
Can I ask, what’s the (ill-advised) use case for this?
I don’t know anything about electronics but I readily believe this is a dangerous cable
But what I don’t get is what people want it for. I’ve never been in a situation that calls for this
It allows you to move power from a live circuit to a dead one by connecting the outlets between them. The most common use I’ve seen is to easily hook a gas generator to a household circuit during a blackout.
But yes, they’re very dangerous and there are less-stupid ways to hook up a generator that won’t make tripping over a power cable lethally dangerous or risk burning down the house by bypassing the circuit breaker and overloading the wiring in the walls.
But this one is popular because it can be done very quickly and easily with minimal supplies.
just in case you think your fuse box is bored
Smartphone chargers / smartphone to computer cables are technically male (USB-A) to male (USB-C).
They can be used to hook a generator to your house if your power goes out, but people will use them for things like if they strung up Christmas lights backwards so 2 female ends are next to each other.