Or adapters to plug a 30A device into a 15A receptacle
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe then they’ll stop selling male to male extension cords
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Saw a YouTube video about it. It’s not a big deal. You can plug them into an outlet and it’s fine.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Fun fact: when you plug in one side of a male to male connector the other becomes hot, if you somehow manage to plug it in you WILL fuck up your electrical system
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’ve seen these used in low income homes where the basement electricity is paid by the landlord for coin operated washers. Then someone gets their electricity cut (lack of payment) so they use these cables to jump the outlets and steal electricity from the landlord.
The dude just went to a hardware store and bought an extension cable and a replacement plug head. Snipped the female end and added the male in like 5 minutes.
The only practical usage of those things is jumping a generator to a house during a blackout.
fkn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And that “practical use” kills linemen.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think the correct way to jump is to flip your main so you’re disconnected. I’m probably talking out of my ass tho.
I don’t own a generator nor have the need. Just basing this on what I’ve seen in the wild.
theneverfox@pawb.social 5 months ago
The more correct way is to install a switch that does that, so you can be connected to the grid or to the generator, not both. It’s basically what you said, but it doesn’t trust users to remember to do it correctly
fkn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, in theory that would work. But they actually make main disconnect switches for this in the event that the main breaker fails. It’s a mandatory install in all grid tie electrical generator systems (including solar).
Xavier@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
What‽ Why would such a thing exist ??? 🤔
Testing your electrical panel? and how fast the firefighters are to get to your house?
ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ob it’s far stupider and more deadly: hooking up your personal little generator so you can backfeed electricity to your house during a power outage.
It’s even more stupid and deadly than it sounds.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
RIP power company linemen who’ve checked the power’s cut off, ‘til somebody pulls that stunt
Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
this is sadly actually one of the largest use cases, it’s called a dead-mans cable (for good reason) but it’s how many northern residents run generators in the winter during power outages. Cheaper then running a bypass switch (which can easily be 300-500$ to buy plus install cost) by a huge margin. They just throw the main breaker prior to running the generator. It shouldn’t be done but it happens more frequently then you would expect especially in the antiqued houses that may not even be up to code in the first place
variants@possumpat.io 5 months ago
Don’t you need one of those to use your tesla as a house generator
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
There’s a specific process and kind of panel you need to back feed power into your home
Basically your panel needs to have it setup so that it can either be powered by the generator or the grid. 1 or the other but never both at the same time.
Ferris@infosec.pub 5 months ago
teslas specifically don’t generate electricity
what is going on in this thread?
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Um, no. Normally you would use a regular extension cable for that. Your electrical panel would have a male plug on the wall which is specifically wired up to safely provide power to your home.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
“I ran my Christmas lights without paying attention, and now the plug is on the wrong end. Can I just have a male to male so I can feed them the wrong way?”