People who strung up one section of a long chain of Christmas lights backward: =-------< [male to male goes here] >--------=
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First thought: Well, if they REALLY want it, and you can in fact power lights backward, maybe you can design a male-male plug with a mechanical trigger that blocks current unless both ends are plugged in. Second thought: that just transforms the other side's male plug into DOOM.
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You could build a light cord that had one wire male / one female at each end, and inverted which was which. Male neutral supplies power, female hot supplies power, vice versa.
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That would work ok right up until someone manages to plug both ends of the light in to different outlets on different circuits and connect out of phase hots and get a 220V short circuit.
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People that want to do this are usually trying to hook a generator up to their house to power normal stuff during a power outage. It's a really dumb idea. If you do everything perfectly it will be fine, but there are so many opportunities for badness.
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You can get a switch designed for exactly this application, which is what you should do. But they're more expensive than building a suicide cord.
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To the person checking the replies to see if anyone already made their joke that relies on interpreting "male to male" sexually: Your joke isn't very good, don't bother posting it
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I assume the "this time of year" is relating to hanging up christmas lights, of the type with a socket at one end of the string and a plug at the other. If someone has hung one up backwards, they might want one of these.
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It's called a "suicide cord" and it is typically used to hook up a generator to a house's electrical system. Highly not recommended, see the name.
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True story. An electrician once told me he saw one of these in a theater he was rigging. "Why do you have one of these?" he asked. "Oh, it goes with the female to female one we have."
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BAN SAME SEX CIRCUITRY!
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Hey, can you plug that in? [Fries]. April fools!
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I don’t know anything on this subject. But heaven isn’t blue. Also, it doesn’t exist. Stop spreading lies. Carry on.
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Imagine having 2 power circuits in your house. You can power one just by plugging in such cord into any outlet in another. I had similar setup a while ago. Also, while it is dangerous to have powered copper pins sticking out, but it works.
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Maybe it’s supposed to be funny?
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People who don't rig thier lights up one string plugging into the other. (i.e. string up the hard to reach ones then the easier ones but froget which end goes where. )
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Useful to connect a portable generator up to the house in the event of a power cut. Don't forget to turn off the mains at the trip switch first so you're not feeding back up the line. Oh, and stand back.
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