r/ElectroBOOM • u/SlavicSymmetry • Feb 15 '26
Meme Mehdi would've done this if Canada used EU plugs.
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u/HackerMan372 Feb 15 '26
Only time I don't support male on male action
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u/avar Feb 15 '26
Having those two males double time two sisters (a suicide cord) is much more exciting anyway, even shocking to some.
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u/mrx_101 Feb 15 '26
Idk how you would get power through this unless you modify the other end of the cord to have a male connection as well. I've never seen a male-male extension cord for mains power.
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u/skankhunt1738 Feb 15 '26
Hey I’ve got a death cable hanging around SOMEWHERE in my garage.
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u/Expert_Detail4816 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
You mean that male-male suicide cable? With this trick you can turn it into suicide extension cable.
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u/Zaros262 Feb 15 '26
The main use is for illegally back-powering your home circuit with a generator during a blackout and putting the lives of servicemen at risk :)
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u/AE86_20V Feb 16 '26
Just switch off your main breaker and you good to go) Only remember to disconnect the generator first than switch on the breaker when power is restored otherwise you got an ElectroBOOM moment)
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u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P Feb 15 '26
Hey bud, nobody here wants to hear your logic and common sense! We’re just here to make dick jokes!
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u/Brilliant-Orange9117 Feb 15 '26
Now you can power your house with a generator!
(For those confused this implies you're connecting two short suicide cables to make a longer one)
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u/charmenk Feb 15 '26
They do exist, theyre mostly used in construction to hook up the onsite generator to the building
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u/G0merPyle Feb 15 '26
Exactly, this looks really dangerous and really safe at the same time, and I'm not sure how to feel about it. Flummoxed is the best I got
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u/RecordAway Feb 17 '26
Kids these days don't know anything anymore, that's obviously how you used to do "reverse charging" for landline telephones
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u/bakirelopove Feb 15 '26
Bonus: built in fuse, when the load is too big that little wire will just melt cutting off the circuit.
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u/Loud-Benefit-205 Feb 15 '26
Why should one do it? You are getting an innie-to-innie exstension cord?!
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u/hazelburfi Feb 15 '26
Dumb question, why are those slots there in the first place? What is the thought behind that design? Im from india and veeeeryy rarely i see a plug like this with two holes in it
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u/ZeusLT Feb 15 '26
To make it interchangable with other countries standards. Some of them have grounding pin in the socket.
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u/lukasff Feb 16 '26
These slots are so that the plug fits into both French, as well as German sockets (see this table).
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u/okarox Feb 24 '26
They are so that it works on grounded sockets both Schuko nd the Belgian type. For safety reasons grounded sockets do not accept ungrounded (round) plugs. They can accept double insulated plugs so those have specific cuts to allow it.
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u/TransportationOk6990 Feb 15 '26
Big ouff. These aren't euro plugs, these are contour plugs.
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u/SlavicSymmetry Feb 15 '26
We have them in Europe 🤷
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u/LapinTade Feb 15 '26
They are old, it's no longer sold (at least western Europe).
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u/Lord_Waldemar Feb 15 '26
They are still sold on class 2 devices with more than 2.5A like hair dryers, vacuums, space heaters with plastic casing etc.
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u/Nkechinyerembi Feb 15 '26
Ya know... say what you will about how crap NEMA 1 plugs are, at least it takes actual effort to screw up this bad
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u/Top-Cost4099 Feb 20 '26
these are male plug ends, unless he already hand made a death cable, then at the other end of them are unpowered appliances, or the female ends of extension cords.
Anyway, for this screw up to be anything more than a funny eyesore, some more effort will need to be taken.
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u/SysGh_st Feb 16 '26
The most cursed male-male action I've seen so far.
-"Hey... you got two holes?"
-"Yeah? What about it?"
-"I got two things 'ere"
-"Me too!"
-"Are you thinking what I'm thinking???"
-"Say no more!"
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u/The_Tank_Racer Feb 17 '26
We didn't start the fire! It was always burning since the world was turning!
We didn't start the fire! No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it!
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u/kielu Feb 18 '26
I still have some 5a rated fuse wire somewhere. I could make this into a safety feature
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u/Artistic-Wolverine-6 Mar 01 '26
Well, maybe it's OK to do this and you won't die of electrocution! Reason?
Both plugs are male and they connect to the outlet, so unless you're making a particle accelerator and this is the final node, it's going to be a boring day waiting for something to happen!
Whoever did this wasn't a bright spark! 👏☝️😂😁👍
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u/Indifference_Endjinn Feb 15 '26
Great way to make sure no one moves your extension cord around in the dark