This kills the Lineman.
The lesbian ones are much safer.
As a lesbian cord I can confirm
My polycule-cord is still patent pending though, but it’ll revolutionize the power-outage-electrocution industry!
naughty cord naughty cord naughty cord (because those plugs are into rope play)
Because they’re unfused because American law doesn’t require it
The illustrated problem isn’t the type of plug, it’s the double male “gay” plug, also called “suicide cord”
The difference between a 5 A plug fuse and a 20 A breaker isn’t a lot when this thing is trying to burn your house down
Except the house will have fuses and considering that electricity propagates at almost the speed of light it doesn’t really matter where they are. generators all have breakers now too.
Nobody’s law requires it except the UK. But I’m pretty sure even the Americans have fuses on every outlet in their fusebox, so even a suicide cord like this won’t burn your house down.
It will, however, wreck your generator when the power comes back on. It will also electrocute you if you grab it while plugged in.
fun fact: australian power strips all have safety switches in them - not a fuse, and not on everything, but it covers most of the dumb things people do
The UK only has fuses in the first place because they use ring circuits with a much higher current limit in the fuse box, to save on copper in the walls.
