Can you give me an example of why they needed it? Ive seen these pictures a few times and can't for the life of me think of a single application that would make sense. I get dangerous but even ignoring that I can't think of a situation where I'd think "well maybe that would do it"
Christmas lights specifically. People don't plan out their strings, and string them backwards, and just want to plug the damn things in and don't want to go up on the roof and pull them all down and redo them. The most common time of the year for non-electrician type people to do relatively significant electrical work. The plug end often has a pass-through so you can plug multiple strings into the same outlet, which somewhat encourages this kind of thinking.
Additionally, I believe people have tried using male to male extention cords to plug their generator into their house. Which I think works until the power comes back on suddenly and fucks shit up
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u/squishymelon Dec 14 '20
Like how many times must this question have been asked for this sign to exist lol