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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:42:32 +0100, Tekkie=AE wrote= :

Brick sock.

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Once a neighbor showed me a short extension with two plugs (this was made to solve a gender mixup with Christmas lights). You could use it with that plugless adapter.

That one would be hard to figure out, possibly "in" the "outside" (in the yard), that is out. I've seen weirder things actually used.

I made one of those once. It was quite useful to move a device from one socket to another without switching it off. For example, a computer plugged into a 4-way strip. I'd plug the double ended plug cord into another socket and power the strip through it, while I moved the strip over to the new location. Computer stayed on.

But explain the Christmas lights....

So have I, but only in council estates.

A normal string has a male connector on one end and female on the other.

Lights all around the edge of the roof.

String one plugged into extension cord.

String two plugged into (female) end of string one.

String three going to plug into end of string two, but put up in the wrong direction so two females together.

Need 2-plug adapter.

Only if you have a death wish - it is Darwin award territory but more likely to kill some unsuspecting innocent than the f****it that wired it up.

A friend at university was seriously injured by such a lead. He had serious burns to the hand after unplugging a cable from a 4 way extension block that had a plug at each end - his hand bridged live and neutral. The Jesus cable had been made up by a previous PhD student :(

That's why I said such things are illegal.

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Americans, eh. Think the rest of the world should be as stupid as them. Look who they voted in as Prez.

aka "widowmaker"

We call those illegal and dangerous abominations "widowmakers" What do you do with the live end at the other end of the light string???

The only person to blame is the one that touched it without knowing what it was. Americans blame each other, we used to be more adult than this.

The law should keep it's nose out of what people want to do with lights in their own homes.

What do you think electrical tape is for?

On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:46:45 +0100, Uncle Monster w= rote:

the end of a grown man's thumb instead of the size of his fist as it is = in the UK. The plugs for 240vac circuits are pretty much the same size a= s your 220vac circuits in the UK but are normally rated for higher curre= nts. It's been a long time since I did any electrical work but 30amp rat= ed clothes dryer cords were previously 3 wire but changed to 4 wire whic= h included a ground/earth conductor for new construction some years ago = if I'm remembering correctly. A fellow named Greg from Florida who posts= here was an electrical inspector so he knows the electrical code inside= and out. I miss blowing things up. =E3=83=BD(=E3=83=85)=E3=83=8E

e 120vac 15 or 20amp rated duplex receptacles which a table lamp will pl= ug into. =E3=83=BD(=E3=83=85)=E3=83=8E

ROFL! I wonder how much extra you guys spend on thicker wires for all t= hat extra current. All because you're scared of a few imbeciles electro= cuting themselves. Allow the stupid to procreate without dying first, a= nd what do you get? America.

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A great way to lose weight is to eat naked in front of a mirror. Restau= rants will almost always throw you out before you can eat too much.

Actually, he quickly decided that would be unsafe and rearranged that third string, never using the plug-to-plug cord (which was wired "correctly").

Since lights are out of reach, how was it dangerous?

Anyway, you have that measly 110V which is only half as powerful as ours :-)

They're not "out of reach" to the kid playing on the roof.

That's his problem.

Then why is he on the roof? And why is he fingering wires?

Despite it's lower voltage, it's capable of killing and/or causing injury. It's also more likely to try and hold you whereas the higher voltages are more likely to kick you off of them. Still, I prefer not to be shocked or grabbed by either. :)

Hmm. Were devices plugged into this and using it at the time? IE: was a load present?