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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
@cpsc.gov

These are male-to-male extension cords.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov

CPSC has secured the removal of hazardous male-to-male extension cord listings from major e-commerce platforms, including Walmart, eBay and AliExpress, and is warning consumers to stop using these products immediately. cpsc.gov/Newsroom/New...

cpsc.govCPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Male-to-Male Extension Cords, Secures Delisting Commitments from e-Commerce PlatformsCPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Male-to-Male Extension Cords, Secures Delisting Commitments from e-Commerce Platforms

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The Octopus Gallery
@octopusgallery.bsky.social

The people who want these are the folks who have hung their Xmas lights backwards and don't want to restring the whole thing in order to connect them. "Electricity is just like water, right? It doesn't matter so long as there's a connection!" and then BOOM.

Claire
@crystalclairenight.bsky.social

For every problem there's a solution which is simple obvious and wrong. I can think of a few use cases but I don't want to give people ideas of where they could take a shortcut. Some folks lack the common sense to avoid deadly hazards rather than do a bit more work properly.

Tony Spaghetti
@tonyspaghetti.bsky.social

I'm pretty sure these have a legitimate use case for plugging generators into your home circuitry. Was it too much for everybody to read the warning on the package? Too hard to use our brains I guess? AI can't see this product as unusual in any way

Claire
@crystalclairenight.bsky.social

There's a proper and safe way to do that in electrical codes. It looks a lot like the IEC C14 cable for a computer power supply. One male end one female and the side receiving power had an inset male end. These cables are never the right answer. They aren't code compliant anywhere in the US.