Yeah, not what I need. I need NEMA 5-15 to CAT6 adapter

Alternatively, One can plug one end in, then you have a creative new way to parent.

"Didn't mow the lawn? C'mere Billy, hold out your palm."

Unless one of your outlets is wired backwards, plugging this into 2 outlets on the same side of your electrical panel won't do anything.

If you were able to plug it into outlets on different sides of your panel, then you just created a 240v short and the cable is going to be real-spicy real-quick.

Unless you accidentally touch one of the prongs after plugging one end in... 😅

Would that only happen if one outlet were wired backwards (hot to neutral and vice-versa)?

If both outlets are wired correctly, as I'm envisioning it, the extension cord is parallel to the existing branch.

Same if both outlets are wired (the same) incorrectly.

But if one outlet is wired correctly and one has its poles swapped, then you are shorting hot directly to neutral...

But also being a 3-prong outlet...assuming everything is wired correctly...the short would either be redirected to ground and either trip the breaker or trigger a GFCI...no?

IANAElectrician. Just a high dude thinking about circuits.

Worth mentioning that the point of a suicide cord like this isn't to connect two outlets together...really no reason to do that...it's usually used to hook up a generator (or other load-center, like say a campground plug) to a branch circuit when the home/rv/load doesn't have an inlet. It's also extremely dangerous if used incorrectly, and there are several ways to very easily use it incorrectly.

Laughs in generator.

You are forgetting the plug on the knob that will plug it in

Is this the one you use to feed the house from a generator? If so, I think that's the one time it's valid

Worth mentioning that they are absolutely not safe as the exposed prongs are energised. They are called suicide cords for a reason. All it takes is to plug the cord into a running generator or working outlet first and the exposed terminals are now live.

Its also worth noting that they very often kill linesmen working to desire the utility because people use them to hook up their generators without turning off their main breaker which back feeds onto the grid.

Proper generator inlets are very readily available and if you don't want to go that route, just plug your fridge and other important devices into your generator with extension cords.

Murphy's law says it will be used wrong, and as such it is a bad design and a bad idea.

There are alternatives that are better, this has only the advantage of being cheap.

send a picture to the fire department?

Is burning down your house or electrocuting the linesman fixing your power outage because you backfed onto the transformer with your cheater cord and energized the neutral to 25kv? Fuck yeah! It's an American tradition!

(I'm Canadian btw and we have much the same stupidity here...)

When USB-C-compliant devices are connected, they have to negotiate which side is upstream and which is downstream. So yes, they're hermaphroditic, just like snails.

In contrast, the non-compliant USB A-to-A cable that Ugreen uses with its own devices is closer to hyenas. If you know, you know... and don't you wish you didn't.

that "kinda sorta" is doing a lot of work there.

uhlala plugging two USB cables require an electronics engineering degree... /s

It's like saying we should go back to USB-b to A because I still have a printer using it, or even a serial port.

It's annoying the change I know, but once we'll just need one type of cable for everything IT related I think it will be for the best

I think it's pretty neat to be able to attach one USB-C/Thunderbolt cable to the laptop and drive 3 external displays, 5-6 USB devices and receive power and networking at the same time. I'm shuddering just trying to think of the mess it would be with separate USB/HDMI/DP cables and a charger. The more cables you connect, the more the laptop becomes stationary. With one cable I can rip it off and throw the laptop away from my desk.

As for when using the laptop on its own... anything that doesn't have a native USB C is easy to adapt, but even then there are many devices that are wireless and don't need a USB at all.