Double Male Electrical Plug
Every year when people start decorating we get MANY requests for an electrical plug with male prongs on each end. We don’t have them. To my knowledge they don’t exist.
Christmas lights have a male plug on one end and a female plug on the other. They are made this way so that you can connect several strings together without running multiple extension cords. You only run into problems if you string the lights starting with the wrong end. The female plug is where you intended to plug the lights in. To make them work you need an adapter with 2 male plugs. The problem is that if you plugged the 2 female ends together there is going to be a totally uninsulated male end somewhere that is live. An extreme shock and fire hazard. The solution is to either run an extension cord to the male plug at the end of the string or take the lights down and redo them starting with the male plug end.
One would have to be crazy to want a male to male adapter or extension cord. Unsafe is an understatement. Another problem with this type arrangement is often found when people want to connect generators using a similar process of feeding power to their house outlets by “rigging” up a male to male plug. This presents a fire and shock hazzard not only to persons at your house but to power company employees working on power lines that may be having power fed back into them from your “rigged” connection from your generator. So better be safe than sorry for all concerned. DONT connect anything with a male to male plug.
They do exist. Search Dual male electrical plug and you will find a variety from plugs to extension cords. What causes such a hazard that you recommend not to use them. Thanks for the info.