I'm imagining what led to this, and it can't be good

[ironphoenix]

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[con-girl.livejournal.com]

Now i want to make one. As an art project

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

Could be useful for backfeeding on a limited basis, but only in some extremely controlled circumstances. (I've had a few of them on boats, where the wiring is often easy to isolate, say, between a gen set an shore power.)

[foms.livejournal.com]

This leads me to think about unhailed standards.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Consider: My house does not have power. It has been disconnected, because I have not paid my bill.

You are my neighbour, who pays your bills. YOUR house has power.

I sneak over and plug one end of this into an external socket, then back to my house and plug the other end into one of MY external sockets.

Poof: My house is now powered, on your dime. As long as I don't pull enough current to blow your breaker....