Comments on: Connect-A-Cord: extension cord set with 50 1-foot cords

By: Papallion Sunspell

Papallion Sunspell — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:37:00 +0000

My first thought? Use it to connect adapters to my power strips so I can finally have more then three plugs per strip. I’m sad it’s not real.

By: jonnay

jonnay — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:09:00 +0000

As someone who has too many wall warts, I am sad this product doesn’t exist. Very sad.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:08:00 +0000

Yeah, at that price I’d buy two boxes. Whether it’s to mitigate wall-warts or because you need just a little extra cord, One/two foot extension cords are shockingly useful. *cough*

By: Tyson Mowat

Tyson Mowat — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:55:00 +0000

Up here in Northern Canada, we plug in our vehicles when it gets really cold. I have lost a dozen extension cords over the years by driving away without remembering to unplug. These 1-foot cords are not only available, but worth it for that purpose. So parody imitates life imitates parody…

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:33:00 +0000

ConnectACord Prank Pack will be for sale at prankpack.com later this fall (along with a couple other new styles)!

By: Loraine Suykersteen

Loraine Suykersteen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:08:00 +0000

boombox, bath, woman. very unfortunate.

By: PabloAblufiaBodente

PabloAblufiaBodente — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:49:00 +0000

if the terminals are chafing, don’t undo the plug :)

By: B. Peasant

B. Peasant — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000

At that price, they’d be those nasty one-piece molded things.

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:35:00 +0000

This could be a safer product. Put just right number of cords so that your radio pulls them apart before it tumbles into the water.

By: hrferic

hrferic — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:09:00 +0000

I’d like to BUY this for the low-low price of $8,but can’t seem to find it anywhere.Perhaps it’s a CONCEPT extension cord??

By: hrferic

hrferic — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:07:00 +0000

it’s the boombox of Damocles

By: Mantissa128

Mantissa128 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Nonsense. I’ve used my arc welder in the bathtub for years without issue.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:28:00 +0000

See, not everyone gets that some sentences have built-in sarcasm tags, like this one.

By: Ray Perkins

Ray Perkins — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:40:00 +0000

It’s not an outlet… http://gifstumblr.com/cool/key-cleaner-1178

By: TokenFrenchDude

TokenFrenchDude — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:14:00 +0000

What’s a foot ?

By: Vulpes Abnocto

Vulpes Abnocto — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:28:00 +0000

Home Inspection Nightmares
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,1220600,00.html
As a carpenter, this site makes me wonder how the human race doesn’t idiot itself into extinction.

By: Clifton

Clifton — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:55:00 +0000

I think I remember the site you’re talking about, but I don’t have an URL.

Maybe the Naval Safety Center has something along the lines of what you’re thinking of? Their weekly photos have some mind-blowingly awful wiring jobs, but it isn’t all wiring. There are also plenty of cases of “Try to use forklift to lift smaller forklift up to where it can lift pallet” and similar.

It appears they’ve got archives here, but for some god-awful reason they’ve converted most of them to Powerpoint files.

Also, tangentially, I’ve taken fire inspector fussiness about extension cords and multiple outlets a lot more seriously ever since I saw a daisy-chained power strip in my company’s server room actually burst into flames.

By: KBert

KBert — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:31:00 +0000

Adrenochrome dreams.

By: Steve Nordquist

Steve Nordquist — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:13:00 +0000

If you can demonstrate your willpower to 49(*2) connectors, you can probably free-climb out of your situation in time to fine-tune the neck snap long enough to borrow some kind of cheer, blog it, etc. That said, this is also ideal for free-climbers mounting wishes for a ‘special moment’ involving separate-tubs-at-the-top-of-the-world. No reason to tie in more than necessary.

By: Steve Nordquist

Steve Nordquist — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:07:00 +0000

Spray-on Datacenter for Exterior Walls and the NEMA-8 version of this are a perfect match. You might be reaching for the Goulomb ruler knockoffs, or the paintable solar and thermal wall materiel solutions available, but this is the one.

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:05:00 +0000

Now I can plug in 50 wall warts!

By: vdev

vdev — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:42:00 +0000

Fuses are for saving the house wiring. Ground-fault-circuit-interrupters (GCFI) are for saving people from electrocution in circumstances such as this.

There’s a very big difference. If you don’t know that then you’re BOTH in line for a Darwin Award.

By: a_w_young

a_w_young — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:58:00 +0000

Gag or lawsuit bait?

YOU DECIDE.

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:46:00 +0000

I’d say you’d be likely to get issues like USB2 stuff showing up as USB1 and so on… IME USB gets glitchy from the attenuation of connectors.

By: Petzl

Petzl — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:56:00 +0000

You should’ve put the real present in a Connect-A-Cord box and then put the Connect-A-Cord box inside a Bathe & Brew box. Double the fun.

Wait, why stop there …

By: Petzl

Petzl — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Dude, I’ve actually used Connect-A-Cord. First, it’s perfectly safe near the tub (I’m still kicking). Second, what are fuses for? Wake up: this is the 21st century calling.

By: Anthony I

Anthony I — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:25:00 +0000

Is this product UL listed?

By: Devin McGinty

Devin McGinty — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:11:00 +0000

I need to tell my electrician to install outlets above all of my bathtubs now. Just like the picture.

By: Stooge

Stooge — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0000

And the meta-Darwin award for offering life-takingly bad advice goes to…

By: MonkeyBoy

MonkeyBoy — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:51:00 +0000

A few years back I was experiencing USB port blockage problems and tried to find a few 6″ USB cables. No regular place seemed to sell them.

I wound up buying like 10 for $5 from Ebay. I store the extras plugged end-to-end but I’ve never tried using them as just 1 USB cable.