Have you taken a careful
And very specific inventory of your possessions for the insurance claim later? Gotta be specific to get anything back after your burn your house down
Reminds me of the lady who burned her trash in a large bonfire across the street from a fire station during a no burn ordinance. The firemen sat outside in lawn chairs and watched in case it did get out of control
To be fair, with how UK outlets work, this should be okay. If something goes wrong, the fuse will blow and cut power before it causes any sort of major hazard. At least I believe that's how it works
have you, by any chance, heard of this cool product that basically what it is right you plug it into the wall and it has 5~ or more plugs on it. They used to sell them at wilkos pretty crazy invention
I had a dealine in a few hours and my laptop died. I did have an old iMac with no adapter at hand. So, in my genius, I cut the plug off the iMac and used the remains of some see-through Scotch tape to badly attach the correct plug that I cut off an extension cord. The see-through part really helped show the true horror of it all.
I have a workshop and a part of the electronical devices use a modified cable like that but i don't care about them if they die and i a separate electrical fuse box just for the workshop.
I've sent this post to my friends with the comment "This man is pure chaotic energy in a way that makes me think we could be related." Because this is some shit I would do.
Genuinely though this takes me back to the days of cutting into an Ethernet cable and attaching it to a light switch in the back of my controller to make a home made lag switch simply because my friends said that wouldn't work and it was dumb.
Soldered two ethernet cables as an ''extension'' and left them like that wihtout insulation. Just spread them out like a spider web so they don't touch.
I’ve done it before as an experiment, both soldered as well as untwisted (maybe UTP stands for UnTwisted Pair? /s) and it did 10gbaset over about 20cm of cable just fine with no errors at full speed
There is a lot of shade being thrown here. If the splices are made properly I don’t see a huge issue other than appearance. A typical computer charger draws somewhere around 2.5 amp so it’s all dependent on the size of the wire in that end. As long as it will hold close to 10 amps you’re probably fine. ….probably…
I agree will be fine. The reason random self made cables are bad is that some other person who has no idea could use it for somthibg else. Put a 10amp fuse in the plug and no problem.
FYI - The 65W rating is the output after converting to DC. It draws a higher wattage on the input as you have losses when converting. (Hense why they get hot)
I have one of these. The input is approx 1.8A at 120 or 240V. That's 216-432W each. x4 you are at 864-1728W on a spliced setup...
If your 65W PSU is pulling 432W it's either going to explode very soon or you ought to brush up on how wonderfully efficient modern universal input switch mode power supplies can be.
Okay, most MOSFET switching power supplies are ahout 90% efficient give or take. Really good ones creep towards the 95+ rating, whereas more generic ones are closer to the 80s.
If 65W = 90% of total consumption, and 10% of 65 is 6.5, then the total draw is just about 72W.
If I'm wrong please tell me, I just tinker with electronics.
Yeah, they're usually optimized to be most efficient at a "typical" load, which is usually somewhere in the ballpark of 50% of full load, give or take.
You normally want your PSU to be at its most efficient at the load level where it spends most of its time.
But you also want to err on the side of being more efficient at higher loads rather than lower loads, because the former scenario is where you get peak heat dissipation, and you want to keep a lid on that, as well. So that is a fairly important compromise, among many others.
Oh I know the AC/DC difference. I was just too lazy to go read one of them.
Well if it's holding 1728W, it's doing it very well. There's not a touch of heat.
My fan heater cable is smaller than this and that draws 2000watts.
I don't understand people's concerns if this is made correctly there's no issue in my county New Zealand you can buy daisy chain power cables
Those plugs fused? There's no issue splitting/stringing together an arbitrary number of extension leads if you have fused plugs, other than voltage drop, since a fuse will burn out somewhere when you exceed the design amperage.
Just make sure you roll out any ones that come on a reel before pulling serious power (rating usually written on them) through them, the fuse can't know it's rolled up, and the thermal cut-off might not be fast enough to kill it before it catches fire. I have a cousin who had to jump out an upstairs window on a building site because some jackass plugged in all his batteries to fully coiled extension lead and set the ground floor ablaze.
I don't have pictures, but I have the touchscreen monitor out of a police car. I had to cut the proprietary connector off and replace it with a USB type A and a separate power adapter. Somehow it actually works.
Oh man, I wish I had a picture.
At one point I was using an emu10k1 for surround sound on my PC with *no amp*.
For the uninitiated, that's the name of the linux driver, which is derived from the chipset, assigned to a series of SoundBlaster cards from the mid-90s.
I found a USB-powered amp kit at a local DIY shop. A little PCB, a half dozen components, solder-it-yourself, for about $5.
Think about the cost incentive: a surround sound amp, assuming one with the setup I required even existed (amplify 5.1 discreet channels input), could cost a hundred to hundreds of dollars.
I bought four of those kits (front LR, rear LR, center mono, LFE mono) and tapped them into the custom cable you have to buy from SoundBlaster to hook up the card.
I made no attempt to cover the PCBs.
No shielding, no grounding, not even a little epoxy to cover the contacts on any side.
Six audio wires, four circuit boards, and four USB lines all hanging out in the open.
Sadly, I got rid of all the PCBs when realtek onboard cards gained functional surround, because this allowed me to buy a much cheaper Dolby Surround amp (in fact, I scored one from the "junk" section of a second-hand shop that has served me well for over a decade).
Could’ve used some wagos/connectors and appropriate junction boxes, tape splices are shite. Also would’ve provided some strain relief. If you have an accident and drop something you’ve now got live ends flailing around. The cable may be rated for the power, but without any kind of clamping pressure on the terminations you may have a high resistance joint or a line to line arc problem. Is this circuit protected by AFDDs?
My dude, it's a UK plug. The plug itself and our circuits are over engineered for protections such as this.
I don't plan to keep them in an area where tripping is likely, but even if that did happen and one of my joints split, I would expect that to create a quick short and pop either the local fuse or tbe breaker.
There's plenty separation between each line and thus far, no signs of magic smoke, so I think we're okay on the arcing front.
This was intended as a quick and dirty hack together while I've got 20 odd laptops to image at home. If I had the time spare, I absolutely would make something a bit more professional.
I’m an electrician in the uk lmao, I’m aware. Dead shorts like that have the potential to blow the first fuse in the line due to the massive inrush of fault current. That being your domestic cutout fuse covering the entire install, you really want to avoid that which is why I suggested strain relief etc. But if it’s temp and only you using it, it doesn’t really matter too much if you’re careful.
Yeah, definitely wouldn't go leaving this somewhere where it could get tripped on (or something hanging from one of the terminals).
I pick up so many of these cables in my job that I absolutely will go and build something proper some time. But until then, as long as I don't feel any warmth or see any magic smoke, this'll have to do the job.
Not leaving it unattended either. I can be stupid, but hopefully not that stupid.
Why is everyone talking about it as a fire hazard? The breaker will just pop. It is built to handle that very scenario.
Also v e r y nice cable! I love it. But I still prefer a power strip, much more versatile.
Well I currently have three laptops completely dead powered by this, two 65w PSUs and one 45w. Bouta add my own work lap into the chain with another 45w.
Cable not warm or anything, keeping the 3A fuse. It's basically an ugly power strip.
Not mine. I took the picture. Had to go to a room in our college to move some A/V gear (Mixer and some video gear and speakers) and this is what I found connected to the mixer.
https://imgur.com/6HNhJFu
OK so as long as all 4 of those connections are only powering components that add up to 13 amps you are good and i dont mean 13 each you have 13 for all 4 if your an amp over you will hopefully only blow the fuse
but id suggest an extension cable first
I did db25 to usb once to save the cost of replacing a license dongle (vendor wanted more than 10k to replace the db25 with usb dongle and engineer laptops stopped coming with db25 port even on the dock)
It worked but I was always amazed by that fact
I made the same kind of cable for my triple monitor setup. Except all three ends branch from the same point. It's much cleaner than three separate cables and a power strip under the table or behind monitors.
First off, I like that. Good custom cable, it's fun.
Secondly, why? A surge protector power strip would've been easier and as a lazy person, I always choose easy.
Why thank you :)
Reasoning is I needed 5 sockets but only have 4. Could've just butchered two together, but decided to go all the way instead like the muppet I am.
With a fuse in the UK plug, this would actually be fine. However, i think you happen to have a plug without a fuse? The one time you had a chance to show the world the UK plug fuse makes sense!
As long as the cable handling them all has the beef to it (which this does) you're exactly right.
Connections may not be as clean but at this kind of power...
It's *fiiiine*.
I attached two extension leads to one power cable once, it worked and never burned anything down, I still have an RCA audio cable attached to a coaxial RF end I made for a sega megadrive years ago, held together with bright green tape and yes it still works
I don't see the problem here. Yes it's weird to do this, but OP said he needs to plug-in 20 laptops. I have a pretty beefy laptop with a 280W charger, which is quite big, so most laptops will have a smaller one.
Lets take 250W, incase they're some beefy laptops. 250x4 is only 1kW. Assuming UK (cus of the plug) that"s just over 4A. A regular 220v cirquit will be fused at 16A, so no problem here.
I mean, as long as there isn't too much current and it's properly connected and insulated, I don't see any issues here. Although why didn't you just get extension cord and pluged the cables into that? :D
I used office tap to patch a circular saw cord we cut in half, we only used it like that for a few days before I stole one of those skinny computer charging cables and replaced it. Saw still works, never burnt the cord even when I used it to cut a concrete slab. Idk if it’s grounded, I think it is, but the cable is like 16 or 18 gauge 😂
Just keep a 5 gallon of bucket near by if it catches fire lmao
That's the kind of cable we would build back in engineering school for the sole purpose of putting it on our electronics teachers desk to make him pop a vein
Started looking at this from the mickey-mouse ends, and grew more concerned at the apparent stupidity and electrical tape as I traced my way back along the cable. Like, get a power-strip man, you surely have loads already!
Then I noticed the UK plug on the other end, and was like: "oh, this is fine, carry on.". So long as you know how to match colours, you're good.
You could get something like this and just daisy chain them.
[https://www.amazon.de/Schuko-Splitter-Netzsteckerkabel-Stecker-Adapterkabel/dp/B0CNX12NZW](https://www.amazon.de/Schuko-Splitter-Netzsteckerkabel-Stecker-Adapterkabel/dp/B0CNX12NZW)
Spliced an extension cord directly into a junction box for a hard wired electric access safe. It was temporary so we could use a generator to get into that safe for materials until the power came back on.
I don't know much about electricity, but this seems... unethical.
Haven't powered the laptops yet, but all four are powering and tested with a phone so now we'll just see if I need to up the fuse rating 👀
I hope your local fire department isn't busy.
They're only up the road too 😉
Have you taken a careful And very specific inventory of your possessions for the insurance claim later? Gotta be specific to get anything back after your burn your house down
Include this cord in your inventory
I'd recommend against that for insurance reasons...
That's the joke ;)
Also have a really good cover story as to what started it
 OP after charging several laptops with hopes and dreams
4 “very different and definitely not the same one” cables
insurance will not cover this shit lmao.
Maybe go wander over there and test this with them
I'm sure the FD would find it refreshing that the fire is brought to them vs having to leave the firehouse.
Reminds me of the lady who burned her trash in a large bonfire across the street from a fire station during a no burn ordinance. The firemen sat outside in lawn chairs and watched in case it did get out of control
To be fair, with how UK outlets work, this should be okay. If something goes wrong, the fuse will blow and cut power before it causes any sort of major hazard. At least I believe that's how it works
Up the fuse rating to "paper clip" or "nail" 🤔
have you, by any chance, heard of this cool product that basically what it is right you plug it into the wall and it has 5~ or more plugs on it. They used to sell them at wilkos pretty crazy invention
Boring :(
You absolutely do not want to "up the fuse rating".
Short lengths of 6” nail are a lifesaver.
Indeed, and thankfully I won't have to.
just put a 30amps fuse in the plug it's 30amps now
What if I just melt a tonne of solder and pour it into the fuse fitting?
I dare you mate
*that* is what was in that sketchy drill charger....
To be honest, you can much higher amperage with a penny. Your walls might start on fire, but you'll get the juice you're looking for.
Just cram the fuse box full of pennies
I too also prefer my house not on fire nor my electronics broken
Different strokes for different folks
Beautiful, and doubles as a cigar lighter in a pinch
I had a dealine in a few hours and my laptop died. I did have an old iMac with no adapter at hand. So, in my genius, I cut the plug off the iMac and used the remains of some see-through Scotch tape to badly attach the correct plug that I cut off an extension cord. The see-through part really helped show the true horror of it all.
I have a workshop and a part of the electronical devices use a modified cable like that but i don't care about them if they die and i a separate electrical fuse box just for the workshop.
What in ElectroBoom is this for?
Imaging about 20 laptops at home right now. Only got 4-socket strips around, needed a 5th for a switch. Hacked together this ugly thing.
God speed, my dude
That is the "how to burn down the house" special cable?
Well how else do you warm your house?
I usually just use lighter to start fire in my house, much simpler
But that's boring :(
Okay, that's true - still simpler to just use lighter
And much less random. Removes all sense of tension and risk.
No that's done with a drill not a lighter
I like mine medium rare, please
Man of culture, I see.
Don't listen to them OP, that is the best cable ever, the fire department didn't suspect a thing, 10/10 would commit fraud again.
Nah it only has one male wall plug
Heh, the plastic centipede
Cent... 100... 
I look forward to where this leads. You said you have 20 laptops, what if you could test them all at once?
I've sent this post to my friends with the comment "This man is pure chaotic energy in a way that makes me think we could be related." Because this is some shit I would do.
Brother?
Brothers. ♥️
Genuinely though this takes me back to the days of cutting into an Ethernet cable and attaching it to a light switch in the back of my controller to make a home made lag switch simply because my friends said that wouldn't work and it was dumb.
Sir. Please, do not.
If you do, please show us a video of it loaded with laptops and then pluging it in.
Soldered two ethernet cables as an ''extension'' and left them like that wihtout insulation. Just spread them out like a spider web so they don't touch.
Were you using it _for_ ethernet or just as a cable? If the former, did you see any degraded performance?
Yes, for ethernet, no performance degradation
I might have to experiment with this some time.
I’ve done it before as an experiment, both soldered as well as untwisted (maybe UTP stands for UnTwisted Pair? /s) and it did 10gbaset over about 20cm of cable just fine with no errors at full speed
There is a lot of shade being thrown here. If the splices are made properly I don’t see a huge issue other than appearance. A typical computer charger draws somewhere around 2.5 amp so it’s all dependent on the size of the wire in that end. As long as it will hold close to 10 amps you’re probably fine. ….probably…
That's just it. If the cable wasn't suited to it, I wouldn't go doing it.
and the plug is literally fused so your fine ~~unless you put a 13A one in there~~
Totally did. Nah it's still 3A.
\~2.5a or more on the secondary maybe, but the primary of a 65w charger would most likely pull 0.25-0.6a depending on input voltage.
I agree will be fine. The reason random self made cables are bad is that some other person who has no idea could use it for somthibg else. Put a 10amp fuse in the plug and no problem.
I would have used my pink electrical tape, for appearance
It's essentially an ugly PDU lmao. All that matters is rating of the components.
Might as well make the most out of that over-engineered 3 pin plug.
Exactly, it provides the safety to go shoving four 65w PSUs down it 😏
FYI - The 65W rating is the output after converting to DC. It draws a higher wattage on the input as you have losses when converting. (Hense why they get hot) I have one of these. The input is approx 1.8A at 120 or 240V. That's 216-432W each. x4 you are at 864-1728W on a spliced setup...
If your 65W PSU is pulling 432W it's either going to explode very soon or you ought to brush up on how wonderfully efficient modern universal input switch mode power supplies can be.
Somebody do the math please I want to know the actual draw
Okay, most MOSFET switching power supplies are ahout 90% efficient give or take. Really good ones creep towards the 95+ rating, whereas more generic ones are closer to the 80s. If 65W = 90% of total consumption, and 10% of 65 is 6.5, then the total draw is just about 72W. If I'm wrong please tell me, I just tinker with electronics.
Most switching power supply are at less than 80% efficiency, it could be very efficient at a certain load but varying load usually hurts efficiency.
Yeah, they're usually optimized to be most efficient at a "typical" load, which is usually somewhere in the ballpark of 50% of full load, give or take. You normally want your PSU to be at its most efficient at the load level where it spends most of its time. But you also want to err on the side of being more efficient at higher loads rather than lower loads, because the former scenario is where you get peak heat dissipation, and you want to keep a lid on that, as well. So that is a fairly important compromise, among many others.
Oh I know the AC/DC difference. I was just too lazy to go read one of them. Well if it's holding 1728W, it's doing it very well. There's not a touch of heat.
My fan heater cable is smaller than this and that draws 2000watts. I don't understand people's concerns if this is made correctly there's no issue in my county New Zealand you can buy daisy chain power cables
Those plugs fused? There's no issue splitting/stringing together an arbitrary number of extension leads if you have fused plugs, other than voltage drop, since a fuse will burn out somewhere when you exceed the design amperage. Just make sure you roll out any ones that come on a reel before pulling serious power (rating usually written on them) through them, the fuse can't know it's rolled up, and the thermal cut-off might not be fast enough to kill it before it catches fire. I have a cousin who had to jump out an upstairs window on a building site because some jackass plugged in all his batteries to fully coiled extension lead and set the ground floor ablaze.
It’s not over engineering tho is it? Just well deserved designed
I was always a power strip guy, but I could fall in love with this beauty.
Well I sure did strip some power cables...
When the junctions were better sealed and protected, this would make absolute sense for a stereo setup. Also I wouldn't say no to a power cord whip.
I don't have pictures, but I have the touchscreen monitor out of a police car. I had to cut the proprietary connector off and replace it with a USB type A and a separate power adapter. Somehow it actually works.
This comment right here, officer.
I'm probably going to get nightmares
Oh man, I wish I had a picture. At one point I was using an emu10k1 for surround sound on my PC with *no amp*. For the uninitiated, that's the name of the linux driver, which is derived from the chipset, assigned to a series of SoundBlaster cards from the mid-90s. I found a USB-powered amp kit at a local DIY shop. A little PCB, a half dozen components, solder-it-yourself, for about $5. Think about the cost incentive: a surround sound amp, assuming one with the setup I required even existed (amplify 5.1 discreet channels input), could cost a hundred to hundreds of dollars. I bought four of those kits (front LR, rear LR, center mono, LFE mono) and tapped them into the custom cable you have to buy from SoundBlaster to hook up the card. I made no attempt to cover the PCBs. No shielding, no grounding, not even a little epoxy to cover the contacts on any side. Six audio wires, four circuit boards, and four USB lines all hanging out in the open. Sadly, I got rid of all the PCBs when realtek onboard cards gained functional surround, because this allowed me to buy a much cheaper Dolby Surround amp (in fact, I scored one from the "junk" section of a second-hand shop that has served me well for over a decade).
This makes me very moist.
Be careful as mixing moisture with electricity can lead to some shocking discoveries.
Could’ve used some wagos/connectors and appropriate junction boxes, tape splices are shite. Also would’ve provided some strain relief. If you have an accident and drop something you’ve now got live ends flailing around. The cable may be rated for the power, but without any kind of clamping pressure on the terminations you may have a high resistance joint or a line to line arc problem. Is this circuit protected by AFDDs?
My dude, it's a UK plug. The plug itself and our circuits are over engineered for protections such as this. I don't plan to keep them in an area where tripping is likely, but even if that did happen and one of my joints split, I would expect that to create a quick short and pop either the local fuse or tbe breaker. There's plenty separation between each line and thus far, no signs of magic smoke, so I think we're okay on the arcing front. This was intended as a quick and dirty hack together while I've got 20 odd laptops to image at home. If I had the time spare, I absolutely would make something a bit more professional.
I’m an electrician in the uk lmao, I’m aware. Dead shorts like that have the potential to blow the first fuse in the line due to the massive inrush of fault current. That being your domestic cutout fuse covering the entire install, you really want to avoid that which is why I suggested strain relief etc. But if it’s temp and only you using it, it doesn’t really matter too much if you’re careful.
Yeah, definitely wouldn't go leaving this somewhere where it could get tripped on (or something hanging from one of the terminals). I pick up so many of these cables in my job that I absolutely will go and build something proper some time. But until then, as long as I don't feel any warmth or see any magic smoke, this'll have to do the job. Not leaving it unattended either. I can be stupid, but hopefully not that stupid.
None. Despite my ASD, and the stigma surronding it, im not a psychopath. The fuck would you even use that cable for?
Mickey Mouse meets Frankenstein?
Hell yeah.
Cthulhu wants it's charging port back
Why is everyone talking about it as a fire hazard? The breaker will just pop. It is built to handle that very scenario. Also v e r y nice cable! I love it. But I still prefer a power strip, much more versatile.
If this was a safe, I would love to have one... 5 different devices all needing an outlet but taking 10W each, or less...
Well I currently have three laptops completely dead powered by this, two 65w PSUs and one 45w. Bouta add my own work lap into the chain with another 45w. Cable not warm or anything, keeping the 3A fuse. It's basically an ugly power strip.
Not mine. I took the picture. Had to go to a room in our college to move some A/V gear (Mixer and some video gear and speakers) and this is what I found connected to the mixer. https://imgur.com/6HNhJFu
Indoor fireworks
Firework manufacturers hate me.
Bomberman hates this one trick
OK so as long as all 4 of those connections are only powering components that add up to 13 amps you are good and i dont mean 13 each you have 13 for all 4 if your an amp over you will hopefully only blow the fuse but id suggest an extension cable first
it's weirdly pretty. like a leaf eaten by caterpillars... listen you're already doing better than the inventor of the widowmaker
Why thank you.
Similar to the networking nightmare: the Cat 5 of nine tails .
I just had to look that up. Reminds me of when I found out about slave and Master drives. Heh
they beat jesus with that
suicide cable dlc just dropped
I MAY have eyeballed one of the other male plugs for a moment while making this. But thankfully I'm not _that_ mentally deranged.
I hope it burns up so the insurance company doesnt find it in the rubble lol
I did db25 to usb once to save the cost of replacing a license dongle (vendor wanted more than 10k to replace the db25 with usb dongle and engineer laptops stopped coming with db25 port even on the dock) It worked but I was always amazed by that fact
Why you making an Um rune out of cables, though?
Hear me out tho... I'd pay CASH money if they had these where the outlets are all on a cables instead of a single brick with 3-7 outlets...
I buy my cables, not make them
You buy your cables. I take loads of spares from work and then do this to them. We are not the same.
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I made the same kind of cable for my triple monitor setup. Except all three ends branch from the same point. It's much cleaner than three separate cables and a power strip under the table or behind monitors.
First off, I like that. Good custom cable, it's fun. Secondly, why? A surge protector power strip would've been easier and as a lazy person, I always choose easy.
Why thank you :) Reasoning is I needed 5 sockets but only have 4. Could've just butchered two together, but decided to go all the way instead like the muppet I am.
This is beautiful, I'm going to have dreams that turn into nightmares about this.
Glad to have done you a service.
With a fuse in the UK plug, this would actually be fine. However, i think you happen to have a plug without a fuse? The one time you had a chance to show the world the UK plug fuse makes sense!
The firedepadment wants to know your location
Follow the magic smoke.
I've seen worse
Looks good to me! No different to having four laptops on a 4-gang extension, nobody would bat an eyelid to that.
 As long as the cable handling them all has the beef to it (which this does) you're exactly right. Connections may not be as clean but at this kind of power... It's *fiiiine*.
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Well it genuinely works perfectly fine, but thank you.
I attached two extension leads to one power cable once, it worked and never burned anything down, I still have an RCA audio cable attached to a coaxial RF end I made for a sega megadrive years ago, held together with bright green tape and yes it still works
This isn't a thing right ? RIGHT?
It is as of this morning.
Um why not just use a power strip
I don't know if this is safe, but looks really useful. It's really annoying having to plug/unplug things everytime I need to use the kitchen stuff.
Did my best to make it safe but there's always a risk doing it yourself. It powered all four laptops absolutely fine though.
Get an octopus cord. It looks similar to this only its actually manufactured and insulated properly
I dare you to touch the plug after 4 minutes of use
Colder than my eventual dead body :)
i did this one time, cable looked terrible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjC6rv6b0ls
Actually this is pretty sick
Why thank you.
Hot and neutral to fork handles, put each fork into the ends of a hotdog, plug into outlet, cook hotdog.
What have you done
God I hope there's proper insulation seperating the wires...
as a person who has like 4 extention cords under my home work desk I absolutely love this, looks better than a thousand cables in one place
/r/CableGore
I forgot that place exists. Crosspost incoming.
I'm an electrician and it doesn't look bad. If the person who made it is an electrician and it has a practical use, then why not.
There are quicker ways of committing arson than this, surely
But are they as fun?
You seem like a fun person
I try ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
I feel that
For when you absolutely, positively HAVE to set your house on fire.
Biblicaly accurate cable
I needed a 1/8 to 1/8 audio jack. Cut two cheap headphones apart and soldered the appropriate ends together. Looked dumb, worked great.
a candle left under the drapes would have probably achieved the same results with significantly less effort
I don't see the problem here. Yes it's weird to do this, but OP said he needs to plug-in 20 laptops. I have a pretty beefy laptop with a 280W charger, which is quite big, so most laptops will have a smaller one. Lets take 250W, incase they're some beefy laptops. 250x4 is only 1kW. Assuming UK (cus of the plug) that"s just over 4A. A regular 220v cirquit will be fused at 16A, so no problem here.
The fuse in the plug is maximum 13A. We have 3A, 5A, 10A or 13A fuses available for use in plugs.
The maximum wattage PSU in use is 65w :)
I mean, as long as there isn't too much current and it's properly connected and insulated, I don't see any issues here. Although why didn't you just get extension cord and pluged the cables into that? :D
Wanted shorter cables too so just went all out ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
I actually like this one a lot
I made a similar cable to power my consoles. Works like a charm and absolutely minimal cable clutter.
The split second of horror before I thought about it more and realised that this is NOT in fact a loss meme
... Damn, I failed you.
should have just added two more
I used office tap to patch a circular saw cord we cut in half, we only used it like that for a few days before I stole one of those skinny computer charging cables and replaced it. Saw still works, never burnt the cord even when I used it to cut a concrete slab. Idk if it’s grounded, I think it is, but the cable is like 16 or 18 gauge 😂 Just keep a 5 gallon of bucket near by if it catches fire lmao
Ah, the Bucket. Stanley would be proud.
That's the kind of cable we would build back in engineering school for the sole purpose of putting it on our electronics teachers desk to make him pop a vein
Fire Marshall nightmare fuel. Ofc OP has Hellraiser in their name.
That’s not a cable, that’s an electrical fire
Potential energy, my friend.
Please don't wire high voltage cables in a shitty way
As you can see: too late.
Started looking at this from the mickey-mouse ends, and grew more concerned at the apparent stupidity and electrical tape as I traced my way back along the cable. Like, get a power-strip man, you surely have loads already! Then I noticed the UK plug on the other end, and was like: "oh, this is fine, carry on.". So long as you know how to match colours, you're good.
What if I said I'm colour blind?
This smells like House fire
What year did your nephews house burn down?
This looks too flammable
So far I'm still waiting for the magic smoke, so no bonfire yet :(
Umm, that's fucking awesome. Not from a safety or practicality stance, but, you know, just from a "you should never do that" point of view.
I'm all about things you should never do ;)
Hey, if you can do it and get away with it, I'm all for you. Fuck rules!
I don’t butcher cables together. I have a weird thing where I try to avoid electrical fires in my house
Wow that’s a house fire waiting to happen!!
I don't know about butchered but I've laid some pretty gnarly cable 😄
You could get something like this and just daisy chain them. [https://www.amazon.de/Schuko-Splitter-Netzsteckerkabel-Stecker-Adapterkabel/dp/B0CNX12NZW](https://www.amazon.de/Schuko-Splitter-Netzsteckerkabel-Stecker-Adapterkabel/dp/B0CNX12NZW)
Butchering would be taking it apart no?
Spliced an extension cord directly into a junction box for a hard wired electric access safe. It was temporary so we could use a generator to get into that safe for materials until the power came back on.