There is a reason male-to-male extension cords have been nicknamed “widowmakers” and “suicide cords.”
“If you put a male into a female socket, the other end of that male is going to be live,” Paul Martinez, owner of Electrified NYC in Brooklyn told CNET. “So when you touch it, you’re going to get the shock of your life.”
A male-to-male extension cord is a power cord that has prongs, also known as the “male” end, on each side of the cord while normal extension cords have both a male end and a female…
