Heavy duty extension cord

[Hal]

House up the road got sold. New owners are cleaning out all the contents so they will have room for their own ****. Everything FREE. So I got ther a little late, and a lot of it had been picked over, but I found this. I never knew such a thing existed.

 

[PCustoms]

House up the road got sold. New owners are cleaning out all the contents so they will have room for their own ****. Everything FREE. So I got ther a little late, and a lot of it had been picked over, but I found this. I never knew such a thing existed.

WTF

So all the talk lately about why to use 20A outlets and here you go....

Confused what they're going for picking up both halves. Maybe it's assuming industrial duplex outlets wired to separate circuits?

 

[mm08822]

WTF

So all the talk lately about why to use 20A outlets and here you go....

Confused what they're going for picking up both halves. Maybe it's assuming industrial duplex outlets wired to separate circuits?

They have to assume seperate circuits in their design, otherwise they would inevitably find the location of the needle in the haystack.

I wonder how few of these were sold.

 

[PCustoms]

They have to assume seperate circuits in their design, otherwise they would inevitably find the location of the needle in the haystack.

I wonder how few of these were sold.

I can vaguely make out the label, 20A per circuit circuit 1 is the 2 solid black wires and circuit 2 has the white stripes.

Perhaps for a catering service?

 

[Old tool guy]

So you couldn’t plug something else into the other outlet? For more pullout resistance so the plug didn’t fall out of the receptacle due to the weight of the cord? So you could advertise it on QVC and look! Gets power from both sides of the outlet!

 

[Chuckster in NJ]

I saw these at my local 'WTF STORE" next to 'hair in a can' and the 'motorized grill cleaning brush'.

BTW! I am waiting for the post of the day: "Can I use this cord on my Harbor Freight generator"

 

[OldDoItAll]

One like that came with my generator.

 

[mm08822]

One like that came with my generator.

Was it from HF?

 

[OldDoItAll]

No

 

[Stuart in MN]

That's a new one on me.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

odd adapter cable... must be for temp use to need 40a split 4 ways (assuming coasted receptacle)...

 

[gtae07]

One like that came with my generator.

I've seen that before too.

 

[dave*99]

The cord label says circuit 1 and circuit 2. I suspect this extends a MWBC fed receptacle on a generator.

 

[u2slow]

The cord label says circuit 1 and circuit 2. I suspect this extends a MWBC fed receptacle on a generator.

Should work similar for kitchen split-receptacles too.

 

[dave*99]

Should work similar for kitchen split-receptacles too.

I agree. I wonder how many folks would know they have such a kitchen receptacle. My old house had a kitchen MWBC but every other duplex was on the same leg. No split duplexes.

 

[u2slow]

I agree. I wonder how many folks would know they have such a kitchen receptacle.

It's basic/standard around here on houses built from the 60's thru to about 2005.

 

[nadogail]

IMHO, that is one weird *** extension cord.

 

[mm08822]

IMHO, that is one weird *** extension cord.

Really two simpler cords molded into one.

I still cant see the demand for it to have been a marketed item.

 

[Hal]

I finally took some time to examine the labels. It’s definitely a generator cord, Briggs & Stratton label.

 

[CJ7VFR]

I finally took some time to examine the labels. It’s definitely a generator cord, Briggs & Stratton label.

Yes, this cord came with a lot of the Briggs and Stratton Storm Responder portable generators that were sold years ago.

I have one of the Storm Responder portable generators that I purchased in 2011 after Hurricane Irene came thru NJ. It can output 5500 running watts and 8250 starting watts and it came with the exact extension cord that Hal has shown. Briggs and Stratton still make the Storm Responder portable generators but I don't know if they still come with this cord.

I never used the cord that came with mine as I also bought an L14-30 twistlock cord at the same time I bought the generator to connect the generator to the power inlet box on the house.

I couldn't use the cord inside anyway because I don't have any dual 20 amp receptacles anywhere in my house.

Jim

 

[dscheidt]

It's basic/standard around here on houses built from the 60's thru to about 2005.

didn't the Canadian code require it for a long time? I remember a canadian house guest being surprised he'd tripped a breaker when he plugged the toaster into the other outlet from the microwave, because he expected it to be a different circuit. I explained the NEC code, and wished they'd wired that apartment that way. (It had 2 20A circuits. One receptacle on one, rest on the other. All of the units w/ my floor plan were that way. Presumably, this saved the builder a couple dollars in wire.)

 

[sparky 1971]

The same cord came with the B&S generator I bought in 2007. I not only haven't used it, I haven't taken it out of the bag.

 

[u2slow]

didn't the Canadian code require it for a long time?

Yes. It was the only way to do kitchen circuits. 20A non-splits finally became allowed around 2002-2005 as a reaction to increasing gfci requirements.

 

[The Cobbler]

Yes. It was the only way to do kitchen circuits. 20A non-splits finally became allowed around 2002-2005 as a reaction to increasing gfci requirements.

and the 20 amp GFI's are a pain as you usually still cannot plug 2 appliances in without blowing a breaker . at least with the 15 amp split you could do that

 

[gtae07]

I'd never heard of the split kitchen receptacles before. Now I'll know to look for that if we buy an older house.