# Does anyone know where I can get a MaleUSB to FemaleAC cord?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 28, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923 "2015-10-28T01:02:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/41 "2015-10-28T21:12:21Z")
The thing is, those wall USB ports don’t tend to output at the regular USB maximum. Just like the adapters, they tend to put out more juice (if the device indicates it can take it). So an adapter for those situations might be useful–in theory.
But for plugging into your PC? You’re not getting much juice out of that. Your best bet is to stick with a DC device, and not convert back to AC at all. Hence [this sort of cable](http://www.amazon.com/BiXPower-Power-Popular-Interchangeable-Connector/dp/B006MWXZM0/).
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### Author:  [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/42 "2015-10-29T01:25:09Z")
This thread reminds me of when I was thinking if I could get useful free electricity from the (land line) phone line.
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/43 "2015-10-29T02:29:01Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#):
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> To reiterate what \*\*jz78817 \*\*said, that cable pictured is a (badly) Photoshopped fake/joke. Even if such a (useless) cable were to exist there would have to be an inverter box in the middle of it to convert the voltage from 5VDC to 120VAC and, as has been said, it wouldn’t provide more than a few watts.
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> In fact, Google Image Search shows that the AC outlet & cable part of that picture is indeed cropped from a stock photo [like this one on Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Edison-Female-Adapter/dp/B0015V1GXS) (the reflections on the cable are identical)…
I know it was fake. If I’d have found a real one I’d have been able to post a pic of a real one but I couldn’t.
> [@kanicbird](#):
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> This thread reminds me of when I was thinking if I could get useful free electricity from the (land line) phone line.
Can you?
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### Author:  [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/44 "2015-10-29T02:35:55Z")
> [@Darth\_Ayebaw](#):
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> I know it was fake. If I’d have found a real one I’d have been able to post a pic of a real one but I couldn’t.
> Can you?
Are you in prison or being punished for something?
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/45 "2015-10-29T02:46:48Z")
> [@kanicbird](#):
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> This thread reminds me of when I was thinking if I could get useful free electricity from the (land line) phone line.
You can, for a while, until your local phone company notices and stops you.
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/46 "2015-10-29T02:47:58Z")
> [@kanicbird](#):
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> Are you in prison or being punished for something?
If not, do you want to be?
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/47 "2015-10-29T04:05:56Z")
> [@kanicbird](#):
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> Are you in prison or being punished for something?
No. Why?
> [@Derleth](#):
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> If not, do you want to be?
Hell no I’ll literally die before I let myself be locked up again. Lockup is worse than hell.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/48 "2015-10-29T13:52:02Z")
> [@Darth\_Ayebaw](#):
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> Can you?
Yes, but it’s dirty power (which can play havoc with anything electronic) And not actually free, as you’re paying for the service.
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### Author:  [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/49 "2015-10-29T14:00:32Z")
> [@BigT](#):
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> The thing is, those wall USB ports don’t tend to output at the regular USB maximum. Just like the adapters, they tend to put out more juice (if the device indicates it can take it). So an adapter for those situations might be useful–in theory.
>
> But for plugging into your PC? You’re not getting much juice out of that. Your best bet is to stick with a DC device, and not convert back to AC at all. Hence [this sort of cable](http://www.amazon.com/BiXPower-Power-Popular-Interchangeable-Connector/dp/B006MWXZM0/).
Those wall sockets provide a maximum of 2.1amp at 5 Volt, most only supply up to 1amp.
Let’s plug in a freezer, heater, washing machine and TV into that.
I wonder, why they ever bothered with 110/120V or 220V/230V, when 5 Volt is all you need? :smack:
I’m sure MacGyver can power a car via a mobile phone doing 90mph and have a missile guiding system up and running in no time, while making phone calls and playing Candy Crush Saga on Facebook - all running from the same phone.
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### Author:  [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/50 "2015-10-29T14:01:20Z")
From my twice reading of the Original Post, **Darth** wants a cord that plugs into an 110 VAC outlet and will power a USB device. Within my arm’s reach, I’ve got two transformers with a 110VAC plug on one side and a USP jack on the other plugged into a power strip. I use them to charge my Nook HD+ and my iPhone.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/51 "2015-10-29T14:10:46Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#):
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> From my twice reading of the Original Post, **Darth** wants a cord that plugs into an 110 VAC outlet and will power a USB device. Within my arm’s reach, I’ve got two transformers with a 110VAC plug on one side and a USP jack on the other plugged into a power strip. I use them to charge my Nook HD+ and my iPhone.
How does a female AC cord plug into a 110VAC outlet? His responses don’t sound like that’s what he wants, and what you describe are as common as breath mints these days.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/52 "2015-10-29T14:46:45Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#):
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> From my twice reading of the Original Post, **Darth** wants a cord that plugs into an 110 VAC outlet and will power a USB device.
No, I think he wants the opposite. He wants to power his coffee pot by plugging it into an adapter that then plugs into the USB port on his computer.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/53 "2015-10-29T14:51:52Z")
That’s exactly what he wants. And while I don’t think there is such a thing as a USB powered coffee pot, they do have coffee mug warmers that are powered by the USB port. (Obviously the power requirements are much lower.)
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/54 "2015-10-29T14:56:44Z")
Yeah, that self-charger cable is obviously a fraud. I mean, the cord isn’t long enough to reach.
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### Author:  [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/55 "2015-10-29T16:41:39Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#):
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> From my twice reading of the Original Post, **Darth** wants a cord that plugs into an 110 VAC outlet and will power a USB device. Within my arm’s reach, I’ve got two transformers with a 110VAC plug on one side and a USP jack on the other plugged into a power strip. I use them to charge my Nook HD+ and my iPhone.
Oh, NO! That’s not what s/he wants. That would make sense, and there are plenty adapters for that, like [this](http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/617736332/Free-shipping-4-Ports-USB-Charger-2100mA-four-ports-USB-Adapter-plug-for-EU-UK-US.jpg)one.
But that’s not what the OP wants.
Just read it a third time, then read the quote from the OP below, where our Sith Lord explained what s/he wants with link to an image.
Here’s the quote with an image of what **Darth Ayebaw** wants:
> [@Darth\_Ayebaw](#):
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> It’s definitely doable to transform 5VDC to 120VAC that’s what inverters are for.
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> [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/wDjBS66.jpg) is basically what I’m looking for.
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/56 "2015-11-04T14:17:21Z")
The OP knows perfectly well his request is nonsensical. He’s just entertaining himself at this point.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-maleusb-to-femaleac-cord/735923/57 "2015-11-04T15:13:00Z")
> [@astro](#):
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> The OP knows perfectly well his request is nonsensical. He’s just entertaining himself at this point.
I can’t place it, but isn’t there a name for that?
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