Pauluk wrote:

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Don't laugh -- I've seen extension cords twisted and spliced together with regular Scotch tape.

I've seen extension cords - 18-AWG zip cord home made ones held together with MASKING tape (the paper stuff).

The one I saw was used in a small iron-works shop (place that makes windows, doors and window-grates) as a general purpose thing to run the grinder machine and sometimes the spray-paint compressor. [Linked Image]

The male and female add-on rubber cord-caps were also quite worn out and crumbly.