You may not like it but this is what the perfect mains plug looks like /j
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Also, when they’re lying on the floor as shown, they make walking on Lego feel like a foot massage with a happy ending.
I bet they make great caltrops
The live and neutral ports commonly lack the shutter andthe fuse is not always present (edit: on low power devices). Some devices for whatever reason also feature a plastic earth prong which serves only to release the shutters to allow a connection.And if the earth is not present or is broken then the plug will sit loose in the socket.Another “feature” of these plugs is that they lay flat on a surface and hurt to step on.Otherwise they serve their purpose really well.
The plastic prong is on devices that don’t get their protection from having an earthed case but by having double insulation. They should have a square with a square inside symbol.
If an item has exposed metal that might become live then they connect it to earth to prevent this.
If an item has no exposed metal, what would you connect the earth to?
The live and neutral ports commonly lack the shutter
Do you have a source for this? Because I have never once seen such an abomination.
Turns out I was wrong on that one. My bad. Some of them don’t really look like they have shutters but apparently they all do and it’s enforced too. I guess that makes even more sense why there are those plastic earth connectors on some plugs then.
Well it turns out I don’t know what I’m talking about at all despite using these sockets every day. They’re a lot more technical than I realised. Shows what we take for granted I guess.
Also internally, there is extra slack on the lead connecting to the earth pin. So if you pull too hard on the cable, the live wire will break before the ground wire.
That is standard for all rewirable connectors though.
Yes, also its rewireable!
Step on one and you quickly change your mind.
Fun story.
I stepped two steps off a ladder whilst decorating right onto one of these tuckers.
That was the icing on the cake of an already shitty day (I don’t like decorating)
Please accept my upvote as a supportive act, and not in any way as laughing my tits off.
Bless you for the supporr
imagine not having the full metal exposed and worryingly close to your fingers
SchuKo!it’s way superior to the rainy place thing.
Also square pins make better contact than round ones
Uhh… is this drax propaganda? Seems like this “meme” was made by the UK’s single largest carbon emitter…
No, it’s a plug propaganda infographic that was made by the UK’s single largest source of deforestation
What an electrifying post!
I want to both upwote and downvote this at the same time
• Carry electrical current
They could have thought of a better sales point than that.
As a side thought, while ground shouldn’t normally carry current, it’s probably the most important prong when it actually needs to.
Na that shit is way too big and not dangerous enough I love the adrenaline rush of trying to pull out a cord that is stuck and having to get my fingers right next to the live without touching /s
I do stand by the too big tho them shits are massive
