Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square419fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1326arrow-down1imageWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square419fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareboletus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhat makes them safer than the others?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agohttps://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI’d like to see a real world comparison between its safety and Type-F Both are extremely safe
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoEarth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoC/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too
minus-squareboletus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoDon’t a bunch of them, like I, have an earth pin?
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe video explains it better than I could. But there is a cover mechanism that only opens when the longer earth pin is inserted
minus-squareLazyGit@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAnd if you have a bic ball pen lid handy you can insert a type F with a little bit of determination as well. Do not try at home, obviously
minus-squareboletus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOh that’s pretty cool. Closest thing I’ve seen to that in AU is a socket you have to twist from the ground port to access but it’s definitely not standard.
What makes them safer than the others?
https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q
I’d like to see a real world comparison between its safety and Type-F
Both are extremely safe
Earth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
C/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too
Don’t a bunch of them, like I, have an earth pin?
The video explains it better than I could. But there is a cover mechanism that only opens when the longer earth pin is inserted
And if you have a bic ball pen lid handy you can insert a type F with a little bit of determination as well.
Do not try at home, obviously
Oh that’s pretty cool. Closest thing I’ve seen to that in AU is a socket you have to twist from the ground port to access but it’s definitely not standard.