Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square420fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1327arrow-down1imageWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square420fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoEarth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
minus-squareboletus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoDon’t a bunch of them, like I, have an earth pin?
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 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-up4·3 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-up2·3 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.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoC/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too
Earth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
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.
C/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too