Nicholas
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Who approved this new standard?there is a reason the new plug standard did not see a large adoption
Who approved this new standard?there is a reason the new plug standard did not see a large adoption
want to take a wild guess?Who approved this new standard?
No idea. We are on Zoom fibre (just waiting for them to fix an issue).Have they rolled out Trusc/Herotel fibre over there?
OMG this stuff is delicious.
Went to do grocery shopping in Vredenburg. Mall and Woolworths was empty at 10:30am.
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View from our 2nd bedroom.
there is a reason the new plug standard did not see a large adoption
Who approved this new standard?
Not sure I understand, elaborate please.Well the new standard doesn’t need switches as you can’t touch the live pins.
Not sure I understand, elaborate please.
I still want switches, sometimes I don't want some device to be on standby for ages.
Ok I get that, but how is that different from the pic @satanboy posted? You can still touch the pins on the old plug when removing it?The current 3-prong standard you need to turn off at a switch because it’s possible to touch the live pins while pulling it out and is especially dangerous to kids.
Ok I get that, but how is that different from the pic @satanboy posted? You can still touch the pins on the old plug when removing it?
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Makes me think of one time I nearly electrocuted myself as a early teenager (I'm really amazed at how many near death incidents I've had, and made it this far).Yeah it’s crazy to me that it’s legal to have those and have no switches, as it now makes it impossible to confirm safety.
But I see CBI have some of them so I guess it’s legal.
I would never ever install anything like that.
Not having switches on the new standard is fine, I would prefer to have them but could deal. But on the old ones not a chance in hell that would be in my house.
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My worst one with the old plug is unplugging UPS from wall while UPS was live, plugged it into itself by accident (mixed it up on multiplug) and managed to touch the pins while unplugging it again as was difficult (since power was going through). Fell over for a second due to muscle spasm, happy it wasn't mains, but don't think I'd have done it there.I had a soldering iron plugged into a plug in the garage. I turned it off by the switch and tried to pull out the plug but it was stuck. So I took a scissor on the non switch side and pried it behind the plug to wedge it loose. In the process the scissor went all the way through, turned on the switch while the scissor touched the bottom two pins. Needless to say it shorted and burned chunks out of the scissor. That is one of many death defying incidents in my life. I am more careful now...
Area name?We are right across the bay from you.
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