Comment on xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet

Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ook@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ugh, what a shameless plug

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  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You try spending your whole life getting penetrated by various foreign objects and not feeling shame

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    • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The penetrated usually penetrates too.

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This also makes me wonder why the xkcd one was laid out like that. Is the xkcd one better/safer, or was it done that way to look more insane.

  On yours, the Canada/US and UK layouts overlap, while in the xkcd one they’re opposite to each other.

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  • RandomStickman@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    or was it done that way to look more insane.

    Yeah I think that's it lol

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it’s because mine doesn’t have Schuko (type f) support … probably because it’s real? And maybe because his adaptation uses “Euro”/A combination, wheras mine uses vertical axes for the “euro” plug.

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  • guy_threepwood@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    N/L are “reversed” on the UK BS1363 standard vs US/EU Earthed plugs. By having two sets of N/L you can ensure that they are always correctly wired.

    This is often why some adaptors seem to be “upside down”

    Most devices can handle N/L being swapped, though.

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