Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C

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• Snoopy@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m afraid its worst than you think 😂

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  And another thing. In fact 3 pins is a security measure. 2 pins is for low powered device. I forgot if it was to prevent power outage or something else.

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  • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The third pin is for grounding devices. Devices that aren’t guaranteed by design to stop the user accessing live voltage need a ground wire.

    In the UK all devices need the ground pin on the plug. Even if a ground isn’t required on the device. Sometimes they are plastic. UK plugs use the longer ground pin as a key that opens the ports to the live and neutral wires. This makes it difficult for children to insert metal things into the live port.

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    • Snoopy@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Very cool, thank for the lesson 😁👍

      So we should adopt UK plug as long it’s not the driver’s rule.

      They are as an inverted pic of french civilisation. For example their food 😋 (i’m jocking)

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      • Swarfega@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Obligatory Tom Scott video about UK Plugs

        youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q?si=acq1SJ55m2T3tKcJ

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  • syd@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I like the brown one. Why aren’t we all switching to that lil smiling face? :)

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  • only0218@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The first one has two grounds It’s the one in use where I live I find it pretty good

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  • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Denmark is switching to the EU standard plug too, like Germany and Sweden, I think it’s mandatory in new housing.

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  • TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The schuko plug is widely adopted over here in Italy too. Usually for computers and appliances with high current requirements (ovens, refrigerators)

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  • ekky@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Green, blue, and brown are already compatible (except ground), though I’m not sure about yellow and red.

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• bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why would EU even consider the Brexit standard?

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  • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Realistically they never would, and wouldn’t have even when the UK was in the EU due to the wider prevalence of other socket types.

    But if you want an answer as to why they should, it’s because it’s an excellent socket design; just about as safe as it’s possible to make a mains electricity connection, and practically indestructible to boot.

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The EU plug is designed so that the pins for power become unreachable before they reach the socket and become powered, and ground wire touches the ground pins before that as well.

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    • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ll be the contrarian here. I like the US plug - the basic two-prong, non-polarized variant.

      It doesn’t have any safety features, but it sure is compact. It’s easy to make it fold flat even in tiny USB cubes.

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      • Koarnine@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They make em just as compact with the UK plug too 😀

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  • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yer, that won’t be forever. Brexit hasn’t worked out well.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t see what Brexit has to do with this. I’m of the opinion that Brexit was stupid, but it’s getting tiresome that Brexit gets brought up whenever the UK is mentioned, even when completely unrelated.

    The Type-G (UK) plug is a genuinely remarkable design. Really, everywhere should have adopted it.

    Of course, switching all plugs and sockets is ludicrously tedious and costly, so it’s not happening. Especially since most plugs are “good enough” already.

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