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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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A useful source:
https://worldofsockets.com/

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    does type A just have no ground?

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      Yup. Japan also has grounded outlets, though, although they are comparatively rarer.

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        are house fires and electrocutions common occurrences?

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          Not as far as I’m aware.

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      I see the left side of just slightly bigger than the right, so I expect one of those sides to be the ground

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        You’d think so, but the ground will either be at the bottom of the outlet, requiring a separate cable, or Type-B.

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          Where? That is the most scuffed ground ive ever seen

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        Nope, the ground is a separate wire that just dangles there and never gets connected. Over the last 25 years I don’t think I’ve ever seen a utilised ground wire.

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        Nope, just live and neutral.

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        In North America, neutral is connected to ground. It’s the larger pin on a polarized plug. Some devices don’t use it; these usually don’t have a conductive outer surface.

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      It’s the oldest standard on the list, and is still around older homes in the USA. They used to be equally-sized (aka unpolarized), but later on they had a bigger hole for neutral (polarized). They’re not up to code anywhere anymore though, you’ll only see them in older houses before the grounding pin was required.

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      In the USA, there’s a ground in that the neutral wire is connected to ground. Devices that take advantage of this have a slightly broader neutral pin that won’t fit into the hot pin.

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