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-square480fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1636arrow-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-square480fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down3·3 months agoThe main problem with type I (and a few others) is that it’s not recessed. If it comes loose a bit, you still have the problem of exposed live pins.
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd the thin pins means that with any weight (wall-wart, etc.), it starts to come out. Doubly so if it’s set into thin plasterboard that already wobbles.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agoPins are insulated since 2003.
The main problem with type I (and a few others) is that it’s not recessed. If it comes loose a bit, you still have the problem of exposed live pins.
And the thin pins means that with any weight (wall-wart, etc.), it starts to come out.
Doubly so if it’s set into thin plasterboard that already wobbles.
Pins are insulated since 2003.