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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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    15 天前

    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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        That’s only on homes that have updated wiring codes.

        My grandma still has the old aluminum wiring with type A. It’s annoying as shit because there are so many grounded plugs and only so many adapters that take the grounded plug.

        And then don’t ground it. Fuck safety right

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          There is the GFCI in the switch box, but yeah, both gfci+grounded would be preferable.

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            A GFCI won’t do squat without PE connected

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        Where? That is the most scuffed ground ive ever seen

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      Nope, just live and neutral.

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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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      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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