USB Wall Outlet

[magic_town]

You've never seen one graffitti'd with a circle drawn around the holes and a nose in the middle?

Actually don't think I have! And I'm an electrician!
Might have to go draw on one now

 

[Pupik]

Your sockets look surprised.

Well, they do have electricity running through them.

First world problems . Is it really that difficult to use your wall charger?

Here we go again.

It's not a problem if you 1) aren't really complaining, 2) can afford it. Whining about how bad and depressing it is to not afford another season of racing...well, then you have the right definition.

 

[Barra333]

Actually don't think I have! And I'm an electrician!
Might have to go draw on one now

There you go. First one you see in a public place tomorrow and you will be giggling like a teenage schoolgirl all morning

 

[opelgt1969]

Sorry, should have specified - standard outlets. Having switches with the light switch to kill power to the socket is far from standard, but sounds handy.
If you asked an electrician to install an outlet in US/Canada without specific requests, 99% of the time you will get the switch-less one. They simply dont exist here.

The ones in my living room was used to turn on "table lamps" as when my grandfather and grandmother built the house in 1962 (only them no other help from ground up, grandfather was a carpenter). Only downside was they didn't install a ceiling light, I installed a ceiling fan/light myself.

 

[Grayfox]

There is no way to turn any North American outlets off. Apparently 110V isnt dangerous enough to need to isolate with a switch.

The USB slot would be handy. Would definitely consider if a socket needed replacing/installing anyway. Not going to retrofit for the hell of it though.
Pretty sure there is one on my surge board, but not exactly in a convenient place.

110v @ 20amps.

are they stupid or something?

110v can still kill a baby who shoves things in there.++

Your sockets look surprised.

You're confusing the AU/NZ ones with the danish ones.

Now there suprised

The AU/NZ ones are polarized so you can't do something stupid.

 

[sesselpupser]

I'm surprised these sockets you're all posting don't seem to have any safety features like the UK ones do. We have:

- Power switches on pretty much all single phase power sockets
- Insulation on the prongs so by the time you've pushed it far enough in for them to start conducting, you can't touch any bare metal to shock yourself
- Covers which are automatically moved out of the way by the longer earth pin, so to 'accidentally' put something in the socket to shock yourself you'd have to poke something in to the earth socket first... Hard to do accidentally!

I think that's it, but still, that's pretty good. Now I wish they'd stop those Belkin power surge protecting strips from shocking you, the capacitor in them takes a while to discharge so if you accidentally drop the plug on your foot (like I did the other week) you can still get quite a zap.

 

[TB]

It's the amperage, not the voltage, that kills.

 

[Slash]

Your sockets look surprised.

I've never seen one in my life in person that looked any different than this excluding some other industrial ones.

It's the amperage, not the voltage, that kills.

This.

I can touch 50,000 volts and get quite the shock but I won't die unless the amperage is up. The average number to be lethal is about 30mA.

 

[opelgt1969]

I've never seen one in my life in person that looked any different than this excluding some other industrial ones.


This.

I can touch 50,000 volts and get quite the shock but I won't die unless the amperage is up. The average number to be lethal is about 30mA.

I want to see pictures💡

 

[Slash]

I want to see pictures💡

Of?

 

[opelgt1969]

Of?

Touching 50,000 volts, I'm thinking cartoon photo shopping gazillion.

 

[Slash]

Touching 50,000 volts, I'm thinking cartoon photo shopping gazillion.

Ever head of a police issued Taser?

 

[Tornado]

Volts knock you down. Amps keep you down.

 

[terminator363]

I'm surprised these sockets you're all posting don't seem to have any safety features like the UK ones do. We have:

- Power switches on pretty much all single phase power sockets
- Insulation on the prongs so by the time you've pushed it far enough in for them to start conducting, you can't touch any bare metal to shock yourself
- Covers which are automatically moved out of the way by the longer earth pin, so to 'accidentally' put something in the socket to shock yourself you'd have to poke something in to the earth socket first... Hard to do accidentally!

I think that's it, but still, that's pretty good.

Agreed. The UK is by far the best as far as sockets/plugs go. The plugs also stay in the wall far better than any other type. The standard EU sockets ("Europlug") are absolute 🤬 they always get pulled out of the wall.

 

[Barra333]

The three prong AU/NZ ones stay in the wall pretty well. Most of the two prong ones are OK. At least they won't break a toe if you drop them, like the UK plugs. US/EU plugs just want to fall out of the wall.

 

[Slash]

Most of the ones we have a 2 prong with a 3rd hole as a ground if needed. All three are pretty tough to remove, 2 can be but usually they loosen up over a long period of time if they are constantly used.

 

[Grayfox]

It's the amperage, not the voltage, that kills.

Wrong.

 

[photonrider]

Shocking.

These 'Electronics' causing rumbles.. . .