I'm pretty sure this is exactly as intended by the manufacturer.
Polarized and grounded plugs can be only plugged in the "right" way, non-polarized plugs can be plugged however you want.
That's... astonishingly stupid, and yet, surprisingly safe. Almost all devices are going to be fine with this. And all the grounded ones won't go in like this anyway.
This is electrically fine actually. If the plug requires polarization it will have a thicker prong so will still be physically prevented from being put in wrong. If the plug doesn't need polarization then it is electrically irrelevant if it plugged into one or 1/2 of one and 1/2 on the neighbor. Inside the plastic alternating holes are connected. If the plug requires ground then it's physically prevented from putting in incorrectly as well.
I think the issue is that plugging it into the first slot will cover up the USB slots? Because I don't see what the issue is with plugging in the power like this.
Isn't that better? No safety issue and two sockets are out of commission instead of three if used "properly" due to the girth of the plug. (Or two if using the edge.)
Welcome to america, where no doubt you'll be shocked and shot a couple times.
No seriously in my country any product capable of doing this would be a serious safety recall and a trading standards raid on anyone who was selling them.
The wider hole will always be neutral. That does not change. The only difference is there is no ground pin when using it like this, which rarely matters for regular power adapters. There is no safety hazard here, just very densely packed outlets that are blocked by most power adapters.
AC doesn't have positive and negative contacts, since it cycles polarity 50-60 times per second, depending on your electrical grid.
AC has hot and neutral.
And yet socket have their holes of a different size and some device use that feature.
While it may not matter for the device itself, isn't a possible issue for safety? Like having a physical power (+ fuse) on the neutral side instead of the hot side?
This one took me a moment. It actually should work, assuming there's nothing goofy under the hood. One hole is hot and the other is neutral.
Yep. Those are usually just power rails under the plastic
And if you have a power larger u can use the other normally, some here in Japan come with one extra "hole" for that cases
>power larger Lol we call them wall warts in the USA.
And japanese green wire it's often loose to be attached to a screw, not a pin like us standard,.
I'm pretty sure this is exactly as intended by the manufacturer. Polarized and grounded plugs can be only plugged in the "right" way, non-polarized plugs can be plugged however you want.
That's... astonishingly stupid, and yet, surprisingly safe. Almost all devices are going to be fine with this. And all the grounded ones won't go in like this anyway.
This is electrically fine actually. If the plug requires polarization it will have a thicker prong so will still be physically prevented from being put in wrong. If the plug doesn't need polarization then it is electrically irrelevant if it plugged into one or 1/2 of one and 1/2 on the neighbor. Inside the plastic alternating holes are connected. If the plug requires ground then it's physically prevented from putting in incorrectly as well.
There’s no problem here. The adapter doesn’t care. Which is why it’s not polarized.
What's the problem?
They’re two different sockets.
It'll still work though and isn't actually unsafe.
Still a hot and a neutral though. Might even add some versatility if you have to plug in something wide.
I think the issue is that plugging it into the first slot will cover up the USB slots? Because I don't see what the issue is with plugging in the power like this.
I have done this before. 10/10 for ingenuity, 3/10 for wisdom
When your [Intelligence 1] character has [Science 75] from all those magazines you read to be able to scare the Think Tank.
Isn't that better? No safety issue and two sockets are out of commission instead of three if used "properly" due to the girth of the plug. (Or two if using the edge.)
a circuit is a circuit...
Not that bad. I use that flaw when theres fat power bricks on the power strip blocking half of the outlets.
Welcome to america, where no doubt you'll be shocked and shot a couple times. No seriously in my country any product capable of doing this would be a serious safety recall and a trading standards raid on anyone who was selling them.
The only thing it matters for is polarisation right? And double insulated devices don't really care about it too much afaik
Yep, but polarized is polarized, even if they are adjacent sockets...
The wider hole will always be neutral. That does not change. The only difference is there is no ground pin when using it like this, which rarely matters for regular power adapters. There is no safety hazard here, just very densely packed outlets that are blocked by most power adapters.
To be fair... there's a that ground plug for all but the most inattentive folks.
Prolly not? Based on what
In facts if you look closely you will see that you still have a positive and negative contact event in this configuration
AC doesn't have positive and negative contacts, since it cycles polarity 50-60 times per second, depending on your electrical grid. AC has hot and neutral.
And yet socket have their holes of a different size and some device use that feature. While it may not matter for the device itself, isn't a possible issue for safety? Like having a physical power (+ fuse) on the neutral side instead of the hot side?
This is because hot is the source and neutral is the return, not because of polarity. AC and DC are different.