Comments | aca: Folding Plug

aca

Folding Plug

Dec 16, 2009 11:38

Wow, this is a fine bit of design work: http://bit.ly/7617rB (via @ joanasaramago)

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susannahf December 16 2009, 20:20:06 UTC

From an electrical engineering point of view, it's terrifying. Pretty, yes I grant you. But potentially very very dangerous.

aca December 16 2009, 20:50:49 UTC

Go on, how so?

susannahf December 16 2009, 22:01:21 UTC

Well, the most obvious one (to me) is the risk of mixing up the life and neutral wires by twisting the plug the wrong way. The fuse is also accessible during use, which is not recommended.

aca December 16 2009, 22:07:18 UTC

Is mixing live and neutral actually a problem for AC?

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