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Why shouldn't electric plugs screw in? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by danhab99@programming.dev to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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I just watched a TikTok about how people used to plug in things to their light sockets when electricity was first becoming popular. And they kept calling the plug a light socket, what rule says it's not a plug that screws in? And why shouldn't plugs screw in? We have material science to make plugs and cables hard enough that if you kick the wire it still doesn't come out. Electrical connections should be more secure. That's all I'm saying.

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[–] H2207@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fr I love my country's plugs. So easy to hide away too because they aren't very deep, you can get a unit right up next to them. Plus the safety improvements of the requirement for the top pin to be inserted to unlock the other 2, and having it connected to ground.

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Totally, UK plug massive represent. Don't forget the in-built fuse too, stops your equipment getting blown up by surges.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Germany is the best I've seen, pretty much the USB C of wall plugs.