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    Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless

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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    This is pretty novel. Yes, you have to worry about polarity. But more importantly, is that once these come out, some inescapable asshole company is going to make big square double layered plugs that occupy the whole freakin' thing!!
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    This thing kinda makes my pants tight.
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    Image of Christopher Wilson Christopher Wilson
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    It looks like it'll accept forks easier as well.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    06/18/09

    @Christopher Wilson: But only on one side, so you'll only get shocked 30 times a second.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    Hmm. While a lot of devices are polarity agnostic, some are not. Those usually have plugs with one tine fatter than the others so that you plug it in correctly. This kind of defeats that idiot proofing.


    Of course, I'm guessing a large number of houses have the outlets wired wrong, so it probably doesn't matter anyway.

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    Image of orthorim orthorim
    06/18/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: Examples of devices that care about polarity? Never seen one, to be honest, and I have been on this planet for a while.
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    Image of Charles Ip Charles Ip
    06/18/09

    @orthorim: Erm... I would think my desklamps, my fan would like the electricity flowing the right way.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    06/18/09

    @Charles Ip: But it's AC. The current flips 60 times a second.
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    Image of ninjajazza ninjajazza
    06/18/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: AC devices don't require a specific polarity.
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    Image of Yehuda Cohnen Yehuda Cohnen
    06/18/09

    @ninjajazza: that depends on the device, alot of them do which is why the neutral side is larger than the hot to prevent you from putting it in backwards as writen above.

    @Badhatharry Hit 100 followers. Nobody else friend me!: the current follows a sin wave 60 times per sec not flip.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    06/19/09

    @Yehuda Cohnen: You're right. My bad. I'm still drunk from breakfast.
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    Image of RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    As noted by previous posters, there is a prominent flaw in this design, due to the exclusion of the ground rail.
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    Image of loudambiance loudambiance
    06/18/09

    @RuBBa_cHiKiN: Except the Japanese, at least from what I saw while I was there, don't use 3 plug electrical adapters, only two plug, no ground, and the site is Japanese after all.
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    Image of Thomas Hambleton Thomas Hambleton
    06/19/09

    @loudambiance: Correct, for devices that need a ground for safety reasons (dishwashers, things that use water, anything that they want to make that little bit safer) there is a green wire with a metal fork at the end that comes out next to the two straight pins and you screw it down on to a separate wall plate.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/19/09

    @Thomas Hambleton: For Americans, this works the same way as those two-prong-three-hole adapter plugs with the metal loop that's intended to be held down by the mounting screw for the cover plate.
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    Image of Zach W. R. Mollett Zach W. R. Mollett
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    Cut off the third prong - no need.
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    Image of Cheatachu Cheatachu
    06/18/09

    @Zach W. R. Mollett:


    huh? Tell you what...do that to your electic drill and let me know how that works out for you...

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    Image of ninjajazza ninjajazza
    06/18/09

    @Cheatachu: most electric drills are double insulated and don't need an earth :)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/19/09

    @ninjajazza: And then there's my old-ass Black & Decker with a metal casing.


    Great drill, but you feel like you're gonna die the entire time.

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    Image of d4rlp3nc1l d4rlp3nc1l
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    what about all the 3 prong cables, how is that gonna work, i need it for my 360 with natal to function.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    06/18/09

    @d4rlp3nc1l: Cut off the third. The 360 power cable doesn't even have it coming out the other end.
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    Image of nerve11 nerve11
    06/18/09

    @dingus: That would cause some instability, part of the reason why the third one is there is to provide stability for all the essential power flowing.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    06/18/09

    @nerve11: I thought the third was for grounding or some such thing? I mean, they make three-prong to two-prong adapters.
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    Image of Cheatachu Cheatachu
    06/18/09

    In reply to Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless
    why not 3 tracks...one with a ground too?
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    Image of khdownes khdownes
    06/18/09

    @Cheatachu:

    Yeah I was thinking that, do American plugs not have ground pins too?
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    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    06/18/09

    @khdownes: America runs on batteries.
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    Image of velvetwoodstock velvetwoodstock
    06/18/09

    @D.E.P.C. loves chocolate covered fetuses: I was under the impression that America ran on Dunkin Donuts.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/18/09

    @velvetwoodstock: Wow, that's interesting. I was at the very event that John Luther (the CEO) announced that slogan. Yeah, it's a long story...
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    Image of jedimaster0103 jedimaster0103
    06/18/09

    @Cheatachu: My Dell's an $800 computer, and it's power adapter doesn't have a grounding plug.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/19/09

    @jedimaster0103: Laptops don't, desktops and (most) monitors do. For some reason, my toaster doesn't.
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