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Re: [88attendees] Apple power cable and power plug swap/giveaway in Vancouver

Keith Mitchell <keith@dns-oarc.net> Mon, 04 November 2013 17:47 UTC

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On 11/04/2013 03:40 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:
> Next meeting is in the UK, where 2-prong plugs don't work. BS 1363 
> sockets have shutters that block the live and neutral holes unless a 
> pin is inserted into the ground hole. I have an adapter with a 
> retractable plastic ground prong.

Don't try this at home kids, but if a suitably shaped (preferably
insulated !) implement is temporarily inserted into the UK earth pin
hole to open the gate, EU 2-pin round plugs will work in the other two
square pin-holes. Obviously not recommended for devices that need an
earth, and for all sorts of other reasons...

> On Nov 4, 2013, at 12:20 AM, Toerless Eckert <eckert@cisco.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> If folks are actually missing country specific adapters, i can also
>> highly recommend to just get a cheap IEC 60320/C7 to country 
>> specific wall socket cable at any electrics store in country.

> On 11/04/2013 01:01 AM, Hosnieh Rafiee wrote: My laptop is Lenovo and
> not Mac :-(

Amazingly there is some interoperability between regular IEC C7/C8
plugs and Apple ones... Thanks Ole.

Keith

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