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

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.

On Nov 4, 2013, at 12:20 AM, Toerless Eckert <eckert@cisco.com> wrote:

> Nice job on the swap-meet. If i'd know earlier, i'd thrown a bunch of
> redundant US plugs into the mix.
> 
> 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. In the US/EU
> preferrably 2-prong.  The two prong gets you into a lot more wall
> sockets than the three prong (especially in EU), and EU 2-prong also
> fits in switzerland. And during travel, cable IMHO is always better
> than the plug due to distance. And 2-prong cables are cheap and lightweight.
> 
> At home/office i use the 3-prong cables from apple though because
> they're better against ground loop problems than 2 prong (including the
> 2 prong plugs). During travel, it doesn't matter that much (just run on 
> battery during some VoIP call with ground-loop audio issues).
> 
> On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 04:59:43PM -0800, Stuart Cheshire wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Ole Jacobsen <olejacobsen@me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Attention Apple users:
>>> 
>>> You may recall that Stuart Cheshire suggested we organize a cable
>>> and plug "swap" in Vancouver. Those white square power adapters
>>> come with a power cable and a "corner plug" which is specific to
>>> the country/region in which you purchase your Apple product.
>>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for sending out this reminder Ole.
>> 
>> I've created a wiki page where people can offer/request what they have and
>> what they'd like to get:
>> 
>> <http://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/88appleplugswap>
>> 
>> Stuart Cheshire
> 
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