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[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Why do you have 2 different outlets? Different amperage/voltage?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Actually, if you zoom in, you'll see that the third "hole" on the top one is a screw holding the cover in place lol

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Mystery solved. I feel dumb now lol.

[-] stinkycheese@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

That can't be safe right? Surely the screw should be placed somewhere without contact of the plug.

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

The screw is recessed, it will never make contact with the plug. Also, the plugs are made of plastic where the screw is located.

[-] zaphod@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

As long as it's grounded it's fine. I'd be more concerned about someone plugging in a device that needs grounding into a socket like that.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

very few things need grounding. Plus I have no ground wire to the outlet so i would argue it is safer to not have the grounding socket there.

[-] onion@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

You won't like the german design then

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm asking myself why there doesn't seem to be any ground pins.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Because the house was built before ground wiring to all sockets was mandatory so I only have 2 wires in each outlet.

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Absolute madlad.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Because OP has very unrealistic expectations in life.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

meh. the ground is there for when something goes wrong. seeing as nothing is plugged in and they have safety caps in the sockets nothing should go wrong for some time.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I was making an apparently too subtle joke about not being grounded as a person, extrapolating from there ๐Ÿ˜

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think this is a European-compatible socket with no ground, used in Russia.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

you are right but not about the russia part. In western europe.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I never said they were used exclusively in Russia. However, it is strange because I don't think they are allowed in the EU - a grounded plug can be inserted without a ground connection, and the recess is way too shallow. Such sockets may have been allowed by lenient regulations many decades ago but the design seems way too modern.

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