lw, 13 days ago

@tony is it even possible to physically insert this into the socket?

tony, 13 days ago

@lw No.. well not without ramming something into the earth hole.

mansr, 13 days ago

@tony There's a wall socket in my local pub with a broken pin stuck in the ground hole, preventing anything from being plugged in. This would come in handy there.

penguin42, 13 days ago

@mansr @tony Then you can buy some more: https://dowdon.en.made-in-china.com/product/wCiQAjMblchI/China-110-250V-6A-500W-Us-EU-to-UK-AC-Power-Plug-Travel-Converter-Adapter.html
(It looks like the aliexpress page for it has gone).

TimWardCam, 13 days ago

@tony Can't possibly be legal in the UK even if it fits the socket. The rest of the world don't care too much about earthing and polarity do they?

tony, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago)

@TimWardCam Without an earth pin you're going to have some difficulty getting it in the socket.. maybe jam a screwdriver in :p

These 2 pin adapters have never cared about polarity, or fuses for that matter..

penguin42, 13 days ago

@tony wth did you find that?

tony, 13 days ago

@penguin42 It came with a PSU. Cheaper than the usual adapter I guess.

Being functionally useless is a bit of a downside..

penguin42, 13 days ago

@tony Do you think it would be better to send it to trading standards or Big Clive?

tony, 13 days ago

@penguin42 Clive might have more fun with it..

vfrmedia, 13 days ago

@tony @penguin42

unless the PSU had something with a plastic earth pin, its bizzare anyone made this in the first place - the UK plug should be familiar to many engineers in China as its widely used in Hong Kong..

tony, 13 days ago

@vfrmedia @penguin42 Clearly nothing earth related even as a separate 'stick this in the earth'.

It's fairly hollow inside and obviously not fused.

piggo, 12 days ago

@vfrmedia @tony @penguin42 is the third pin needed to unlock the other two holes?

tony, 12 days ago

@piggo @penguin42 @vfrmedia Yes, it won't work without shenanigans.

jmacarthur, 13 days ago

@penguin42 @tony coincidentally I spotted this last week - odd shutters which looks like they might permit opening with just live and neutral pins. Some googling suggests amendment 5 to BS1363?

penguin42, 13 days ago

@jmacarthur @tony MK sound like they've done something odd; but they're saying it still needs all pins; 'Our 13A sockets have a 3-pin, child resistant shutter system, which is designed to inhibit access to electricity, unless all 3 pins of a standard British 13A plug are in position'
https://buildings.honeywell.com/gb/en/brands/our-brands/mk-electric/products/logic-plus