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Note grounding your MacBook is likely to result in you constantly zapping your MacBook with static electricity if you wear rubber sole shoes, which is likely to
by aetherspawn 3y ago
Note grounding your MacBook is likely to result in you constantly zapping your MacBook with static electricity if you wear rubber sole shoes, which is likely to not be good for the MacBook and may randomly damage the electronics. This may be why they did not put a grounding pin the first place.
I usually discharge my static buildup in the office sink.
- callalex 3y agoApple supports grounding as a first-party offering by using their extension cables that plug between the wall and the power brick. So this product isn’t doing something untested and unsupported.
- aetherspawn 3y agoI had wondered about this, because my 2013 MBP was grounded (it came with this cable) and it used to zap me constantly. But I did not put 2+2 together.
- kube-system 3y agoThe grounding lug exists on the charger body itself because some of Apple's first party plug adapters are grounded.
- FriedPickles 3y agoExactly. The Apple extension cord is grounded. They likely didn't include a grounding pin on the stock adapter because (1) it'd be really hard to make it fold down and (2) you lose the option of which direction to plug it in (potentially blocking a plug). So it's a design call.
- aetherspawn 3y agoNote only USA adapters are bi-directional like you say.
- tharkun__ 3y agoWrong. https://www.adapterelaptop.com/images/Apple-61W-USB-C.jpg https://www.adapterelaptop.com/images/Apple-61W-USB-C.jpg
- cbluth 3y agoNote that that plug is not grounded, and eu plugs thatare grounded are also bidirectional, unlike us grounded plugs
- deepsummer 3y agoDepends. German are, French are not bidirectional.
- candiodari 3y agoEven the bidirectional ones (with the little "tabs") are WAY more massive than the ungrounded plugs.