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Is IEC really the gold standard for connectors to you? I always thought they feel terrible to plug in. There's no snap or solid bottom-out indication to when it

by hbn 3mo ago

Is IEC really the gold standard for connectors to you? I always thought they feel terrible to plug in. There's no snap or solid bottom-out indication to when it's "connected." And it just sits in the socket from friction that doesn't feel particularly solid. It's the kind of connection where if it gets yanked a little bit and the connection fails, it's not obvious because it's half-seated in the socket.

timc3 3mo ago
IEC isn’t great, hence you get a cage around them to hold them in for critical use.
- nightpool 3mo ago
  good luck miniaturizing that! :D
- qurren 3mo ago
  That cage is for stress relief, and should be federally mandated on all external connectors of all devices. Stress relief is a thing, people in the 2020s have somehow forgetten about it.