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It does if you smash the earth pin enough times with a hammer first :)
by harrytuttle 13y ago
It does if you smash the earth pin enough times with a hammer first :)
- alexhawdon 13y agoNope, because you won't get any current to live. Our UK household plugs and sockets really are a fine piece of engineering.
- voodoo123 13y agoas long as you don't step on one barefoot
- erichurkman 13y agoEven worse than stepping on a LEGO brick.
- hef19898 13y agoReally? Happy to be only threatened by LEGO then. Postive side effect, I'm also driving on the right side of the road! ;-) EDIT: this has to change now, too, right?
- alexhawdon 13y agoCome on, this is Hacker News - stepping on an upturned PCB in the dark has to be some sort of prerequisite of membership? ;)
- harrytuttle 13y agoYou overestimate the quality of most of them.
- mietek 13y agoA common trick to insert a EU-style plug into a UK-style socket is to temporarily insert something in the ground pin socket. An ordinary house key works well, and has the added bonus of shocking bystanders. Granted, UK-style plugs really are excellent pieces of engineering, best appreciated when upturned and trod upon in the dark.
- danellis 13y agoThe earth pin is needed to open the covers of the other two holes.
- harrytuttle 13y agoThat actually only happens on reasonable quality ones. Old and cheap shitty ones usually get stuck open or break off very rapidly. The BS spec is only good until 1 insertion after the point of sale. Source: I was a part time sparky for a few years.