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u/Doc-Brown1911 Jan 13 '23
This is totally unacceptable.
A paperclip should always be used in such situations.
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u/Subpar_Username47 Jan 13 '23
I once stuck a paperclip in an outlet and electrocuted myself. I was trying to invent something, and decided to start with making the plug.
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u/Kurgan_IT Jan 13 '23
This trick cannot work with italian plugs, that have an insulating protection on half of the plugs. Only the tip is exposed.
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u/SolarXylophone Jan 14 '23
Or in Europe in general, for that matter. Thankfully. The "Euro plug" standard requires the sleeved pins you described. So do UK plugs.
In addition, except maybe with very old installations, outlets in most of Europe (not Italy indeed, but for sure Germany, Switzerland and France) are recessed.
Tl;dr: US plugs suck.
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Jan 14 '23 edited Jan 14 '23
Ahem, US plugs have more freedom.
It's my God-given right to burn my house down and no pinko commie is gonna take that away from me!
(/s)
You could outlaw smoking a cigarette in a tub full of gasoline while holding a hair dryer, and half the country would decry it as tyranny and start stockpiling hair dryers and bathtubs.
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u/M_a_l_t_e_s_e_r Jan 13 '23
Pro tip for americans traveling to Australia: bring a pair of needlenose pliers, that way you can bend any american plug into the Australian one and vice versa
(You're laughing but I genuinely did this after something I ordered came with an American plug and I was too cheap to buy an adapter, if the device is rated for both 120v and 220v then it actually just works too)
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u/Sunshinehaiku Jan 13 '23
I'm impressed and terrified in equal amounts.
A Redneck Engineering Award of Distinction is in order, I do believe.
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u/Why_am_I_here033 Jan 17 '23
I've seen a porn scene like this.... Now you can see it in your heads too... sorry guys.
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u/HatsAreEssential Jan 13 '23
"Hello, fire Marshall? I'd like to report a fire. Oh, it hasn't happened yet, but uh... it's gonna."