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chx1975 Nov 3, 2010 1:59 pm

Universal grounded plug?
 
Is there a universal plug that converts grounded to grounded, every country? Bits and pieces like a Schuko grounding collar exists but I would not call them universal.

potfish Nov 4, 2010 1:48 pm

Sorry I don't know an answer to your question but curiosity is getting the better of me: what are you travelling with that needs an earth connection?

cordelli Nov 4, 2010 2:48 pm

I've never seen one with grounding, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

I've never liked the all in one plugs anyways, they are sometimes too big for a recessed socket, or won't stay in without having something to prop them up, and if you forget it, you have lost all your plugs.

chx1975 Nov 4, 2010 10:36 pm

Right now it's just professional curiosity :) ever had one of those laptops that use a cloverleaf? Right. Sometimes the ground is used to ground the metal of the laptop (guess which high profile laptop maker makes metal laptops) and it's extremely dangerous to use a 2-to-3 with them.

Centurion Nov 4, 2010 11:49 pm


Originally Posted by chx1975 (Post 15078550)
Right now it's just professional curiosity :) ever had one of those laptops that use a cloverleaf? Right. Sometimes the ground is used to ground the metal of the laptop (guess which high profile laptop maker makes metal laptops) and it's extremely dangerous to use a 2-to-3 with them.

How can it be a danger? A laptop power supply completely isolates you from the power....You have no physical connection.....You have hot, neutral (lets forget about the ground) Both of the hot and neutral are connected by a very long thin wire which is wound around and around and makes up a transformer. NO physical connection to power. ground. I could actually argue it is safer not have a ground.


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