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What is the best style electrical outlet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus, the US one looks scared.

Even our outlets are terrified of how bad the plug design is.

[–] bartvbl@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Try going to Japan. They took the US design, but most outlets there don't have the grounding plug (in hotels it was practically non-existent). My travel adapter didn't even work xP

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago

It's goes far beyond grounding, half of Japan use 50hz and half use 60hz.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

It’s the same in The Philippines. One place I stayed had a three-way splitter & I snuck my laptop charger in the top, just letting the ground hang out. Luckily my gears has gotten lighter & with GaN chargers, two-prong is just fine.