Two prong extensions ?

[Rocket-Boy]

Battling with this though - tips ?

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I still have fond memories of the time one of my clients had something like this powering a ZIP drive connected to a server via USB.
They always had issues with the adapter so he just chopped the adapter off and wired a plug right into the lead...
The server that he cooked when he plugged it back in cost over R100k.

 

[Dolby]

Argh.

So I started redoing a few plugs around here and simply things. I see the sides of most our 2 prong are triangle... Yet I've got a few square that don't fit.

 

[backstreetboy]

Argh.

So I started redoing a few plugs around here and simply things. I see the sides of most our 2 prong are triangle... Yet I've got a few square that don't fit.

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Just saw the top off.

 

[Crusader]

I just use one of these https://www.takealot.com/nexus-plug-adaptor-euromate-5a-top-entry/PLID41710029

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

 

[bwana]

He can't plug it in...

 

[Dolby]

I just use one of these https://www.takealot.com/nexus-plug-adaptor-euromate-5a-top-entry/PLID41710029

That's for the triangle sides and some of my plugs are square - so they don't fit in

 

[WesleyDB]

I use a power cube

 

[supersunbird]

That's for the triangle sides and some of my plugs are square - so they don't fit in

Where'd you get these funny plugged devices?

Anyway, would be nice is someone made new standard 3 prong multiplugs (would work for 2 prongs by default) and also new standard 3 prong extension cables.

 

[heartbroken]

I’ve recently started opening up the afapters and rebuilding into enclosures with a short lenght of wire and a three prong plug. Makes cable management a breeze

 

[rh1]

I’ve recently started opening up the afapters and rebuilding into enclosures with a short lenght of wire and a three prong plug. Makes cable management a breeze

Pictures please.

 

[Dee96]

I actually got one of these and it helped.

 

[SauRoNZA]

On the topic why aren’t modular multiplugs with larger gaps a thing?

Every single multiplug fails in some way by forcing it all on top of each other.

Either make them wider with sockets further apart or just make them modular so I can construct it as I need to.

 

[Geoff.D]

On the topic why aren’t modular multiplugs with larger gaps a thing?

Every single multiplug fails in some way by forcing it all on top of each other.

Either make them wider with sockets further apart or just make them modular so I can construct it as I need to.

Deliberate move to prevent too many devices on one socket

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

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Just saw the top off.

Double up:

 

[neoprema]

Yup, or use a UK multiplug
Gap is perfect
You just have to stick a knife into the earth to open the flappy plastic thingies

Hmm wonder if one could 3D print something like a frame that you push in that opens the earth but leaves the live and neutral open too so you can plug the 2-prong in.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Deliberate move to prevent too many devices on one socket

Seems utterly pointless if the case because how people will just plug one multiplug into another which is far worse.

 

[Jake45]

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[Pineapple Smurf]

Hmm wonder if one could 3D print something like a frame that you push in that opens the earth but leaves the live and neutral open too so you can plug the 2-prong in.

I just stick a flat head screwdriver in there.
You can't blow yourself up
It's Earth