Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 13:52:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mickey Mouse Power Plug Message-ID: <20021207125215.GA1973@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpof7yhv0j.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200212052141.53270.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> <014e01c29d5e$ca9404a0$3c00000a@drizzle> <20021206200936.GA76500@grumpy.dyndns.org> <3DF12C4E.7A941515@pythonemproject.com> <xzpof7yhv0j.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:29:48PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> writes: > > I'm not too thrilled about my Dell 8200 power cord. Looks like its just > > aching to get whacked off. Either that or the cat will chew it off :) > > Its probably some EU directive that comes into play. We wouldn't want > > to electrocute any Europeans with 20V. :) > > Umm, no. If the iPod uses an external PSU, then there's a very good > reason for using a non-standard power plug: to prevent unaware users > from plugging in a mains cord, which would not only fry the iPod but > might also electrocute the user. If you think that's silly, just ask > anyone who's ever plugged an ISDN cable (RJ45, 48V) into an Ethernet > port (RJ45, ~3V). > We are getting into "people who dry their wet cats in the microwave oven" territory here ... I did actually see an engineer who was so busy talking to me while repairing a monitor that he had just disassembled, that he unthinkingly touched the tube after it had just been turned off. He flew through the air with greatest of ease ... -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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