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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i managed to do that to myself once in my sleep; i had managed to wrap my arm around a lamp cord which came out of the plug, and when i rolled over i managed to put my thumb on the exposed wires.

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ll never understand why the US refuses to modernize the horrid NEMA 5 connectors. A recessed receptacle, insulators around the base of the live and neutral blades, spring-loaded detention mechanism to keep the connector from slipping out… in its current state, it’s only two steps removed from sticking the bare wires into the socket.

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    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      1. Arrogance: we especially don’t want to do it because the rest of the world does.
      2. Cost: not the equipment, though that can get pretty pricey considering we up the margins on everything, but mostly labor; labor is ungodly expensive (they cry insurance or (my fave) “you’re paying for the years of experience”).

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    • autriyo@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Tbh insulating the blades bases would be a huge step in the right direction, and there’s no remodeling required.

      At least for homeowners, factories would need new production lines presumably.

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