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Round plugs to fit into round plug sockets. The 3 prongs
would
only fit it the hole if the plug was rotated to a certain
position. When the plug is removed a spring load door slides
down within the plug hole casing, making it saver for
children,
would also be the same around the whole world
so there
would be no need to take plug adaptors abroad.
Pop Plug
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/PopPlug
rayfo's related idea, with related debate [goff, Feb 27 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]
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Remarkably similar to UK plug sockets then where the Earth pin (the top pin) goes in first and cuases the cover protecting the other 2 sockets 2 lift up... |
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Actually, basically this *IS* the UK plug socket. |
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That's all nice and fine, but who would be willing to pay for it? Not me. fishbone |
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It only costs a couple of punds for a british socket, which is very similar to the design here, as pointed out by CasaLoco. |
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I don't think I have explained this one too well. It doesn't
look anything like our normal plug. More on the style of a
larger telephone socket, only round. The three pins are
not sticking out, but within the cylinder. A drawing would
be better, but I don't know how to load one. |
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Kind of like a tv aerial plug? |
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Sort of, but when it is removed the wall socket has a drop
down door to hide the holes for the pins, to prevent
things being poked into them. |
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Look at the first anno by CasaLoco - Only hole 'open' is the Ground. It's the Good Guy. |
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These exist in Australia. They're not standard, but you can have them installed. |
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Look... just make the UK sockets the world standard and be done with it. The only thing I would like to see is the addition of a RCD in the socket. (These are available but not standard) |
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I think the north-american plugs are pretty good, the eletrical part is to far in and too thin for much to be poked into them. (but im sure everybody pefers thier local outlet to anybody elses) i like the automatic-Block idea, its good if you had infants... or stupid kids ~~i-mer thinks back to grade 9 drama class when his freind got bored and tried to put a stick in the electrical outlet...~~ aah the good ol'days... |
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anyway this shoulda been an idea that came out before electricity was avalibal to everyone, becuase if we try and update our plugs now, we're all gonna need new lamps, tv, blenders, micro-waves... well you get the idea. i suggest you build a time machine and suggest it this to the people of the past... |
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American plugs terrify me. They work when the plug's halfway out, and unlike British plugs the pins have no plastic coating over the top half of them, so it would be easy to touch an electrically live pin. Plus they wobble like anything, and don't fit particularly securely into the socket. |
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I think we had a discussion like this in one of [rayfo]'s ideas. (Where is he, by the way? I hope he's OK.) |
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Some years back the UK changed from round pin plugs to the square pin safety plugs. The only real cost is in replacing the sockets. |
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You did not, (as [i-Mer] stupidly suggests) have to buy new lamps, microwaves, tv's etc, you simply unscrewed the plug (or cut it off for moulded on plugs) and screw a new plug on. |
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[angel] we did have this debate on one of rayfo's ideas - pop plug. See link. |
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Having recepticle plugs to the side of an outlet's midline makes it possible to make a nearly jack-proof but still useable outlet by way of a hinged or sliding slotted cover. These aren't currently produced with integrated circuit breakers, to my knowledge, although many varieties of secure covers are available for indoor and particularly outdoor use. |
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Second the intimations about general acceptance of anything -- not likely.
Second second the wherearounds of ¯rayfo? |
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\\\American plugs terrify me. They work when the plug's halfway out, and unlike British plugs the pins have no plastic coating over the top half of them, so it would be easy to touch an electrically live pin. Plus they wobble like anything, and don't fit particularly securely into the socket./// |
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Hahahahaaa sledgehammer engineering! |
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Isn't part of the reason plugs are different around the world so that plugs cannot be inserted into electrical outlets with different voltages and frequencies? I'm not sure what the household voltage is in UK, but I'm thinking 230V 50hz.. Here in US it's 115V 60Hz. The wrong power could wreak havac in *some devices. |
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