re-inventing the three pin plug
a nifty bit of design
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amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 0:58,
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Follow-up story from 2012:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17131578
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 6:39,
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So how much cheaper is it to manufacture and buy?
What about anyone being able to rewire it or replace the fuse? How about nicking one from an old hairdryer to use on a kettle?
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 6:48,
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It's not, that's clearly got loads of moving and potentially fragile parts
Its a nice solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 9:00,
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This was posted a long time ago
I'm not going on about glasscock but there was a great reply from someone explaining why it was such a bad idea while I just ranted about design students getting all the girls without doing much in the way of solid engineering.
Here it is. I've no idea how I remember that but not what I had for lunch yesterday.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 8:48,
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