Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside but dangerous inside

Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by heeen2 on Monday March 21, 2016 @01:52AM (#11326449)

The ground pin is not even used with the common two-prong adapter piece, though.

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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by robin_reala on Monday March 21, 2016 @02:22AM (#11326534)

You can attach any plug to any MacBook power supply though, which includes a bunch of earthed ones.

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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by copperx on Monday March 21, 2016 @02:50AM (#11326595)

What do you mean? Isn't that plug proprietary? (It has a weird shape)

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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by robin_reala on Monday March 21, 2016 @02:58AM (#11326614)

UK plug is earthed for one.

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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by sokoloff on Monday March 21, 2016 @04:24AM (#11326786)

Adapters on the line side are readily available on Aliexpress around/under $1USD.

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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by gambiting on Monday March 21, 2016 @07:09AM (#11327290)

Nope, if you've got a cable like this it will fit without any problem:

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