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Re:The next generation of wall chargers by grecy on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:29PM (#21679190)
I've been known to twist them with a pair of pliers into the shape required to plug into Australian sockets (like this: \ / ), then twist them back again.

Works fine if there is no earth pin.

Re:The next generation of wall chargers by sverhagen on Monday December 02, 2019 @04:11AM (#21680973)
FWIW, I've had a kind of opposite need in the past (using European plugs while in the US) and I found that the European plugs can be connected to a partially retracted (but still connected) American plug. The inner distance of the two European leads just fits over the outer distance of the two partially exposed US leads.

I mean, since this thread doesn't seem too picky about fire safety anyways... ;)

Re:The next generation of wall chargers by mattsoldo on Sunday December 01, 2019 @09:17PM (#21679361)
I saw someone do this with the plug to a laser printer once. The toner literally exploded in his face when he plugged it in.
Re:The next generation of wall chargers by ImminentFate on Sunday December 01, 2019 @09:20PM (#21679374)
That’s why you check that the printer can even support 240V before you do this
Re:The next generation of wall chargers by djsumdog on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:54AM (#21680152)
Yea I had some speakers pop using a US-AU adapter. Luckily it had a fuse I could easily replace. I tried it out with a step-down and luckily it still worked. It got stolen during a break-in a few months later. They didn't steal the step-down. I hope it blows up in their faces.
Re:The next generation of wall chargers by hollander on Monday December 02, 2019 @06:06AM (#21681450)
That's killing the fun though!