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Re:USB Type-C finally shows up in power tools by CoastalCoder on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:14PM (#30132603)
Normally they stay in place well enough from the clamping force that the receptacle's contacts apply to the prongs.

Sometimes that doesn't work well with older receptacles. Usually I can solve that by squeezing the prongs a bit closer together.

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Re:USB Type-C finally shows up in power tools by CoastalCoder on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:44AM (#30165193)
Here's a picture of a North American household receptacle's guts, if you want to see how the springs work [0].

[0] https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc03649.jpg

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