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Re:Hybrid AC/DC distribution system with a shared neutral (2... by zdragnar on Thursday May 01, 2025 @09:05PM (#43865147)
Eh, if we're going to be making big changes, might as well switch to the type C and type E plugs / sockets as well. They're safer, and the distinguishable nature from the type A / 120v devices currently in use (esp the ones that really can't handle 240).
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Re:Hybrid AC/DC distribution system with a shared neutral (2... by xenadu02 on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @06:31PM (#43921166)
We already have plug standards here and they are good enough. Sure they're objectively worse but in practice the cases where it ever mattered are a rounding error. Better to encourage adoption of parts of our own existing standard then propose a wholesale change.
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