Folding Plug System

Re:Folding Plug System by natemartin on Monday August 24, 2009 @02:36PM (#782891)

I love seeing the sequence from design -> prototype.

I agree with some of the other posters though, any time you have a lot of current going through a connection that rotates / moves, you have the potential of reliability problems.

However, I don't think those are insurmountable problems, and good engineering could make this a reality.

One advantage is, if I recall correctly, UK is 220V as opposed to US 110V, so less current will be flowing through those contacts.

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Re:Folding Plug System by weavejester on Monday August 24, 2009 @05:26PM (#783416)

The UK is traditionally 240V, but I believe it's 230V now, so as to be in line with the rest of the EU.

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Re:Folding Plug System by danw on Monday August 24, 2009 @07:14PM (#783634)

230V -6% +10%, which is just a fancy standards hack to make all of EU technically 230 without having to change voltage from 240

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Re:Folding Plug System by yhuiuyggb on Monday August 24, 2009 @08:02PM (#783730)

And what's wrong with bare wires pushed into the socket with matches?

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Re:Folding Plug System by natemartin on Monday August 24, 2009 @08:04PM (#783735)

That's how real engineers do it.

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