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| mikerj:
--- Quote from: Connecteur on October 05, 2023, 02:11:39 pm ---Brits love to think their electrical plugs are the best in the world. No, they are not. Most plugs are not unsafe whatsoever. They are simply less stupidly overdesigned. --- End quote --- There is a difference between unsafe and being a flimsy POS. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Ranayna on October 19, 2023, 06:33:59 am --- --- Quote from: coppice on October 18, 2023, 06:35:58 pm ---30 year ago the C13/C14 was getting really popular for power distribution around a bunch of low power devices, like computer bits and pieces. Now it seems much rarer. I wonder why it lost favour? --- End quote --- Im working in IT and datacenter. Yes, it has gotten a bit rarer, but not much though. It is more related to the fact that in the client area, desktop pcs have become rare. Laptop power supplies mostly use C5, since C13 is deemed too bulky and the power capacity of C13 is not needed. Networking gear and servers are going into the other direction. Often enough, high powered servers come with C19 plugs, since C13 reaches its limit. And some networking gear now takes C15 because that gear can apparently reach surprising temperatures. --- End quote --- Yep, there are still plenty of C13/C14 power strips with 19" rack mounting lugs at the ends. Its the free roaming ones that used to have PC, monitor, printer, modem, et all plugged into them that have almost disappeared. PC power supplies lost an output for the monitor for no obvious reason, requiring at least 2 sockets for a basic PC to function. |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---PC power supplies lost an output for the monitor for no obvious reason, requiring at least 2 sockets for a basic PC to function. --- End quote --- It saves them £0.01 per psu? or maybe as power supply's got bigger the extra current for the monitor was to much for them to handle,especially in 110 land. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on October 19, 2023, 12:57:39 pm --- --- Quote ---PC power supplies lost an output for the monitor for no obvious reason, requiring at least 2 sockets for a basic PC to function. --- End quote --- It saves them £0.01 per psu? or maybe as power supply's got bigger the extra current for the monitor was to much for them to handle,especially in 110 land. --- End quote --- The high output gamer supplies have limited space, but supplies in most office desktop machines have a low output supply with lots of space. When you look at the Dells and HPs of the world, selling desktops in volume to businesses, they have to bear the entire cost of what plugs into the wall. What monitor takes enough to add significant load to the lead into the supply? They dropped switching of power to the monitor when the supplies changed to soft switching, but the complete elimination of the power outlet came a bit later. |
| Connecteur:
A better team of engineers could have designed a safer plug without making it a monstrosity. |
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