[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] power supplies

Hopefully you're not advising people to plug EU-style plugs in UK-style
sockets.
And even more hopefully you wouldn't as an ambassador for the RIPE Atlas
program suggest such an act?
Using an EU-plug in the UK-style socket without a proper converter/adapter
is illegal...

2015-12-25 15:00 GMT+01:00 Geert Jan de Groot <GeertJan.deGroot at xs4all.nl>:

> On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:18:41 +0000 Nick Hilliard wrote:
> > What plug fitting, though?
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets
>
> In my experience, not a problem. At least my experiences in Africa
> have learned that many places mix different plug standards anyway.
> Also, the round pins of the power supply do fit in British square-pin
> sockets; many friends are very fast with this and don't even need
> a pen (which I still need) to defeat the "safety shield"
> British sockets have, to plug in a round-pin adapter.
>
> > Requesting that the RIPE NCC provide PSUs
> > is turning a minor quibble on the part of Atlas users into a major
> > stocking and expense headache for the RIPE NCC.
>
> All I'd be asking is that for probes I'd ambassador, to have the option
> of having the power supply that it came with, be included.
>
> While USB power supplies are available on the street, quality varies
> and the whole discussion started with poor-quality power supplies
> causing trouble for probes..
>
> Geert Jan
>
>
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