[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] power supplies
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Johan Bogg
johan at bogg.nu
Fri Dec 25 15:30:30 CET 2015
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 > > > _______________________________________________ > RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors mailing list > RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors at ripe.net > https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas-ambassadors > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-atlas-ambassadors/attachments/20151225/56a97b29/attachment.html>
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