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      2 months ago

      Yup. Japan also has grounded outlets, though, although they are comparatively rarer.

      • 鴉河雛@PieFed@pf.korako.me
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        I recently had a house built, and most of the outlets do support grounding.

        However, it’s not very common to actually use them — many appliances don’t have grounded plugs, or the shapes don’t match.

        I’d say only things like washing machines, microwaves, and rice cookers tend to use them.

        線のときはつなぐ

        U字のは繋げない、PC関連に多い

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      I see the left side of just slightly bigger than the right, so I expect one of those sides to be the ground

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      In the USA, there’s a ground in that the neutral wire is connected to ground. Devices that take advantage of this have a slightly broader neutral pin that won’t fit into the hot pin.

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      It’s the oldest standard on the list, and is still around older homes in the USA. They used to be equally-sized (aka unpolarized), but later on they had a bigger hole for neutral (polarized). They’re not up to code anywhere anymore though, you’ll only see them in older houses before the grounding pin was required.