On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM, peter green wrote:
> Bryan Bishop wrote:
>> In particular, I'd like to do a simulation where something absurd
>> happens- like smashing a NEMA 5-15 plug into, say, a BS 546 outlet,
>>
> Well beyond the physical damage that would probablly leave at least one
> of the plug and socket in a broken condition I imagine not a lot would
> happen to the cordset. Those kinds of things have plenty of safety
> margin built it. The appliance on the other end may be a different
> matter of course but it's not going to be any worse than plugging it
> into a travel adaptor in a european country.

I haven't had the pleasure of traveling to another land and plugging
in consumer electronics into improper outlets. What are the effects?
Do things go up in flames? Do the clouds swarm around your location,
what? And is it predictable by some simulation software rather than me
having to go do a resistor/xyz-component model to nanoscale accuracy?

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Vern Graner wrote:
> Or, train a monkey to push a NEMA 5-15 plug into a BS 546 outlet. Have a
> camera ready... from a distance... with a good zoom... and maybe a monkey
> extinguisher.

Vern, who needs a monkey when we have our very own TRG members in
great supply? It's in the name of SCIENCE! :-)

- Bryan
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