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this plug doesn't have the little holes (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

While potentially true - that is not why the holes are missing.

They aren't part of any spec.

[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

It’s a holdover from older designs, modern receptacles hold the plug differently, older ones were designed to hug the holes to hold the plug in places.