• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    For reference / non electrical engineers / visual learners:

    https://engineerfix.com/electrical/plugs/how-to-wire-a-us-plug/

    NA 2 Prong, Type A

    NA 3 Prong, Type B

    ‘Earth’ = Ground = the 3rd, round prong

    You can maybe see the AI has kinda sorta merged elements from both of these.

    The main problem is that uh… notice how in these real diagrams none of the lines are looped into each other, they are 2 or 3 distinct lines that feed into whatever is being plugged in…

    … whereas in the AI diagram… it just forms a continuous loop.

    Which… basically means that what the AI labels as ‘neutral’ and ‘ground’… aren’t.

    Doing that would instantly cause a short cicruit and potentially immediately start a or multiple fires, trip circuit breakers, etc, depending on the voltage/amperage avalaible to the outlet this AI ‘death-plug’ ie connected to, and how long it takes the circuit breaker to trip.

    … thats my layman understanding, corrections from any actual EEs would be appreciated if I’ve mucked something up.

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      Just a heads up, those diagrams are also insufficient on their own. They don’t indicate which line goes to the wide blade and which goes to the narrow blade on the plug. Getting that backwards on some devices can cause switching and fusing to be on the wrong line and defeat certain circuit and safety protections.

      Much as I encourage people to fix their own things, wiring AC mains connections is one of those “if you have to ask, you probably shouldn’t” kind of things.