:: : : : I'd bet that most people have refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers, washing machines and dryers with metal casings and three pin plugs . . . but whatever.
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The USB 3.0 Micro-B plug effectively consists of a standard USB 2.0 Micro-B cable plug, with an additional 5 pins plug " stacked " to the side of it.
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Some appliances do not need external grounding, but the same three pin plug is used for convenience . 90.14.21.146 14 : 31, 7 September 2007 ( UTC ) DT
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I wonder whether you have a properly wired power cord with a three pin plug-if you do then I wonder whether your house wiring is wired correctly at that socket.
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In the US ( at least ) it is obvious when a device has not ground wire because you have a two pin plug instead of one with three pins.
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Recently, when I've been charging it through the mains ( with a British three-pin plug ) its screen has become totally unusuable-largely unresponsive, registering taps in the wrong places etc.
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:Incidentally, the reason the UK 3-pin plugs are so big is that there used to be a range of plugs IIRC from 2 Amp all the way up to 15 Amp.
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Richard Nelson from Los Angeles has come to Europe with a device to help Asians solve a very American problem _ what to do with a three-pin plug in a two-pin socket.
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USB 3.0 also introduced a new Micro-B cable plug, which consists of a standard USB 1 . x / 2.0 Micro-B cable plug, with an additional 5-pin plug " stacked " inside it.
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The first British standard for domestic three-pin plugs was BS 317 " Hand-Shield and Side Entry Pattern Three-Pin Wall Plugs and Sockets ( Two Pin and Earth Type ) " published in 1928.
