This is a debate, not an argument, let’s be adults about this. [Insert political joke]

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
0 points
*

How does that work for devices you don’t necessarily want ground pins on? eg: toasters

permalink
report
parent
reply
27 points

Why would you not want a toaster to be earthed? I can think of loads of devices that would apply to but toasters contain a lot of metal and frequently have metal casings.

You can also always have an earth pin, like type G plugs and sockets, even if it isn’t wired up and is made of plastic.

permalink
report
parent
reply
17 points

If the toaster has a metal chassis, you DEFINITELY want that earthed, since any failure where the element or live hits the chassis will instantly trip the RCD/Ground protection whatever you guys call it. But, for devices that really don’t need a proper earth, we just put a plastic earth pin connected to nothing in the plug.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points
*

a plastic earth pin like this

permalink
report
parent
reply

Asklemmy

!asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Create post

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it’s welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Icon by @Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de

Community stats

  • 9.1K

    Monthly active users

  • 5.9K

    Posts

  • 321K

    Comments