Post AwL8J6W7ZWgYQLlHuK by artemist@social.mildlyfunctional.gay
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(DIR) Post #AwL6jg29wbrACLI4e0 by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:08:22Z
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sorry everyone, my third wish from the genie was to make the world's electrical standards weirder. south america is now using 70hz 40v AC, france & belgium are strictly DC outlets (no AC), and apple products are all on 3.3v USB. AA batteries are now 9v, and 9v batteries are still called that but they provide 6v.
(DIR) Post #AwL6se98KbngwypUhs by whitequark@mastodon.social
2025-07-20T23:10:09Z
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@foone you monster
(DIR) Post #AwL74esZQsDYhLoHp2 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-07-20T23:12:44.231207Z
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@foone DC outlets… isn't the reason we got AC everywhere to have higher voltages?
(DIR) Post #AwL763svwlCaXfeIy0 by erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net
2025-07-20T23:12:19.044487Z
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@foone in Germany the electrification standards have been swapped between trains and houses, so trains now get 50Hz (which actually makes it easier for them to run into France) but houses get 16.7 Hz (which made the wall warts huge before we invented switch mode power supplies)
(DIR) Post #AwL7E9bEaHK8a9EG4e by spzb@infosec.exchange
2025-07-20T23:14:06Z
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@foone US outlets are randomly 110 or 230 volts, changing every time you plug something in.
(DIR) Post #AwL7FZaZRT55TZayG0 by erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net
2025-07-20T23:13:21.529900Z
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@lanodan @foone its mostly that transformers are one of the electrical technologies of all time
(DIR) Post #AwL7ZnY7FODqZ65iWu by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:18:03Z
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US outlets now have 4 slots in a row. -120v, gnd, 120v, 240v, unless it's mounted upside down, in which case it's 240v, 120v, gnd, -120v
(DIR) Post #AwL7hiwuEanOcASwq0 by Selinica@eldritch.cafe
2025-07-20T23:19:22Z
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@foone so it's all a dryer plug?
(DIR) Post #AwL7kWOXMqgwXxixQO by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:19:50Z
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they don't use molded plugs anymore. just 2 or 3 wires coming from the device and you have three separate ends which you put into the appropriate slots
(DIR) Post #AwL7q91DC0P3mgUl1M by tim@union.place
2025-07-20T23:20:53Z
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@foone this explains why all of my electronics have suddenly been exploding.
(DIR) Post #AwL7vdqhzbcMqrCgUa by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:21:57Z
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hotels all have CEE 17 sockets for some reason. bring an adapter
(DIR) Post #AwL81BmLGqWXWvo3Rg by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:22:58Z
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rs232 is exactly the same. I asked the genie about that and he said he couldn't make it any worse
(DIR) Post #AwL845T5Bq4SpKBDPs by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:23:31Z
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ATX power supplies also provide -48V now for compatibility with old phone systems
(DIR) Post #AwL8J6W7ZWgYQLlHuK by artemist@social.mildlyfunctional.gay
2025-07-20T23:23:56Z
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@lanodan @foone transformers make it easier to change between voltages with AC than DC, but there's fundamentally nothing stopping 800kV DC power lines or 48V DC servers. Many undersea power cables are DC and telecom loves DC racks.
(DIR) Post #AwL8Kz8ly8Wo7ojnG4 by rotopenguin@mastodon.social
2025-07-20T23:26:30Z
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@foone *9v batteries provide 6v*Nice.
(DIR) Post #AwL8OZXx4IZruCE2KG by bruce@darkmoon.social
2025-07-20T23:26:30Z
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@foone Goddammit, Foone. My laptop battery can't handle much more of this shit. Change it back.
(DIR) Post #AwL8QAXh0KC6w3rjAO by phoenixgee@mstdn.social
2025-07-20T23:26:44Z
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@foone I was wondering why that landline dial-disc phone started working again completely unprovoked...
(DIR) Post #AwL8TMke4ICffZRrqS by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:27:11Z
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car batteries are now 52v 1/30hz. you gotta start the car at the right point in the cycle
(DIR) Post #AwL8WLVp8DGshAw8vY by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:28:07Z
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be careful if it's an electric car, if you start it at the wrong point in the cycle the controls will be reversed
(DIR) Post #AwL8ZgNU0iayHFcuAK by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:28:28Z
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@rudi it's called freedom maybe you've heard of it
(DIR) Post #AwL954BjX9TZ6L601Y by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:34:54Z
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speaking of which, all electric car chargers are now inductive. it's really annoying to park in exactly the right place to start the charging
(DIR) Post #AwL9jqUbMIf6UvMlPM by rotopenguin@mastodon.social
2025-07-20T23:42:11Z
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@foone all power outlets are now PoE. If you yank and break the little plastic tang off of the vacuum cleaner's power cord, well sucks to be you. It probably had to request a high enough voltage* that the arc isn't going to go out without a fight. *using SNMP
(DIR) Post #AwL9mfGTYmLQXn6SBc by smathermather@mapstodon.space
2025-07-20T23:42:13Z
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@foone We don't deserve you, foone. And yet somehow, we probably deserve all this.
(DIR) Post #AwL9zdeiqxSjJodAbQ by HoustonDog@mastodon.world
2025-07-20T23:45:02Z
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@foone I liked AT power supplies for compatibility with internal CD-ROM for its on/off load. (used to be $4 for the PS, $5 for tunes drive, and three bucks for Labtec speakers at garage sales ... a $12 boom box that stacked!) * these parts are now sixty bucks on eBay 🙄
(DIR) Post #AwLA3C4XLmpcvaOtNo by timixretroplays@digipres.club
2025-07-20T23:45:08Z
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@foone centre negative is the default
(DIR) Post #AwLA6njhlzGUbqNQ0m by rf@mas.to
2025-07-20T23:46:05Z
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@foone our electric kettles will boil water *so* fast now(unless...wait, did you lower the amperage to prevent that?)
(DIR) Post #AwLAqIcpm4xRRRrGSG by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-07-20T23:54:57.794313Z
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@foone What happens if you put something like a microwave or a CRT on top of the induction?
(DIR) Post #AwLBTxJiPxl8wEpDY8 by 12thRITS@mstdn.social
2025-07-21T00:01:33Z
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@foone Make yourself one of these universal adapters if you have to travel.
(DIR) Post #AwLCzZoZQz4lGftoRM by corycarson@gnu.gl
2025-07-21T00:18:37Z
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@foone inductive charging would turn loose ferrous road debris into road shrapnel
(DIR) Post #AwLDGzg4WtzkP4EH8S by corycarson@gnu.gl
2025-07-21T00:21:50Z
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@foone USB-C PD is now approved for 660W over the same PHY
(DIR) Post #AwLFLfR1Q2LOygXuIi by cerement@social.targaryen.house
2025-07-21T00:45:02Z
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@foone (that’s just a normal Tesla software update)
(DIR) Post #AwLGBrYLboyjcUrRzM by StompyRobot@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-07-21T00:54:27Z
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@foone Nordic households run on five phase
(DIR) Post #AwLGbxHyuBH4wHeE76 by anymouse_404@glitch.social
2025-07-21T00:59:10Z
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@foone Nice, in South America, you can now weld with cables straight from the wall
(DIR) Post #AwLJoAhPAkWHrp3YNk by Datenegassie@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-07-21T01:34:58Z
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@foone those ATX power supply 8-pin connectors that connect to the CPU and those 8-pin connectors that connect to PCIe expansion cards are now mechanically compatible with each other
(DIR) Post #AwLLpeGoudzhmKSB4y by autolycos@med-mastodon.com
2025-07-21T01:57:42Z
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@foone this is troof Damn
(DIR) Post #AwLN6BTFLG0bKqiLw0 by awfulOstrich@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T02:11:55Z
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@foone everything is USB C but you have to use trial and error to see if any given cable supports the device you want to power. No wait, that's reality.
(DIR) Post #AwLPSokGCWKbQDao6K by tevruden@nonexiste.net
2025-07-21T02:38:22Z
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@foone I'm learning from this thread that Japan is at a maxima like RS232
(DIR) Post #AwLPkyTsk4HOpUacts by renardboy@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T02:41:40Z
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@foone I'd be okay with DC honestly, power tool motors would run better.
(DIR) Post #AwLUdR4R3vd4x7ubJ2 by su_liam@mas.to
2025-07-21T03:36:21Z
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@foone May dog have mercy if you plug it in wrong way around.
(DIR) Post #AwLeqKIKZ6s5FBCGCe by alfabravoteam@linuxrocks.online
2025-07-21T05:30:41Z
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@foone where in south America are we using 70 Hz? We're firmly on 110V 60 Hz AC
(DIR) Post #AwLfUN19rPURGxG6fA by matthew@mastodon.me.uk
2025-07-21T05:37:56Z
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@foone At least one country should use constant current source, instead of a constant voltage source. (We had that in my electrical engineering labs, 30 years ago. Our professor wired it all up, because the campus electricians refused to go near it)
(DIR) Post #AwLkZdIhFRPUzXn6fI by tml@mementomori.social
2025-07-21T06:34:46Z
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@foone And the German electrified railways are now 1 2/3 kV third rail. Austria, however, uses 3 1/3 kV third rail. Switzerland is all diesel.
(DIR) Post #AwLx87t3EZIr9K0fKa by jollysea@chaos.social
2025-07-21T08:55:29Z
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@foone I don't know what any of this means but I feel very anxious
(DIR) Post #AwLxB9QVxwBOnG6Wx6 by dequbed@mastodon.chaosfield.at
2025-07-21T08:56:01Z
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@foone 40V~?! Why would you do that to us?! q.q
(DIR) Post #AwLxtTrpKUqMvk192e by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-07-21T09:04:40Z
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@foone Okay, but could they provide +-15V for the eurorack enthusiast in your life
(DIR) Post #AwLyC1wBObdboGtrUW by darkling@mstdn.social
2025-07-21T09:07:32Z
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@foone The German supply is still 60 Hz 230 V, but it's now square wave (because it looks neater).
(DIR) Post #AwM0IHl5gbNoWXp2Qq by babble_endanger@freeradical.zone
2025-07-21T09:31:05Z
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@foone 1.5 volt alkalines are now called "two-bys"
(DIR) Post #AwMCVfnWooxGIM72dU by WiteWulf@cyberplace.social
2025-07-21T11:47:50Z
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@foone a friend contacted me a few years ago to ask with help as he was moving to Brazil and wanted to know if his electrical kit would work over there. No problem, I thought, I'll just look up the mains standard for Brazil!"Standard", yeah, about that....plug and voltage seems to vary based on location and the phase of the moon 😳https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plug-voltage-by-country/brazil/
(DIR) Post #AwMEpya4tRLYFXd8KG by waynedixon@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T12:13:59Z
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@foone @lisamelton Wait... are you sure you didn't just describe the various USB standards?
(DIR) Post #AwMHZQzWJKBBIoKna4 by gsuberland@chaos.social
2025-07-20T23:13:45Z
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@lanodan @foone it's cos switching between voltages was easier with ye olde tech because of transformers.these days we've got DC-DC.
(DIR) Post #AwMHZSLBIH6HUHTbyy by steely_glint@chaos.social
2025-07-21T12:37:14Z
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@gsuberland @lanodan @foone In the really, really early days (1936?) The BBC had a basement full of motor generator sets to convert DC voltages to power the valve (tube) amplifiers.http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec12/iw-radio1.html has photos.
(DIR) Post #AwMIlCY1w7yrw6eQlM by apzpins@mstdn.games
2025-07-21T12:57:55Z
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@foone The 6 volt 9 volt batteries also have the polarities reversed, but it's not marked anywhere.
(DIR) Post #AwMiTK1S0OXeiJXzrE by tofugolem@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T17:46:01Z
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@foone Electrical engineers are a weird lot.
(DIR) Post #AwMio6qiB6qvwHR7Zo by quinn@social.circl.lu
2025-07-21T17:49:44Z
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@foone Oh sure but everyone jumps on *our* asses for not using metric.
(DIR) Post #AwNF79iAxPxIqrZNWi by gizmomathboy@mastodon.xyz
2025-07-21T23:51:45Z
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@foone absolutely chaotic evilWell done
(DIR) Post #AwNHNVIse8IWMMf3Eu by fencepost@infosec.exchange
2025-07-22T00:17:09Z
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@foone 9 pin or 25?
(DIR) Post #AwPEDljQnhBurvfNAG by steeph@todon.eu
2025-07-22T22:51:10Z
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@foone So, it will be years before I notice anything has changed. Not that bad.
(DIR) Post #AwXZxcYWtu8W27x4RE by andytiedye@sfba.social
2025-07-26T23:32:30Z
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Land line telephone connectors were weird and different in every country. I still have a set of telephone adaptors for different countries left over from dialup days (kept because it also has all the power adapters, which are still useful).@foone