Tool idea

HeyBub · 2010-02-03T00:30:03+00:00

I think there's a demand for a device to equalize the sizes of electrical cord prongs.Imagine a gizmo similar to a bit sharpener into which you insert the plug needing adjustment. A cutting wheel inside trims the larger, neutral, prong to the same size as the other one. It would probably have two cutting wheels to do both the top and the bottom.I'd be willing to pay, oh, say, $14.95 for such a machine. It would save an immense amount of time compared to massaging each plug with a Dremel tool.Heck, hardware stores could offer it as a service when you bought the offending, crippled, tools - similar to free gift wrapping!And as for safety, it's not an issue. If grinding down the neutral prong WERE problematic, we'd certainly see some cautions in the 8-page safety instruction booklet that comes with and electric clock along with all the other admonitions such as "Not for use in the shower, Do not puncture, etc."

Tool idea

Feb 03, 2010 44 Replies

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N8N 16 years ago

Having just had a school bus change lanes into me this morning without signaling (or apparently checking mirrors) and having only missed getting sandwiched between said bus and a guardrail due to quick braking, all I can say is you're quite possibly right.

Now I know some people who either are or have been school bus drivers, and they're all right, but the ones I see driving... sheesh.

And what's up with waiting 5 minutes with the lights on because some snowflake isn't waiting at the bus stop? I leave early just so I can beat the school buses... when I was a kid the bus would wait about 30 seconds, and if you weren't in visual range you got left. And if you were late and didn't RUN to the bus you either got left or (if the bus driver was feeling nice and there wasn't too much traffic) got yelled at.

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N8N 16 years ago

They still sell two hole receptacles, which is the correct solution to that problem, not adapters and workarounds.

nate

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HeyBub 16 years ago

Sure you could. Simply glue the ends to the floor. Or, for a more substantial attachement, use a sheet-metal screw.

There is no requirement the things actually WORK - nor any way to tell - but just having them there will make all manner of folk feel good. After all, feeling good is the rationale behind many government regulations.

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chaniarts 16 years ago

and it's for the children

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N8N 16 years ago

You been hanging out with Saint Joan of Claybrook again? :)

You forgot to throw something in there about "if it saves just one life it's worth it" and also "it's easier to force the manufacturers to provide passive safety devices than to convince consumers to use active ones"

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