[ARC5] 125 VAC Line? Make Your BA's Happy,

[AKLDGUY .]

> When I was younger I thought this was a bit silly.   I mean come on, what is
> the chance of dropping something conductive across the hot and nutral pins
> of a partially inserted 120vac plug?
>
> Of course eventually I did just exactly that.

Do plugs in the US have insulating sleeves over the pins? They do by law
here. The sleeve begins at the base of the pin and runs about half its length
so that if the plug is half pulled out, the live pin is not exposed.

Oh, and Brian's use of the word 'pressure' is most unusual and seems to
be some personal quirk of his own. I've never heard of voltage referred to
that way in this part of the world. Never seen it in the excellent Aussie mag
'Silicon Chip'.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM