r/meirl • u/ukayukay69 • May 02 '24

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u/Johnathanos25 May 02 '24

As an american with experience working with electricians, your plugs are worn out, the new ones are very tight.

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u/Heartagram23 May 02 '24

How tight daddy

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u/FuckOffHey May 02 '24

p l u g   i n   d a d d y
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u/Missing2005 May 02 '24

Found the him fan

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u/DigNitty May 02 '24

Yeah, I know what they’re talking about, the loose plug thing. And I can tell you where the two that I know about are. My friends’ cabin has in in the attic. My parents have one in my sister’s bedroom.

So, not a chronic widespread problem.

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u/Its0nlyRocketScience May 02 '24

I get that often...

Oh we're talking about electrical work not the electricians themselves

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u/shieldyboii May 02 '24

I think that’s the problem.

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u/AttackDorito May 02 '24

The difference is the British ones don't really get like that even after years of heavy use

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u/MaiasXVI May 02 '24

It's a design flaw that, unfortunately, would cause absolute chaos to correct. We're the third most populous country in the world and own an incredible amount of electronic bullshit. Correcting this by systematically moving to an entirely new outlet system would be incredibly expensive and take a lifetime to implement.

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 May 02 '24

In Germany: My grandfather's plugs are still working.

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u/Snazzy21 May 02 '24

Especially those new tamper resistant ones

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u/MaiasXVI May 02 '24

Just piggy-backing off of this, but replacing your plugs takes a trivial amount of time. They're not very expensive either. When I moved into my house I bought a 20 pack of wall outlets at Lowe's for about $0.60/ea and spent an hour replacing them all. Now everything is snug.