Apple have recalled a bunch of UK mains plugs due to safety concerns. Full details here:
https://www.apple.com/support/three-prong-ac-wall-plug-adapter/
Check your gear, folk. Six "incidents" have been reported so far, according to the BBC.
wow 6 whole incidents, but agree it is shocking ?
i'd guess out of 50m devices in the uk. :0)
i was once absent mindedly chewing a nokia cable i hadnt realised it was on
https://www.finder.com/uk/iphone-sales-statistics [38million iphones 2011-2017]
I thought this was going to be a post about how Drac's iPad was no longer displaying the site correctly. I am disappoint.
wow 6 whole incidents, but agree it is shocking ?
Shocking.
Electricity.
Faults.
Shocking.
It's a jest, merriment, witticism or punne.
Jokes are like frogs, they die when you dissect them.
Is it tomorrow yet?
Jokes are like frogs, they die when you dissect them.
Ah but they come alive when you shock them.
I thought this was going to be a post about how Drac’s iPad was no longer displaying the site correctly. I am disappoint.
Which iPad?
Which iPad?
The magic one of course.
The magic one of course.
Pro or Air?
The magic one of course.
I thought that was their mice?
*mouses
It’s the three prong UK adaptors for the transformers rather than the actual chargers. Six incidents of mains electric shocks is not to be sniffed at. iPad and presumably old WiFi adaptors too. Anything big that plugs into the UK mains. If you take off the adaptor and it’s white inside not grey, replace it.
I assume incident <> death, but not everyone has an rcd
Worth knowing that the offending plugs are from 2003-2010.
Six incidents of mains electric shocks is not to be sniffed at.
The BBC article says six incidents but does not specify if people were shocked.
Indeed it's for Mac and Mac books it's has 6 reported cases of them breaking, no idea where mine is as not used it for a couple of years.
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/25/apple-three-prong-ac-wall-plug-recall-program/
It’s at least 7, then, because the same thing happened to mine. If you pull the body of the charger it stresses the plug along that seam you can see. Eventually mine came apart and yeah it reveals a couple of wires that would obviously give you a nasty shock. I just glued it back together and carried on with my life. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But I thought apple stuff "just works"...
It does, shockingly...
recalled what looks to me like same part down under (albeit with Aus/NZ prongy bits) well over a year ago - i was surprised by how many we had and was a 2mins in and out at local mac dealer no fuss
edit just looked it up Jan 2016 now go check travel box for UK ones
I'm curious what iOS devices would have used that type of plug, I thought they'd always had a USB type charging adaptor?
ipads used to come with a wall plug like that with a USB port with a higher amp output.
I've got one of those. Not sure if it's the recalled one... but if it broke and it was still plugged in, I reckon those "exposed metal parts" wouldn't be touched.
I’m curious what iOS devices would have used that type of plug, I thought they’d always had a USB type charging adaptor?
macbook pro and macbook air in our overindulgent household