Those are doubly insulated, there’s a safety symbol that should be printed n the appliance. We used to use a two prong plug for razors which used to be common in bathrooms.
I love how everyone on that thread is going crazy saying its unsafe. Meanwhile I dont remember a time where I didn’t do this at least once a day.
“Ma, gib sulfarina!”
Wait. I’m Swedish living in the UK. You’re telling me that’s safe?
How? Is this commonly done in Malta?
How do u get them to fit in the socket?
totally safe… the charges does not have an earth anyways
I think the most dangerous part of this would be physically plugging it in, since it involves putting some foreign object into the earth hole to open up the other two.
Having that said IANAE (I’m am not an Electrician).
I also would for things that use an earth, make sure to use a proper adapter.
Uk plugs are actually really well designed, you can’t be shocked by them due to a design, if you stand on a plug from the uk your foot ill just hurt, but other places it’ll cut you, the plugs in the uk are actually really well designed
In Malta we do it all the time like this
Classic. Just malta things <3
It’s not easy to insert into the socket, but safe. EU low-power plug (on photo) has no earth connection anyway.
If you don’t want to use special adapter (cost 1-2 EUR for low-power version), here is the correct way:
1. Switch off the socket (like on the picture now)
2. Use another UK plug upside down for the central wire
3. Insert EU plug
4. Remove UK plug
5. Switch on the socket
6. ???
7. PROFIT
You CAN get an adapter for less than a euro at some iron mongers. But no it won’t blow up. Worst case is if it s badly connected it can have unfortunate consequences but not on that scale as far as I know
Are you even Maltese of you don’t use a key to do it?
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Safe and common
Safe, the ground connection is not used anyway
Those are doubly insulated, there’s a safety symbol that should be printed n the appliance. We used to use a two prong plug for razors which used to be common in bathrooms.
I love how everyone on that thread is going crazy saying its unsafe. Meanwhile I dont remember a time where I didn’t do this at least once a day.
“Ma, gib sulfarina!”
Wait. I’m Swedish living in the UK. You’re telling me that’s safe?
How? Is this commonly done in Malta?
How do u get them to fit in the socket?
totally safe… the charges does not have an earth anyways
I think the most dangerous part of this would be physically plugging it in, since it involves putting some foreign object into the earth hole to open up the other two.
Having that said IANAE (I’m am not an Electrician).
I also would for things that use an earth, make sure to use a proper adapter.
Uk plugs are actually really well designed, you can’t be shocked by them due to a design, if you stand on a plug from the uk your foot ill just hurt, but other places it’ll cut you, the plugs in the uk are actually really well designed
In Malta we do it all the time like this
Classic. Just malta things <3
It’s not easy to insert into the socket, but safe. EU low-power plug (on photo) has no earth connection anyway.
If you don’t want to use special adapter (cost 1-2 EUR for low-power version), here is the correct way:
1. Switch off the socket (like on the picture now)
2. Use another UK plug upside down for the central wire
3. Insert EU plug
4. Remove UK plug
5. Switch on the socket
6. ???
7. PROFIT
You CAN get an adapter for less than a euro at some iron mongers. But no it won’t blow up. Worst case is if it s badly connected it can have unfortunate consequences but not on that scale as far as I know
Are you even Maltese of you don’t use a key to do it?