Comment by kube-system
2 years ago
The grounding lug exists on the charger body itself because some of Apple's first party plug adapters are grounded.
2 years ago
The grounding lug exists on the charger body itself because some of Apple's first party plug adapters are grounded.
Exactly. The Apple extension cord is grounded. They likely didn't include a grounding pin on the stock adapter because (1) it'd be really hard to make it fold down and (2) you lose the option of which direction to plug it in (potentially blocking a plug). So it's a design call.
Note only USA adapters are bi-directional like you say.
Wrong.
https://www.adapterelaptop.com/images/Apple-61W-USB-C.jpg
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