Comment by throwaway290
11 hours ago
You wouldn't have this if your plug was properly grounded. Most developed countries have plugs that have grounding. EU via side pins UK via third prong
11 hours ago
You wouldn't have this if your plug was properly grounded. Most developed countries have plugs that have grounding. EU via side pins UK via third prong
My experiences are all from third-prong countries.
To add to this, I notice this more frequently in the UK and EU countries than in some other parts of the world (although it varies within each country quite a bit).
Apple avoids shipping grounded plugs as if it was personal affront to Ive. Also caused many many times for me to be shocked with electrostatic build-up.
all my EU/UK macbook plugs I got from apple are always grounded, metal prong and metal side pins
so what I mean is maybe house electricity grid is not grounded.
> all my EU/UK macbook plugs I got from apple are always grounded, metal prong and metal side pins
The short version, where you remove the extension with the 3-prong plug and attach the plug directly to the charger brick, is only available in 2-prong in the EU/US (the UK thankfully still gets all 3 prongs in this configuration)