Why Do Electric Plugs Have Holes? Answered
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- Why do electric plugs have holes? You have seen them for years but what do they do? Stop believing the myths & learn what they do for yourself. After receiving multiple comments asking me to answer this question I hope you enjoy this video.
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I'll never understand why anybody would dislike this video. It's actually pretty entertaining and thoughtful. You can't fix stupid.
@@DonaldAJr I really appreciate that, you can't always please everyone but I will still try.
@@SilverCymbal come on man or woman depending on whoever sent this last message.
What about that video should have displeased somebody is the situation? You know, let's put it in a nutshell.
That's why I said you can't fix stupid. You was simply explaining why there was and wasn't holes in the damn plug in. I thought I was pretty cool that you knew more about it than what I did. So what, someone did not like how you should have paused for a second before saying something or maybe they just didn't like how you knew something they didn't? That's why it's completely stupid.
All right I'll get off my soapbox.
@@DonaldAJr because it's wrong...
@@Kyle17206 What is wrong about it?
Short answer: "That's how we've always done it and we're not gonna stop!"
This describes modern policing in a nutshell.
Imperial system go brrrr
Just wish this was an official company policy applied to more things so the outrage mobs couldn't change things that are fine.
Id say short answer is: they could still serve a purpose but oultet manufacturers are too cheap to but in a little bump.
Ok Boomer
Short answer: “Just cuz”
How typical American answer:)
It might actually compared to a human nose with 2 holes use for breathing or maybe 2 balls on all males, so just leave it like that, it's more humane looking for all of us.
it's for a rod to be through both of those holes and keep them level until the plastic solidifies,
they made no research and made a stupid video!
Saved me a few minutes
Yeah this didn't answer shit lol
I've seen in a couple of factories, when these plugs are being mass-produced, the machinery that puts the prongs in place does have bumps or rods that use those holes to help keep the prongs aligned correctly, even length, etc.
Yours, as with others inform this is a part of the manufacturing process - which the video fails to surmise at the end - instead of a design feature for use. Thanks.
I'm an engineer and I now this much - The holes are still useful when electricians need to connect bare wires to plug in emergency, also to hang on a nail or hook close to outlet so you do not have to grope around for the plug.
There it is!
Does having the holes take away from the flow of electricity? Or does it not matter? Would it be “better” to have a full prong with no holes? Does it give the full amount of flow “so to say”?
Yeah, based on your spelling, I am going to have to call B.S. on you being an engineer.
Grope
@@goodcitizen2895 you know there are engineers that don't speak English right?
Short answer: It was like that before I got here.
I know right. What a waste of my time !!!!
@@rudyferrell I know. And he sucked us into this garbage with false promises of shock and awe.......most boring crap I ever saw
When you answer a question by literally not answering the question: SPEACH 100
Thanks for saving me 3 minutes.
Indentation. Indention, refers to margin space when writing. ?
At 4am it seemed important to watch.
For avoiding nightmares
I felt the same way!
Yeah. Until it didn’t answer the question of why they are there. They just are for no reason at all.
Ha! I’m watching this at 3:14am!
@@thehawk5141 yeah, it was like a long ass click bate 😒
I have an exterior extension chord that uses the holes to lock the plug in. There’s a button to release the plug. It’s convenient for keeping power tools from coming unplugged in use.
Exactly
yup. truth is this is the dumbest video i've seen on youtube
Beats the old 'knot'.
Actually, my college professor told me that the Mayans first discovered practical use for them. when they raided villages, they would snip plugs from enemy villages electronics and loop them in a strimg and have them around their necks as trophies.
Wow, the Mayans, huh? I wonder how they made gas to put in their Honda generators?
Yuuuup
This…👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼
Cocaine dealers hide their stash in the holes. The cops never think to look.
Hey Krush, how ya doing! I'm stooked you remember.
college professor anchor
Q: Why do plugs have holes?
A: Literally no reason.
The fuck? Might be useless now but they were made with holes for a reason originally.
To save metal dude
@@melofrost nope...a hole to peep thru
@@redflowers2611 Yeah! I was expecting to see the old female plug that actually used the hole on the video.
I’m your 666th like 😳
Reminds me of half of the procedures at my job. We do it because we’ve always done it.
If it ain’t broken don’t fix it
At my company they are always reinventing the wheel, thinking it's going to change things for the better and it's usually for the worst. I'd say you got it good.
Oh my god, so true man.
The argument Americans use whenever the metric system is brought up. 🤦🏽♂️
@@danielwggudan2 LoL he coulda saved us 3 min. Ive got tons of other videos to watch.
FINALLY!
A 3 and a half minute video explaining holes in the tips of plugs!!!
I thought I was the only one.
and he never explained why. It's genius marketing.
While lockout wasn't the original reason for the holes, it seems to me a good enough reason to keep them (saying this as an Australian observer, our plugs don't have the feature so it looks very useful to me)
In Japan we actually have plug housing that locks the plugs in place using that hole. You plug-in the plug and twist it. There is a locking mechanism in the plug housing that uses that hole to keep it in place so it doesn't get un-plugged accidentally.
Isn't that dangerous?
@@Rodrigo-jd2wg If you're relying on pulling a plug for safety of any kind, you're doing it horribly wrong. That should always be the task of some fuse, breaker, or emergency stop button. A device getting accidentally unplugged tho might actually be dangerous by arching in the outlet before you notice the issue (and thus possibly starting a fire), or whatever reason the device might have to NOT get unplugged by accident ever.
Yes, twist locks... Though the hole doesn't hold it. Also to the other guy saying a plug should not be relied on like that.... True but twist locks add protection of accedently unplugging a server's power distribution unit when your just trying to splice a fiber
@@Kalvinjj yes but how do you know there is a breaker, it may not be there, or it may be compromised. In an emergency case I would rather be able to unplug the thing
I live in Japan and this is the first time that I've even heard of this. It sounds like it may be useful in certain situations, but it's definitely not the home/consumer standard.
Bathroom vanity units here often have spring-loaded rotating dust/steam covers to reduce corrosion and chance of electrocution, but they don't grip the plug in any meaningful way. Similar covers can also be seen on some high-end multi-plug adapters.
Are you talking about special industrial or outdoor plugs?
I was an electrician for 32 years but I never wondered about the holes in those plugs until today.😂😆
Haha
What were you doing inside an electrician?
@@funkotron9198 ...and what could have possibly taken 32 years?
I'm with you on that, I never thought about that until watching this.
Well we do have dohickey's thingamabobs, and now holesinacords
I work in a lot of CNC router cutting and some minor designs for solutions and a lot of times we remove the interior material to produce recyclable scrap, so long as it doesn’t hurt the structure of the design.
The answer was unexpected but instead of being shocked, I was underwhelmed.
2:04 Ah, yes. The classic rechargable microphone.
Hmm... this one only makes a low rumble.
...even if you put your lips right on it
The only reason I looked at the comments was to see if anyone noticed and would comment on this!
🤣🤣🤣
@@OurNewestMember That rumble is how professionals achieve vibrato
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“Answer may shock you.”
I see what you did there.
Answer? What Answer?
lol
(No pun intended)
@@miguelferreiramoutajunior2475 the thumbnail bro
Everything today requires a hole, how else would it get screwed?
in france, our outlets and plugs are strange...
to this day, we use two plug types :
type 1 which is a 2-pin non-grounded plug and the pins are round (some use a special casing around the plug so they can only fit in type 2 outlets but you can see how it dosen't have the hole so it is not grounded which means it is a type 1)
and type 2 which is a 2-pin and 1-hole grounded plug and the pins are again, round (and the hole is round too, mind you)
and for the outlets...
we used to have 2 types too but one of them was forgotten
type 1 which was a 2-hole non grounded outlet that could only fit the type 1 plugs and used most of the times betwheen 210 and 240 volts, but we stopped using those because type 2 outlets were better (tho if you go in very old houses, you might see these rare type 1 outlets)
and type 2 which is still used to this day is a 2-hole and 1-pin grounded outlet that could fit both type 1 and type 2 plugs and most of the times betwheen 210 and 240 volts and the holes are round to fit in the plugs (and the pin is round too)
thats all, folks
I have found that when I talk about this in detail on a first date, my succes rate is MUCH higher!
I've always heard it was originally for a rod that suspends the plug blades and associated wiring in the rubber molds during the mass-production of the cord ends.
Exaclty
Makes cents.
Yes, "Holey Plugs, Batman! But... what are they for?" by Technology Connections here on CZcams shows the NEMA documentation that says it's for manufacturing purposes, and includes a clip of it being used in manufacturing. Though it's certainly not required for manufacturing. Similar designs are made for other markets and purposes without them (there's a long list) and you can even find cords in America without them.
@@UnblockMind lol
This makes way more sense
"you might have wondered what they were there for."
No, at no point in my life has that question even come close to crossing my mind... but now I'm curious...
I was thinking the same thing.
We use the holes all the time.. you can buy extension cords that lock into them.. idk why they were left out of the video because that’s what the holes are for..
same here.. 😂
Also the thumbnail is a pun
Exactly. No one ever asked that cos no one gives a damn. Thanks for pushing this stuff out to me youtube. My time is valuable and this is just what I need to spend it on.
Its very interesting. I didn't realise that the holes in the pins were redundant. I also thought that they served to grip the plug in the socket.
The UK threw out its early developed plugs in the fifties and came up with a standard that was much better. A safe plug that is grounded, has fixed polarity, a built in replaceable fuse and later, insulating sleeves to prevent fingers etc. touching live pins.
See Wikipedia British plug types.
They are not quite redundant, as there is no fuse, US plugs are often sealed with the wires connected to the blades then the whole thing molded around them. That molding was cheaply done for 2 pin plugs by putting the rod through the blades to hang them off of and holding them in place while the plastic mold clamps around and fills the plastic, that way the pins automatically are both the right length out of the plug. Now obviously, for the 3 pin plugs and stuff they can't do that, but no point making separate blades so they just reuse the ones with holes in.
Old school: holes made for easy manual twisting connection.
This is correct
That's precisely what I do with them.
Yep
Christmas light setup Clark Griswald style.. 300 ft telephone line powering my entire yard, it ran 50 sets with 10 volts voltage drop. Twist/tape :)
Bingo
As electrician, I rest the tips of my meter test leads through the holes to check continuity.
It’s quicker than using alligator clips. I also want to add by doing so, it gives me better and positive contact. Hope those amateur who suggested that I handed in my certificate would realize and understand the advantages.
You must have some girthy leads dude
I do the same 😅
Your meter tip must as thick as the day is long.
Okay that’s right i do apply some pressure to the leads in the holes but still better than alligators clips
@@beefchief626 The weight of the wires or meter is enough to "hang" the pins inside the clips. This is standard electrician practice.
Its probably a combo of things. The holes could be there for a machine to hold the plugs during production. And since outlets work by crimping the prongs to hold them in place the holes in the plug would create increased drag and make it harder for them to fall out without extra applied force.
The lock on the vibrator had me laughing
"They're not gonna change a design that's been there for almost a hundred years"
*sad headphone jack noises*
Well he did say "without a benefit benefit the company or customer" so a new design could always come around. Then again what's wrong with the headphone jack?
Your head phones must be broke lol.
Wired is always better.
I cant stand how new phones arnt coming with a headphone port now. It really is a deal breaker for me.
I have yet to hear a wireless headphone sound better than wired.
@@vperkv6554 or the fact that iphones headphone jack is also the charger port...
@@PatternLand im a android guy. N i dont like tht c port to headphone bs
Me, as someone who loves using old walkmans, radios and stuff, i am really thankfull that I can use my 10€ earphones from my mobile for them and havent have to buy specific ones.
The was so underwhelming and disappointing.
I didn't get a satisfactory answer to the question either
Yeah this sucked so bad. I hardly ever hit the dislike button. But seriously thinking about this one. The only thing that shocked me was how lame this video was. I'm also shocked that someone came up with the idea of producing such a thing. Such interesting content...........they should make a movie about it...
@@arcrides6841 I totally agree...but I DID hit the dislike button. Three minutes to tell us he doesn't have a fckn clue. Nice!!
just like your love life lol jk
@@EGODINGO32 Ba rrum pumm...I got a million of 'em !! lolol
The holes could help prevent the
Said plug from being/getting stuck.
this is one of the questions i had but never bothered to look for the answer, this video just got recommended to me lol
I just realized after watching this, that I really need to get a life.
More knowledge can't hurt
🤣🤣🤣
@@JustChillingNahhhhMean Unless you're "Kelly Bundy". One bit of info in... one bit of info out!
This hit hard
😬😔
Short answer: “For no reason whatsoever.”
No, he didnt say the reason... there actually is one
It's a fork holder.
Pretty much.
Thank you! Gave a concise explanation with good info without wasting a half hour of my time.
This reminds me a joke. One day a little girl was watching her mum make roast beef. She cut off the ends, wrapped it in string, seasoned it and set it in the roasting pan.
The little girl asked her mum why she cut off the ends of the roast. The mum replied, after some thought, that it was the way that her mother had done it.
That night the grandma came to dinner and the little girl and her mum went to her and asked why she had cut the end off of the roast before cooking. After some thought grandma replied, that was the way her mother had done it.
Now great grandmother was quite old and in a nursing home. But the little girl went with her mum and grandma to see her and again asked the question.
The great grandmother looked at them a bit annoyed and said: “So it would fit in the pan, of course.”
Fun fact: Holes are fun and exciting , but can cost you lot of money if not used properly
Can cost more than $$
That’s why I stopped doing cum dumps
Truer word have never been written.
I know what you’re implying here, and I like that, keep up the good work.
Yeah....about that...
Nobody:
Me awkwardly trying to start a conversation:
Did you know the holes in plugs are just there?
If nobody said nothing then everyone said something.
I would be looking at you in confusion, since plugs don't have holes at all around here, and are actually just two round rods.
Me: Joe Wallace ,you are as dumb as a box of dogschytte!....:>)
Joe Wallace: DADDY!!!!!
@@moehammadabrams9355 good one Did you think of that on your own or did someone help you??
nerdasious
I live in Europe and as you know we have different sockets and plugs here. I use these holes to fasten with screws the cables leading to the European standard plug. This is better than using an adapter because when using an adapter, if the plug is pulled out, the adapter tends to stay in the socket.
the thumbnail:
locking the plug that way is actually clever.
This answers the question of why we still don't know the purpose of those holes.
The holes replaced the indentations that Hubell had originally used in early outlets to hold the plug in position 1:00 - what they became later is explained further in the video. Hope this is helpful.
@@SilverCymbal could have stated that better in your summary. I thought it was funny too. You ended it with something like "the holes are there because people expect them to be there" 😆
Thanks for the vid by the way, don't believe I've seen your content before this one.
@@nameless-og that's what I got out of it too.
"Now you would think that's the answer but unfortunately its not...". I think that's where the confusion comes in. Thanks for the vid.
I always thought they were to prevent electric carbonaceous arc soot from building up.
“Why are those holes there? What do they do?”
“Well son, that involves something in which we call the birds and the bees”
No dad. I know about the one in the pink and one in the stink. I hear mom and the mailman talk about them all the time....
Ok Boomer
@@theirishman8356 ya'll are getting too comfortable around here.
@@Alex-rl4uy Cringe
@@theirishman8356 wtf? lmao💀
Some cord caps actually use these holes to lock the plug into the receptacle. Requiring you to press down on both sides simultaneously to release the plug inserted in them. So to eliminate the need for tying knots with cords so they don't come undone. Ive used them and can say that its pretty brilliant not to have knots in your extention cords or get them tangled/caught on things when pulling more slack. So, they do serve a purpose other than manufacturing. Not sure when that cord cap was designed but good to see they use these holes to our benefit.
Its like the red paint on the bottom of a boat. It did have a purpose at first and then it ended up being a tradition.
That is the most unsatisfying answer I've ever heard. I love it!
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Same here-3 minutes wasted
A very educational and interesting way of saying "their purpose... They have none"
Thank you for not dragging out the answer 45 minutes.
Thanks for this. The first time I saw a holeless plug I literally thought it was defective.
Ok, the lock on the vibrator made me chuckle
@Randall Swanson no that's a microphone
@Randall Swanson it's clearly an electric drumstick
@@christianjunegregorio3053 butt plug?
I looked for comments exactly like this lol
@@christianjunegregorio3053 thats no microphone my friend. It's a Vibrating Massager
A common but poor reason for doing anything: "Because it's always been done that way."
Why fuck with something that works?
@@brandonb390 Also a valid argument that I use often!
Someone pointed out that when he showed it taken apart that it does slow down when plugging it in or unplugging it. He pushed it in too far and it sped up after it went too far. He doesn't know what he's talking about
A newly married man asked his bride why she cut the end off of the pot roast. She responded "that's the way my mom did it." Curious as to why, He went to her mom and asked her, she responded the same as her daughter did. Since the Grandmother was still alive and living in a nursing home he went to her and posed the question. Her response was "because the roast was too big to fit in the pan."
@@alecamal I love it!
the hole is for the old-style outlets that turn and a pin goes into them to lock the plug in place. My house was wired in 1939 and we still have one in use. I believed this was stopped quite a few years later as it was considered unsafe. if you trip on the cord you could get hurt or start a fire if the wire fails. These old outlets are no longer legal to purchase and install.
I found a good use of these holes.
A friend o mine always complains about people using his electric heater to warm up his feet while he works at the drive-thru restaurant. I went online and I found these very small padlock that fits in that hole. Now after his shift, he locks the cord, since then no one has left the heater running 24/7
"Made you think about a topic you had never considered before" That describes this exactly.
Because the plugs I know never had holes in them.
Yeah. That's literally the exact reason for this video Captain Obvious.
“Answer may SHOCK you”.
🤢🤮
Nice Pun Plug.
Keyword may.
Also yes I got the joke
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I see you’re a man of culture as well
What interests me much more is why h´they make the prongs on some plugs different width and not on others, since the direction is fully reversible.
European plugs have round prongs that can be plugged in one way or the other.
In Australia we don't have those holes. But what we do have, is insulation around the top of the metal prongs so you can't shock yourself while the plug is partially in the socket
"it's not going to save the money to fill those holes in"
I would think it would save them money to not dig them out in the first place
@L Cam Molds don't last a terribly long time. Next time you'd need a new one, the guy milling the tooling/mold could just leave out that feature. Also I think the hole is stamped out. They probably stamp the (w)hole thing in one go.
@L Cam assuming they’re molds, and not stamps, which is far more likely, they will wear out. All machinery wears out. There are specs to determine when they’re worn enough so that they need to be replaced.
Do you actually think the molds, or stamps from 75 years ago are still being used?
@L Cam you can tell just from the surface finish that they aren't molded. It would be way more expensive to mold them and they would turn out more shitty. The plastic part of the plug is however injection molded right over the top of the prongs after they are soldered to the cable. Eh, this video sucks.
Not sure how much more of this I can take. Speaking of takes, here's mine:
When a circuit is overheating, the two prongs have holes to allow for expansion.
This actually bothered me on sleepless nights, just weird thoughts.😂
I find the holes are nice to have to hook test leads to when troubleshooting a problem with the device.
I honestly thought that's exactly what they were for
I agree completely. They are also good to lock out.
And when they are used in interlocking extension cords. They have a small lever on the top of them that slides a prong through. To interlock.
Worst case scenario, attach the multi-meter leads to the alligator clips then attach it to what you are looking to test.
Hmmmm....Exactly what kind of troubleshooting does one perform by measuring across the unplugged 110V mains ? Surely not measuring if the device has shorted out ?? Because, you would already know that before the device was sent in for repair...
Without the holes how could the electrons get through?
nice
It's the holes that flow, not the electrons. (If you're an EE, that's a very funny joke.)
Love it, have those electrons :)
holes are for reproductions 😄
Da
I never knew I wanted to know the answer to this question.
I just now checked the prongs on the plug of the oldest tool I have: a Mall drill from 1948. They do have the holes.
This guy's story has holes in it. 😂
Love it
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
😤😂
🏆
No kidding. The holes are there to hang the plugs on racks while they are being electroplated during manufacturing.
“That’s how dad did it, that’s how America does it… and it’s worked out pretty well so far”
Ok Tony Stark
or has it?
2:03 we not gonna talk about the object in the back 😂😂😂
Gotta love the cheeky dido photo in there 🤣
The holes actually help 'clean' the outlet fins every time they are plugged in/out. Older outlets also used to have indents on the fins to hold the plug in more securely - but the spacing was never 100% and you could risk getting sparks & a bad connection. I'm super annoyed this wasn't answered in the video.
What is there going to be left to clean off after the leading edge scraped it's way into the terminal?
@Cubby Tech
You could teach the guy in the video a thing or two! He gave us nothing!
We actually learned something from you! So, thanks man!
Correct
Conjecture lol
Glad I read comments (as in CubbyTech) so as not to waste my time with above listed video! Thank you CT
2:02 no one is going to talk about that 😂
The vibrator 🤣
Tx for the video. My grandfather was 50 years in IBEW and even he couldn't explain this to me, along with other info about electrical gadgets.
I love the lock on the 'massager.' 😀😁😂😃
I was shocked when I realized that the outlet isn't waterproof.
Hahaha
Haha
Haha
Ha
sneaky devil i see what you did there
So we’re just gonna ignore the vibrator at 2:03
Yes.. what's that about? Who locked it and why? A lot of unanswered questions in this video..
hahahaha
Yeah. Better luck up granny's Hitachi Magic Wand. Wouldn't want the kiddies getting ahold of that, experimenting, and then getting themselves off. 😛
Granny’s vibrator? Thanks, you just ruined the daydream.
thats actually a good point, i do find it strange when i find a plug with out the holes.
The first time I ever noticed a plug without holes was in a cheap made-in-China desk lamp with a shoddy plug that never managed to stay in place, and ever since seeing a plug without holes instantly raises "low quality" alerts in my mind.
I always heard that before the plug was invented, appliances had to be hard wired, so selling something with a plug to people who didn't own outlets yet didn't make sense, hence the prominence of holes in plugs, which would allow you to hard wire the appliance without cutting the cord in case you ever do get outlets.
Good point, didn't think of that
Good nod for the homeless
I hardwire all my free electricity using this exact method but will still have the cord when I get my own outlets.
I gave used the holes for that purpose in the past.
where did you hear this ridiculous story?
before plugs were standardized people just screwed their electric appliances on normal light-bulb sockets , those were the power outlets,and the "plugs" were just edison screws,
after that they even made adapters that you screw on light-bulb sockets and then you can use the same plug we use today.
about the holes in modern plugs..it's for a rod to be through both of those holes and keep them level until the plastic solidifies,
they made no research and made a stupid video!
oh and here is a photo of a toaster with an edison screw "plug" :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D12cord.jpg
The holes makes it easier to atach wires and make the original connection longer
The holes are there in modern times because of the manufacturing process uses the holes , they were used for a short time for holding the plug in to the socket , but at the time the socket Manufacturing was not nearly as precise or standard and many plugs were very lose within early sockets , today most manufacturers use the holes during the manufacturing process , that would be the real reason the holes are still there , there would be no reason to spend the time or money to put the holes there if they were not of some use somewhere along the line .
Recall seeing another video that had this explanation
@@excep7 Yes I saw it too I believe it was a " How it's made " video from the show . People really want there to be some end user use for the holes but there isn't it's just for manufacturing . I worked in manufacturing Truth be told I always thought the holes were for manufacturing .
Thank you for an actual answer!
And yet no plugs in my 240v country have those holes? Its not due to manufacturing ease.
@@dickard8275 If you want to compare apples to oranges , you will never get your answer . The plugs shown are not 240v plugs , so your comment seems to be a mute topic . You are free to do your own research (well in your country you may not be free at all to do research ) or you are free to simply troll the comments , nice being free huh ?
The lock on the Hitachi 😭🤣 2:03
There are too many holes in his theory.
Just two 😂
Oh gee, now thats a joke worthy enough to end up on a candy wrapper.
1am and I had to click on this. It actually got me asking more questions than it answered.
Tradition is in the same category as Taboo , those that break either can expect negative consequences . What those consequences will be is that one unknown piece of the puzzle that prevents the messing with either .
You gotta make sure that massage wand is locked. She’ll get addicted🤣
Internet: Do you want to know what these holes are for?
Me: Not really.. but I guess so?
Internet: Too bad
Yeah I feel this doesn't really explain much.
@@BBC600 they go “maybe it was used for this purpose.. but probably not” lol
😂😂
So, no purpose whatsoever. I have friends like that.
You're your own friend? Nice!
@@Jeff-gu6nb Ha! Pretty much ...during Covid.
lmao
Jamie smith: makes a comment
Max: "and I took that personally"
What if they saw this comment?
Editor: no man you need to have a list of 3
Narrator: okay “why they are there, why they were put there, and wrong answers to why they are there”
"Holes are on the ends of plugs to allow the current to flow." - Uncle Tom Kneitel, K2AES, who was working for Popular Electronics at the time ca. 1960's. The guy was a God to us teens just starting out in electronics back in the day, his irreverent and sometimes smart-alecky column was the first thing we read whenever a new issue came out.
BS !
The answer in one word: "vestigial".
Vestigial Artifact
Thank you, video was just a bunch of pointless rambling
your using that word completely wrong you know that right?
@@paolop8093 Okay, let me call you on that for a sec: what definition was I not using?
@@Stratelier the way your using it is wrong, it’s only used in biology
I hate that the answer is simply "because it was always like that"
Some companies chamfer their brake pads. They say it is to cut down on noise. I say it to say money by keeping material to use on the next set of brake pads. I say this because brake noise come from crushed shims.
When you buy a charger in the uk it has three pins even though it’s ungrounded. The third pin may be plastic and non-conductive. I think it is there to switch on the live socket current once the pins are in far enough to prevent shock from the pin of a partially inserted plug. The metallic pins are also sleeved with plastic partway for double safety. At 220 volts such precautions are necessary I reckon, but 110 volt current is no joke either.
I've grabbed both prongs more times than I can count. Hurts a bit, but as long as your shoes are rubber sole you'll be fine.
He’s definitely right about the customer noticing if they’re missing. I’ve bought some sketchy cheap products (soldering iron) and those holes missing and lack of any grounding really made me raise my eyebrow. It’s just uncomfortable when it doesn’t look the way it’s “supposed” to.
Same. Every time I come across one with the missing holes, I instantly subconsciously assume it's cheap chinese stuff designed to burn down my house.
yep famiclone
If there's a lack of an earth (grounding) and there's a good reason for the appliance to have one, (220V or exposed metal parts etc), that would definitely be cause for concern. As far as I can remember, could be wrong, US plugs were 2 pin for 110V or 3 pin for 220V (and designed so neither one could be plugged into the wrong outlet). Never personally saw any plugs without holes when I went to the US. Here in the UK pretty much all plugs are 3 pin - but we're not immune from dodgy Chinese tat either.
the holes are used to keep the plugs in place during the manufacturing process czcams.com/video/Srb67KyTOk0/video.html
The Rock style😕
Haha, free the Hitachi wand!!!
Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed this
Of course it's Wonderhussy that noticed it.
Ya that's what I noticed also lol. This mom was serious about not letting her teenage daughter try her mom's " back massager"... Lol
My foot massager...
Yeah laughed when I saw that too.
Shows where our minds are picking that up right away eh girl
One possibility for the holes is reclaimed material. Those plugs are plated brass. Brass is expensive. You are probably punching out 10% of the material with those holes. That would add up to a lot of brass if you are making millions of those plugs a year.
I like how the locks were put on detachable cords like spare cords aren't a thing. 😄
"That's how we've always done it" the worst excuse ever
Look up the "wet monkey theory". It's terrifying.
@Tenebris Lupus that's just as bad an excuse
@Tenebris Lupus Thinking more and rethinking is never a waste of time unless you're out of time. When a genius comes along and innovates a better plug, you'll realize what was wrong with it. Good thing the world isn't counting on you to engineer us out of problems...
@@thebludster okay...monkeys in a cage. ladder in cage to bananas. first monkey climbs, fire hose blasts other monkeys. Rinse, repeat. Soon monkeys learn to beat down any monkey climbs the ladder so they don't get sprayed. slowly they switch out each monkey one by one. gets to the point its all new monkeys that have never seen the hose even spray, but they still beat any monkey climbing ladder, cause that's the way they've seen it always done. Forgive me for rushed answer. Hope I've included enough of the basic point to not have botched it.
@Tenebris Lupus it's not the plug guy, it's the mindset. It affects way too much in this world
“The answer may _shock_ you.”
Far off, in the distance: ᴵ ᵍᵉᵗ ᶦᵗ
Dads everywhere: HA
ohhhhh... i was about to say something like, “i’m not very shocked” but then i saw your HILARIOUS COMMENT 😂😂😂
I saw the part with the tiny padlock and laughed like hell, that is how I punished my kids if I had to.. Padlocks on the video games! Till I found out my youngest son at 8 years old was using a paperclip to unlock the padlocks for his older siblings! This is the same boy who took the set screw out of a Brand new never been used 14 inch Crescent wrench and lost it when he was four years old!!
2:06 lmao, I'm glad my parents weren't tech-savvy enough to do this. 😆
What they should be doing is standardizing all outlets, extension cords, etc, to take advantage of the holes.
How many times have you plugged something in and the plug doesn't want to stay in or is very loose. Especially on plugs that have a transformer at the end that has substantial weight.
Since just about every plug has the holes already then all the receptacles of any type should utilize the retention feature of the holes on the plugs.
yes, remember the times when all the early mobile phones had their own proprietary charging sockets (before micro-USB)?
Oh, I take advantage of the Holes, youknowwhatI’msayin’ ?!?!??!!!!!!
All I got from this is the answer of “I don’t really know”
The holes replaced the indentations that Hubell had originally used in early outlets to hold the plug in position 1:00 - what they became later is explained further in the video. Hope this is helpful.