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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This is the fifth installment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and presents Cursed Connectors #78: The Outlet Denier. | + | {{incomplete|Created by a BIG CHUNGUS - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This is the fifth installment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and presents Cursed Connectors #78: The Outlet Denier. It follows [[2507: USV-C]] (#280), but more than half a year has passed since the last comic with one of these connectors. | ||
− | The | + | The Outlet Denier connector in this comic is the large one to the right. It has a plug on the downward side that is supposed to go into the {{w|power strip}} on the left. The power bar is of the type with a {{w|Light_switch#Rocker|rocker switch}} that can turn the entire power bar off. This power bar has five outlets. But no matter which of those five the outlets are chosen for the Outlet Denier, the bar will cover all the other four, hence the name, and also why it is cursed. Also there is a bar from the center towards right, and a D shaped bar to the left. If the power strips sockets where turned 90 degrees, those sections would probably block most of the other sockets as well. |
− | + | Many appliances require transformers or other large components on their power cord. Sometimes these "power bricks" are built around the plug, and these may block access to other sockets on a power strip or wall outlet. Other plugs are deliberately designed to block the other half of a duplex outlet, preventing users from plugging anything else in that could overload the circuit. The comic depicts an extreme case of a cumbersome connector shape designed to block an entire power strip. Worse, the extreme length could prevent it from being plugged into a wall outlet too close to the floor, forcing the user to use up a power strip for it. | |
− | + | The title text says that the Outlet Denier has bumps on the underside of the long bar that would match up with the location of the rocker switch no matter which outlet of the strip it is plugged into. It's not clear whether this will turn the power switch off or force it always on. But either way, it gets in the way of the user being able to control the power themselves. | |
− | + | If it forces it off, then the Outlet Denier cannot even be used. So to at least assume someone might actually use it, it must force it on. Since there are nothing else that can go into the power strip, it is not that important it it is possible to switch it off though. | |
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− | If it forces it off, then the Outlet Denier cannot even be used. So to at least assume someone might actually use it, it must force it on. Since there | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[To the left is a power strip with a rocker switch at the top and five outlets | + | {{incomplete transcript|Please help with better English description of the parts. I lack the right words.}} |
− | + | :[To the left is a power strip with a rocker switch at the top and five outlets. A wire goes from the top to the left. To the right is the connector that should go into one of the outlets. A curbed wire comes from the right into the end of the connector, which is a bit long and has the legs under neath where it ends. But instead of ending there, there is a bar orthogonal to the first part, which is at least four times as long as the normal part. And a D shaped bar going out from this long bar from one to the other side of the part with the legs. If it is plugged in, the long bar will cover all the other outlet of the power strip. Above is a title and below is a label.] | |
− | : | + | :Cursed Connectors #78 |
− | : | + | :The outlet denier |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category: Cursed Connectors]] | [[Category: Cursed Connectors]] |