My wife had a severe shock when using one of these in the UK. It could have been fatal.She had medical treatment and still suffers with pain and swelling in her arm. DO NOT USE THESE !
actually, the thing is there is a capacitor in this adapter, and for ur kind info. capacitor is used to store electricity or charge. so whenever you use such things, plz remember that before unplugging the adapter, you first have to switch it off, and then remove your device, and then unplug the the adapter from the schoket, also for extra safety, don't touch any metal pin of the adapter, after using it... That's it, now you can use it easily anytime , anywhere...😊😊😊
I wish you the best for you and your wife, altough I am very late. But awareness cannot even be raised enough that the fire can actualy burn we are toying and working with on a daily basis.
People seem to just assume that mains electrical products are properlly safe, because, ...well, most things they buy that plug into the mains actually _are_ safe. They know that mains electricity is dangerous, and know not to poke things into the socket, forexample. But by far most ordinary consumers seem to be unaware that we are being sold more and more electrical products that are sub-standard in what noise-compliance and safety is concerned.
Thanks for the teardown. I have one of these (it's so much lighter than an skross). At least pins are not live while closed, you're very likely to touch some of the closed pins while disconnecting it. The shutters are not useless, they help holding thin pins in the weird-shaped too universal socket. The problem you get with many adapters. It's not great, but decent. Thanks for highlighting actual dangers of it.
Thats actually quite clever, so many adaptors in one unit. But the fact it leaves unused connectors live is a shame, i dont suppose it would have been easy to lock out the unused ones electrically. The missing earth is the least of its faults.
@@stevewright2765it may not be clever but this design can be handy. This exact one lacks proper protections for safety though. But having a universal plug that is safe to use with good protections in place can be clever.
@@nza1985 It can't convert voltage in this form factor, however most devices you usually carry when travelling, phone and laptop chargers, shaver chargers are 85-265V already. If not, and you know you are travelling this much, buy those. Hair dryer could be an issue, I don't know any with switch mode power supply, might be better off buying an US one, and just carry that if you really need one with you.
Indeed, a very dangerous product, this is why I tried to find more info about it. In my case, since I needed only a US to European adapter, I opened it, removed the US & UK male plugs, the led and the capacitor, covered the holes with plastic insulation - just in case, and it is working as intended.
It's very ingenious -- never seen such versatility before -- but I think they couldn't figure out how to incorporate the ground as well, and simply omitted it. Clearly a bit too ingenious for the safety of anyone using it...
People generally do not travel with equipment that need the ground. A laptop charger may be grounded but as it is plastic that is totally unnecessary. It is impossible to make a grounded one that accepts both Schuko and the British plug.
There are better ones like these: www.skross.com/en/products/world-travel-adapters There are with and without ground. Note if you are in Britain you should get one with ground. There is no way to prevent defeating the ground on the British plug when one uses an ungrounded adapter. The grounded adapters are in two parts, first one adapts to schuko and the second from schuko. In Europe the parts typically are sold separately as you need only one depending on whether you travel or adapt foreign equipment. Note also that in Europe you cannot use the included USB ports.
For the surge protector I think they're just relying on the low quality materials. When high current flows it just melts and falls to pieces and turns the power off. lol
i think it’s very important to note that the pins don’t make contact with the bus until you pull the (quite hard) unlocking tab. ngl i feel like this adapter is only dangerous if you’re either really stupid or really careless
Here in Italy there's EXACTLY this one on sale in chinese shops. They added a lot of warning stickers on the controls telling you to operate just one at the time, to prevent shocks! (if it was chinglish, just "take a shock carefully"
I have one of these travel adaptor they are handy, as its only used for my camera chargers that do not require a ground/earth, but just be careful there is no ground/earth and there is definitely no surge protection, and please use this travel adaptor on a wall outlet only. Please do not use any electrical devices that requires a ground/earth on this travel adaptor like electric travel kettles and clothes irons. Also DiodeGoneWild video makes a very good point DO NOT use the extension cord plug boards as all the prongs/pins are live even the prongs/pins that are locked in or folded into the travel adaptor and please keep children away from this travel adaptor if plugged in the wall outlet.
actually, the thing is there is a capacitor in this adapter, and for ur kind info. capacitor is used to store electricity or charge. so whenever you use such things, plz remember that before unplugging the adapter, you first have to switch it off, and then remove your device, and then unplug the the adapter from the schoket, also for extra safety, don't touch any metal pin of the adapter, after using it... That's it, now you can use it easily anytime , anywhere...😊😊😊
The other day i saw this adapter being sold at my local hardware store (i live in Italy) and on the package it actually had a giant red and yellow lable saying the following: Warning! Only Use one plug at time Only use for non grounded appliances Only insert the plug on the labelled shutters. I was quite surprised that the italian company who imported it atleast did the effort to state to consumers what not to do with the product that would make it dangerous
I saw something similar to this in Vietnam, which was provided by the Vietnamese tourism agency of Japan, and I got shocked pretty bad. 240 V of torture, and the design wasn't safe at all. On one part of the adapter you had both USA/Canada/Japan/Taiwan and EU/Korea/SE Asia Plugs which were directly connected.
other than the possibility of pins accidentally open. is there any dangerous aspect about it? I didn't understand about that earth/ground thing. I will be careful about the pins opening accidentally but want to know if its bad before purchasing one.
To be fair, it does not claim to be a power converter, just an adapter, so it's legally okay in the regard. There are plenty of items (especially electronics power-adapters) that are now rated for 110-240 (and often groundless), so a physical adapter like this is valid for those.
7:24 I really don't get the video. You are using one plug at a time. The rest of the plugs are tucked in so there seems to be no danger. Would someone help me see it? My problem with the charger is locking. It doe not lock so easily.
I also have that adapter, never got a shock from it. I consider myself lucky, because I messed a lot with that thing and I continue to use it to this day. Once I wondered what could happen if I touched those contacts when the adapter was working. I also kept sticking screwdrivers between the protection. I remember back then thinking protection was as bad as that. BTW I NEVER PUT THE SCREWDRIVER WHEN THE DEVICE WAS WORKING. I wasn't that idiotic back then.
I know it's probably dangerous but I don't have much time so I was just wondering if this adapter will still work if my European laptop charger doesn't go in all the way? I just bought the same exact adapter for use in Japan. The charger does have the ground parts also so I know it's risky already 😅
Je je , in the UK you can get two shocks for the price of one!Seriously, I notified Trading Standards about these adaptors more than five years ago when they were on sale at a major superstore. Nothing happened - they remained on sale for £1.New British Standards specifications for these adaptors now require the earth connection to be continuous for all possible combinations.
HI Steve, I did not see them this year. When I notified TS I offered to give them the unit which I had bought for £1.00 with receipt, but they declined saying they themselves had to go out and make the purchase. I also offered to demonstrate why the unit was so potentially dangerous, but they said they would conduct their own tests and report back to me. I never got a reply. I still have the unit as an electrical curiosity, and like Big Clive et al, keep them for demonstration purposes.
Brazilian Type N plug wouldn’t fit. So There’s a ground middle hole for Italian and Swiss plugs surroundedly. Use small longnose pliers, knife or small saw and nail file to sharpen the plastic part in order to fit Brazilian Type N ground pin.
The only problem is that for the USA plug, it seems a bit loose and falls out of the socket. I think I should tape it upright against the wall. So far plugging the adapter in upside down is working fine because the weight of the plugged in device is being counter balanced.
Also swivel to Australian outlet in order to plug into Aussie outlet, can’t plug into Chinese 3 pin Aussie outlet becuause they have shutters behind the outlet. So, I chopped off USA plug from old appliances, i plugged the single blade from USA plug into the earth outlet that unlock both 2 pin aussie outlet and finally can plug an adapter.
Or buy SKROSS plug adapter with grounding pin. Schuko to USA type B, Chinese Aussie 3 pin, UK plug and 3 pin Swiss, Brazilian and Italian middle pin that can low and raise at the middle. It comes with World to Europe plug.
74k isn't a standard resistor value; they're most likely 75k resistors with a poor tolerance. Though I wouldn't recommend this adapter as it is dangerous.
If you want a safer adaptor, buy it locally, not from china. But of course, it will cost you 10x more. Generally, single country adaptors are safer than universal adaptors. If an adaptor fits 10 different types of sockets and accepts 10 different types of plugs, it is almost never safe.
The only one that I have come across that does not have the immediate issues as illustrated in this video is manufactured for Go Travel. It is not cheap, and it DOES NOT provide an earth/ground connection. It does however include a fuse to afford some protection. New British Standards will be requiring earth continuity for all possible outlets on such adaptors. However, you never know if the earth/ground on a socket outlet abroad is actually connected to any ground. You cannot just rely on Residual Current Devices/GFCi units for protection. They can go faulty.
@@DiodeGoneWild I know your reply is 6 years ago. The thing is I bought these locally. Not ordered from China. XD I thought they are safe but I will have to be much more careful of them. Thank you very much for your videos, you taught me a lot and may have even saved my or my family member's life.
Found one of these at the local scrap yard, brought it home and cleaned it up in case I have to use it for European style appliances. I call it the Death-Dapter.
where are you from? does italy still use their plzgs with ground in the middle ps: why does a ground stick out like on a uk plug on ypu european exstension cord?
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I expected the ground to be, well, groundless, but I did not think of the danger of having the other pins open while it is plugged in. Yikes! 😲 Also, the claim about surge-protection is just outright fraud. They can (and should) be sued. 😒
Basically, unsafe because it's not idiot proof. Still not going to make me discard the one I have. All I want is to charge my phone, laptop, and camera. It's a "travel" adapter, meant for devices you take when traveling, not large appliances that use ground. The only safe one is a one-to-one matching of input and output plugs, which means you have to research the country you are traveling to and buy a separate adapter ahead of time. I am seeing a not too expensive $15 one online which has only US plug (what I use) output, and the input is a bag of different plugs that you can swap in and out, has ground, real surge protector and USB ports. I guess that is a compromise that can work, once I don't lose the pieces.
sadly I bought three of these before I saw this and had my own problems with them but the seller (on aliexpress) is in total denial that there is a problem to claim these products have a safety standard which they do not and that the product has a surge protector which it doesn't this video rightly shows real problems which the product has - don't buy and if you already have bought get your money back if you can but most important destroy and then throw away
I'm Brazilian and it's funny to see the precaution that all of you guys have with the ground pin and stuff. Our standard plug looks like the your's with a third pin for the ground (pretty much the same of a Samsung's charger), and it's very hard to find a house with a proper electric installation grounded and stuff. See all this attention to this make me more worried about it :~~
Ground is only needed for items that aren't double insulated or have a conductive body. If for example something goes wrong with a PC that has a metal case, if it's not grounded you would get a shock from touching it but if it is grounded then since the metal case is connected to the ground pin all the electricity would flow to the ground pin which would keep you safe while also most likely tripping a breaker in your house. There are a lot of old houses in europe that don't have ground pins either, my summer cottage has no ground on the sockets but you can still plug in any modern electronics into them just fine, we do it all the time but there is always a small risk. The problem is simply that if you bypass the ground on an item that is designed to be grounded, you are bypassing part of it's safety features. But in general if an item has a plastic case and no exposed metal parts then usually they do not need to be grounded
Just modify the universal adapter’s ground Italian/Chilean and Swiss ground hole and use a knife to saw the plastic part and file the plastic part with nail file to make Brazilian Type N’s earth pin can fit.
nowdays ground pin exist only to trip the differential (if you dont have a differential and ground your house is deadly . but if atleast yui have one of them should be "safe")
I used one of these daily for my laptop with a USA charger, the little red light died after like 4 months and I had to put tape around the top of it to cover up the exposed US connector pins
Electrical outlets in Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, China and parts of ASEAN countries, uses US 2 pin outlet along with Euro 2 pin (some ASEAN countries and Mainland China only).
I bought one of these dangerous things from goodwill specifically because it's so dangerous... makes your heart race whenever you plug in something wrong. I do it intentionally though.
I didn't know there are so many ways to mis-use a product. Is there any product in the world that is really idiot-proof? I've been looking for such an adapter for some time, but couldn't find a quality product. With this build quality for $1, can you share the link? Thanks.
Where in Europe? Standards very from country to country and on how old the apartment is. There should be grounding in general at least on kitchen and bathroom. In many countries grounding is mandatory on all new installations. In most common plug in Europe the schuko, grounding is on the sides of the plug. Ground is connected to the case of the equipment. Its purpose is that in case of a fault where the voltage escapes to the case the current safely goes to the ground (and to the neutral wire) blowing the fuse. Without grounding in such a case one could get a shock. If one at the time touched also the ground (a radiator, the kitchen sink, any grounded equipment) it could be fatal. In reality only few equipment is grounded: kitchen equipment (fridges, toasters, microwaves etc.), washing machines etc., computers, printers, monitors. Most equipment is double insulated. Such equipment can always be used safely without grounding. These typically have plastic cases. Here are different outlets: previews.123rf.com/images/alexandrus1/alexandrus11602/alexandrus1160200012/52181279-types-of-sockets-used-in-the-different-countries-a-version-of-sockets-under-the-world-standards-flag.jpg Grounding is the third hole in the middle. The Japanese outlet is ungrounded as is the last European one. On the French one grounding is a pin and not a hole and on the Schuko grounding is on the top an bottom. Schuko: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Schuko_plug_and_socket_annotated.png Ground is marked with 2. If you do not have grounded outlets then you do not have them. If you have then you must not break the ground. For example using schuko on Danish outlets breaks the ground.
Sounds that you are describing schuko. It would be easier to comment if I new the country. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Schuko_plug_and_socket_annotated.png Ground is marked with 2. Schuko was designed so that one could not insert the old ungrounded plug to it as that would be dangerous. Newer double insulated equipment have plugs that that have cuts to allow them to be inserted to schuko. American system where ground is a hole created a danger during the transition as old ungrounded equipment could be used in a room full of grounded equipment. Mixing grounded and ungrounded (not double insulated) equipment is a risk as one can easily touch both and if the ungrounded fails that can be fatal. Schuko on the other can can be inserted on an ungrounded outlet. That is not ideal but it still is relatively safe as there is no ground (apart of the radiator) in the room. It is quite a clever system. Americans in that situation break the ground pins which make the equipment dangerous if it is taken to a grounded location. British were smart enough to always use grounding but then their plugs are huge.
Yes, Romania uses schuko. The metal strips on top and bottom are the ground. I assume some old houses can have ungrounded outlets. The rule with schuko/ungrounded is: if it fits it is OK. If not you should not use it. That is if you see some old equipment with this kind of a plug that does not fit: productimages.biltema.com/v1/Image/product/xlarge/2000018342/3 The you should not try to make it fit. It is not safe. You should have a professional modify the equipment.
You can take this entire system with yourself, so you don't need the wall outlet anymoore! Is this guy the same that was offering "free energy" using (chinese) multisocket plugs?
guess the ce logo has to be faked huh, plus isn't it a hellatiously bad idea to plug some stuff into 240volts intended for 120? in example a stereo with just a transformer into a bridge rectifier "boomboxes, and guitar amps included" pretty much anything with a transformer to bridge rectifier circuit...
Matthew19002 That’s Chinese Export logo, made by Chinese government and it guarantees shitliness of the product. Real CE logos have more spacing between letters so that letter C, when extended to a circle, snugly touches letter E.
There are plenty of items (especially modern electronics with their power adapters) which can take an input of 110-240, and are often groundless, so there's nothing wrong with physically adapting them. If you plug other stuff in, then that's a problem, but that's the users' responsibility to use a converter instead of an adapter. Not to defend them, but in this (one) regard, they're not doing anything wrong.
Mi tía acaba de volver de USA con una jarra eléctrica que le regalaron allá con ése supuesto "transformador 220v a 110v", voltaje requerido por la jarra, y al probarla, el tomacorriente de la pared literalmente se derritió. Acá en Argentina el voltaje de la red eléctrica es de AC, 220v, 50 Hertz, 10 A. Y los tomacorrientes son del tipo C e I.
actually, the thing is there is a capacitor in this adapter, and for ur kind info. capacitor is used to store electricity or charge. so whenever you use such things, plz remember that before unplugging the adapter, you first have to switch it off, and then remove your device, and then unplug the the adapter from the schoket, also for extra safety, don't touch any metal pin of the adapter, after using it... That's it, now you can use it easily anytime , anywhere...😊😊😊
even if the ground pin would be functional it wouldn't guarantee your safety if the place don't have RCD breaker. All the dangerous situations shown in the video are partly users fault because who in their right mind touches bare metal parts sticking out of the outlet.
@@LucasFerreira-gx9yh Sad fact: I actually also electrocuted myself with some Christmas lights that were very poorly modified by my dad for a longer cable with fucking twisted wires isolated with isolation tape... (When he should've soldered them and using heat shrink tube, even so, I said to use a single plug extension cord, but noo, he had to almost kill me) When he works with damn electronics all day long. It's not that he hates me or anything, but he was a fucking idiot back then (apparently and at first glance). But somehow the plug came out of the extension cord and I luckily survived. Just some voice deepening and heart beat increase... But still better than dying.
Ground is not the major issue. The major issue is that if you use it in an extension cord you can get live terminals out by accident. That is just unacceptable. The fact that you can insert the plug one prong sticking out is IMO not a major issue. That is not a children's toy.
This ingenious device is intended for culling curious but not smart enough individuals. Works also in hotel pranks, providing fresh corpses to housekeeping staff.
My wife had a severe shock when using one of these in the UK. It could have been fatal.She had medical treatment and still suffers with pain and swelling in her arm. DO NOT USE THESE !
Hopefully, she's ok.
actually, the thing is there is a capacitor in this adapter, and for ur kind info. capacitor is used to store electricity or charge. so whenever you use such things, plz remember that before unplugging the adapter, you first have to switch it off, and then remove your device, and then unplug the the adapter from the schoket, also for extra safety, don't touch any metal pin of the adapter, after using it... That's it, now you can use it easily anytime , anywhere...😊😊😊
cool
I wish you the best for you and your wife, altough I am very late. But awareness cannot even be raised enough that the fire can actualy burn we are toying and working with on a daily basis.
@@sudiproy8793 it should have included that information in the instructions tho-
I like the CE sign which letters are too close together. So it's China Export and not "Conformité Européenne".
People seem to just assume that mains electrical products are properlly safe, because, ...well, most things they buy that plug into the mains actually _are_ safe.
They know that mains electricity is dangerous, and know not to poke things into the socket, forexample. But by far most ordinary consumers seem to be unaware that we are being sold more and more electrical products that are sub-standard in what noise-compliance and safety is concerned.
Yes! Thats why u say! Fuck china! Cus they r putting us back to 1940s safety standards.
Where's the "surge protector?" Lol.
+nodriveknowitall There isn’t a surge protector on it my dear great wonderful friend.
It protects the LED from a surge... Which is really deceptive advertising.
nodriveknowitall It can be allowed to plug it on cruise ship outlets. Most cruise ships don’t allow to bring surge protector power strips.
It kills you before you can encounter a surge so they weren't lying.
Thanks for the teardown. I have one of these (it's so much lighter than an skross).
At least pins are not live while closed, you're very likely to touch some of the closed pins while disconnecting it.
The shutters are not useless, they help holding thin pins in the weird-shaped too universal socket. The problem you get with many adapters. It's not great, but decent.
Thanks for highlighting actual dangers of it.
Thats actually quite clever, so many adaptors in one unit.
But the fact it leaves unused connectors live is a shame, i dont suppose it would have been easy to lock out the unused ones electrically.
The missing earth is the least of its faults.
Its not clever. Its stupid dangerous design.
@@stevewright2765it may not be clever but this design can be handy. This exact one lacks proper protections for safety though. But having a universal plug that is safe to use with good protections in place can be clever.
It's not clever: it does not convert voltage (110V 230V), so it would destroy most American devices when plugged into European socket
That's America's fault for using a week ass mains voltage :)
@@nza1985 It can't convert voltage in this form factor, however most devices you usually carry when travelling, phone and laptop chargers, shaver chargers are 85-265V already. If not, and you know you are travelling this much, buy those. Hair dryer could be an issue, I don't know any with switch mode power supply, might be better off buying an US one, and just carry that if you really need one with you.
Indeed, a very dangerous product, this is why I tried to find more info about it. In my case, since I needed only a US to European adapter, I opened it, removed the US & UK male plugs, the led and the capacitor, covered the holes with plastic insulation - just in case, and it is working as intended.
Just buy an US power cable and wire it into an European socket, then you'll have ground at least.
@@gabioldisn't that dangerous too?
It's very ingenious -- never seen such versatility before -- but I think they couldn't figure out how to incorporate the ground as well, and simply omitted it. Clearly a bit too ingenious for the safety of anyone using it...
Yes, there's so much versatility in it that it just leaves no space for any safety :).
People generally do not travel with equipment that need the ground. A laptop charger may be grounded but as it is plastic that is totally unnecessary. It is impossible to make a grounded one that accepts both Schuko and the British plug.
There are better ones like these:
www.skross.com/en/products/world-travel-adapters
There are with and without ground. Note if you are in Britain you should get one with ground. There is no way to prevent defeating the ground on the British plug when one uses an ungrounded adapter. The grounded adapters are in two parts, first one adapts to schuko and the second from schuko. In Europe the parts typically are sold separately as you need only one depending on whether you travel or adapt foreign equipment. Note also that in Europe you cannot use the included USB ports.
@@okaro6595 A plastic cased laptop charger may rely on the ground to protect the output from high voltages.
For the surge protector I think they're just relying on the low quality materials.
When high current flows it just melts and falls to pieces and turns the power off. lol
I brought that adapter to Cruise Ship. And multiple plug with no wires (no extension cords)
i think it’s very important to note that the pins don’t make contact with the bus until you pull the (quite hard) unlocking tab. ngl i feel like this adapter is only dangerous if you’re either really stupid or really careless
Here in Italy there's EXACTLY this one on sale in chinese shops. They added a lot of warning stickers on the controls telling you to operate just one at the time, to prevent shocks! (if it was chinglish, just "take a shock carefully"
Chinese products are flooded
They clearly made these for population control , unfortunately they are able to sell this trash to the entire world as well
Weird. I have one and it has a heavily worn Windows Mobile logo written on the side....
I have one of these travel adaptor they are handy, as its only used for my camera chargers that do not require a ground/earth, but just be careful there is no ground/earth and there is definitely no surge protection, and please use this travel adaptor on a wall outlet only.
Please do not use any electrical devices that requires a ground/earth on this travel adaptor like electric travel kettles and clothes irons.
Also DiodeGoneWild video makes a very good point DO NOT use the extension cord plug boards as all the prongs/pins are live even the prongs/pins that are locked in or folded into the travel adaptor and please keep children away from this travel adaptor if plugged in the wall outlet.
actually, the thing is there is a capacitor in this adapter, and for ur kind info. capacitor is used to store electricity or charge. so whenever you use such things, plz remember that before unplugging the adapter, you first have to switch it off, and then remove your device, and then unplug the the adapter from the schoket, also for extra safety, don't touch any metal pin of the adapter, after using it... That's it, now you can use it easily anytime , anywhere...😊😊😊
This is such a life saver omg
No, it is a life taker.
@@okaro6595 He meant the video is a life saver.
The other day i saw this adapter being sold at my local hardware store (i live in Italy) and on the package it actually had a giant red and yellow lable saying the following:
Warning!
Only Use one plug at time
Only use for non grounded appliances
Only insert the plug on the labelled shutters.
I was quite surprised that the italian company who imported it atleast did the effort to state to consumers what not to do with the product that would make it dangerous
Thx so much for this video ! This Universal travel adapter is verry verry danderous for people, specially for children !
have 3 of those,never used them but after this video they are in my trash bin. ty
give them to me :(
I saw something similar to this in Vietnam, which was provided by the Vietnamese tourism agency of Japan, and I got shocked pretty bad. 240 V of torture, and the design wasn't safe at all. On one part of the adapter you had both USA/Canada/Japan/Taiwan and EU/Korea/SE Asia Plugs which were directly connected.
other than the possibility of pins accidentally open. is there any dangerous aspect about it? I didn't understand about that earth/ground thing. I will be careful about the pins opening accidentally but want to know if its bad before purchasing one.
The most universal plug I've seen so far. Unfortunately, no link to the product where one could get one. :)
If you plug in a American device not rated for voltages over 120V the device will go *POOF*. It would make a good Chinese puzzle though.
To be fair, it does not claim to be a power converter, just an adapter, so it's legally okay in the regard. There are plenty of items (especially electronics power-adapters) that are now rated for 110-240 (and often groundless), so a physical adapter like this is valid for those.
I have the exact same thing,, now I'm scared to use 🙆♂️
Just be careful with it
You can also engage the live pins into a metal wallplate and short something out.
this is really helpful. thank you. i just found this thing in my drawer and wanted to look up. ooh, i'm going to just... trash it. thank you!
at this point they should just sell normal wires, shove wires in the socket and loop them around the plug of the appliance and done
7:24 I really don't get the video. You are using one plug at a time. The rest of the plugs are tucked in so there seems to be no danger. Would someone help me see it? My problem with the charger is locking. It doe not lock so easily.
I also have that adapter, never got a shock from it. I consider myself lucky, because I messed a lot with that thing and I continue to use it to this day. Once I wondered what could happen if I touched those contacts when the adapter was working. I also kept sticking screwdrivers between the protection. I remember back then thinking protection was as bad as that. BTW I NEVER PUT THE SCREWDRIVER WHEN THE DEVICE WAS WORKING. I wasn't that idiotic back then.
Does this have a Voltage regulator inside?
Absolutely not - whatever comes in goes straight out - including to the unused pins.
I know it's probably dangerous but I don't have much time so I was just wondering if this adapter will still work if my European laptop charger doesn't go in all the way? I just bought the same exact adapter for use in Japan. The charger does have the ground parts also so I know it's risky already 😅
I got a shock off this, it didn't blow my head off in the slightest but my hand was seized up and sore for the next few hours lol.
I get the same adapter ad below the video.
Je je , in the UK you can get two shocks for the price of one!Seriously, I notified Trading Standards about these adaptors more than five years ago when they were on sale at a major superstore. Nothing happened - they remained on sale for £1.New British Standards specifications for these adaptors now require the earth connection to be continuous for all possible combinations.
Are they still being sold in the uk?
5 years ago should have been immediate withdraw within 1 day of you notifying TS
HI Steve, I did not see them this year.
When I notified TS I offered to give them the unit which I had bought for £1.00 with receipt, but they declined saying they themselves had to go out and make the purchase.
I also offered to demonstrate why the unit was so potentially dangerous, but they said they would conduct their own tests and report back to me.
I never got a reply. I still have the unit as an electrical curiosity, and like Big Clive et al, keep them for demonstration purposes.
I also have this adapter. Thanks for the heads up. Still going to use it, just much more carefully ;)
Even if you know how to use it, others might not. I would just trash it
You have a great sense of humor 😅
Brazilian Type N plug wouldn’t fit. So There’s a ground middle hole for Italian and Swiss plugs surroundedly. Use small longnose pliers, knife or small saw and nail file to sharpen the plastic part in order to fit Brazilian Type N ground pin.
How did you transform the success rate meter of the multimeter, is there a video?
I am going to like your video because you wasted your adaptor for us. Thank you so much 🥰
Is this a tutorial?! 😂
Love your videos man!
The only problem is that for the USA plug, it seems a bit loose and falls out of the socket.
I think I should tape it upright against the wall. So far plugging the adapter in upside down is working fine because the weight of the plugged in device is being counter balanced.
Chinese USA 2 pin plug are thinner without holes than USA plug.
Also swivel to Australian outlet in order to plug into Aussie outlet, can’t plug into Chinese 3 pin Aussie outlet becuause they have shutters behind the outlet. So, I chopped off USA plug from old appliances, i plugged the single blade from USA plug into the earth outlet that unlock both 2 pin aussie outlet and finally can plug an adapter.
Or buy SKROSS plug adapter with grounding pin. Schuko to USA type B, Chinese Aussie 3 pin, UK plug and 3 pin Swiss, Brazilian and Italian middle pin that can low and raise at the middle. It comes with World to Europe plug.
There’s all in one all in one output universal plug with 2 pin Japan-Euro and Aussie/Chinese 3 pin version universal input sold on Aliexpress
74k isn't a standard resistor value; they're most likely 75k resistors with a poor tolerance.
Though I wouldn't recommend this adapter as it is dangerous.
That's not poor. It is within 1.33%.
Try Skross earthed plug adapter
Wow thanks for making this video man. Do you have any suggestion for a good travel adaptor?
If you want a safer adaptor, buy it locally, not from china. But of course, it will cost you 10x more. Generally, single country adaptors are safer than universal adaptors. If an adaptor fits 10 different types of sockets and accepts 10 different types of plugs, it is almost never safe.
The only one that I have come across that does not have the immediate issues as illustrated in this video is manufactured for Go Travel.
It is not cheap, and it DOES NOT provide an earth/ground connection.
It does however include a fuse to afford some protection.
New British Standards will be requiring earth continuity for all possible outlets on such adaptors.
However, you never know if the earth/ground on a socket outlet abroad is actually connected to any ground. You cannot just rely on Residual Current Devices/GFCi units for protection. They can go faulty.
Szakállat Korporésön TV remember, pouring water over the plug makes things charge faster :)
@@DiodeGoneWild I know your reply is 6 years ago. The thing is I bought these locally. Not ordered from China. XD I thought they are safe but I will have to be much more careful of them. Thank you very much for your videos, you taught me a lot and may have even saved my or my family member's life.
Found one of these at the local scrap yard, brought it home and cleaned it up in case I have to use it for European style appliances. I call it the Death-Dapter.
The issue at 3:47 happened to me and I got shocked. Except it was a travel adapter + powerbank integrated.
Is there any good device in the market?. Or you are doing videos with only bad ones?
Comes with vacuum cleaner bag (can't stop laughing)
it's for when the thing melts.
Can you put it back together after you disassemble?
thank you for this video, we need to be careful while using it, thanks
the LED draws only 0.2 watts, buy a good power meter...
Thank you sir and happy new year
3:42 (ish) It sparked
its crazy how many of these adapters dont have ground, or the ones that have the pin for it, are just plastic, so it doesnt do anything.
In Russia 80% of houses don't have ground. It's not critical.
where are you from?
does italy still use their plzgs with ground in the middle
ps: why does a ground stick out like on a uk plug on ypu european exstension cord?
Veso266 He is from the czech republik. I dont know. Thats because its a type E plug which are used in france slovakia and the czech rep.
I think that child protection is everything else but protection 2 green switches come on
You didn't mention it, but there doesn't seem to be any conversion to or from 110Volts for when you are using a US plug...
No need as modern equipment are multi voltage. Sure if you use a hair dryer you get problems.
What if you could plug it in the EU, US, and UK plug? Will it go to like 500v or will it just Short out and pop?
Can you turn the us/Australian into the us20 amp plug by making one of the plugs horizontal
Come on. Its a TRAVEL adapter. Do You travel with your washing machine?
You might travel with an iron or a kettle though. Both of which ought to be earthed.
I think I would travel with my tower pc, a heater, a laptop, 4 screens and a router. Oh and don't forget all my consoles.
I actually got an electric shock from 220v because I opened the american plug while taking it out
@N A static shock
should I return it?😲
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I expected the ground to be, well, groundless, but I did not think of the danger of having the other pins open while it is plugged in. Yikes! 😲
Also, the claim about surge-protection is just outright fraud. They can (and should) be sued. 😒
Basically, unsafe because it's not idiot proof. Still not going to make me discard the one I have. All I want is to charge my phone, laptop, and camera. It's a "travel" adapter, meant for devices you take when traveling, not large appliances that use ground. The only safe one is a one-to-one matching of input and output plugs, which means you have to research the country you are traveling to and buy a separate adapter ahead of time. I am seeing a not too expensive $15 one online which has only US plug (what I use) output, and the input is a bag of different plugs that you can swap in and out, has ground, real surge protector and USB ports. I guess that is a compromise that can work, once I don't lose the pieces.
I have this ...I use it occasionally at abroad.
sadly I bought three of these before I saw this and had my own problems with them but the seller (on aliexpress) is in total denial that there is a problem to claim these products have a safety standard which they do not and that the product has a surge protector which it doesn't this video rightly shows real problems which the product has - don't buy and if you already have bought get your money back if you can but most important destroy and then throw away
I'm Brazilian and it's funny to see the precaution that all of you guys have with the ground pin and stuff. Our standard plug looks like the your's with a third pin for the ground (pretty much the same of a Samsung's charger), and it's very hard to find a house with a proper electric installation grounded and stuff. See all this attention to this make me more worried about it :~~
Ground is only needed for items that aren't double insulated or have a conductive body. If for example something goes wrong with a PC that has a metal case, if it's not grounded you would get a shock from touching it but if it is grounded then since the metal case is connected to the ground pin all the electricity would flow to the ground pin which would keep you safe while also most likely tripping a breaker in your house.
There are a lot of old houses in europe that don't have ground pins either, my summer cottage has no ground on the sockets but you can still plug in any modern electronics into them just fine, we do it all the time but there is always a small risk. The problem is simply that if you bypass the ground on an item that is designed to be grounded, you are bypassing part of it's safety features. But in general if an item has a plastic case and no exposed metal parts then usually they do not need to be grounded
Just modify the universal adapter’s ground Italian/Chilean and Swiss ground hole and use a knife to saw the plastic part and file the plastic part with nail file to make Brazilian Type N’s earth pin can fit.
nowdays ground pin exist only to trip the differential (if you dont have a differential and ground your house is deadly . but if atleast yui have one of them should be "safe")
Thank you so much for the video. It was really useful
Great video...
I’ve found this video after being shocked myself by a 240V UK plug using this adapter. NEVER use this adapter.
I just used it carefully using UK plug into UK outlet back at Heathrow Airport.
It does not have an Italian plug on it. Will it still work in Italy without an adapter?
The European plug will fit in Italy
With such a thick accent funny that he is still very understandable
I used one of these daily for my laptop with a USA charger, the little red light died after like 4 months and I had to put tape around the top of it to cover up the exposed US connector pins
Electrical outlets in Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, China and parts of ASEAN countries, uses US 2 pin outlet along with Euro 2 pin (some ASEAN countries and Mainland China only).
I bought one of these dangerous things from goodwill specifically because it's so dangerous... makes your heart race whenever you plug in something wrong. I do it intentionally though.
still i dont find any good universal adapter that has ground
Skross has one.
i have the same one lol should have seen this first.
I didn't know there are so many ways to mis-use a product. Is there any product in the world that is really idiot-proof? I've been looking for such an adapter for some time, but couldn't find a quality product. With this build quality for $1, can you share the link? Thanks.
Just checked ebay, and now the price is between US $4.54 and $8.54.
Could you recommend a good one these adapters
Wtf is ground? I live i europe but in my sockets there is no ground
Where in Europe? Standards very from country to country and on how old the apartment is. There should be grounding in general at least on kitchen and bathroom. In many countries grounding is mandatory on all new installations. In most common plug in Europe the schuko, grounding is on the sides of the plug.
Ground is connected to the case of the equipment. Its purpose is that in case of a fault where the voltage escapes to the case the current safely goes to the ground (and to the neutral wire) blowing the fuse. Without grounding in such a case one could get a shock. If one at the time touched also the ground (a radiator, the kitchen sink, any grounded equipment) it could be fatal. In reality only few equipment is grounded: kitchen equipment (fridges, toasters, microwaves etc.), washing machines etc., computers, printers, monitors. Most equipment is double insulated. Such equipment can always be used safely without grounding. These typically have plastic cases.
Here are different outlets:
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Grounding is the third hole in the middle. The Japanese outlet is ungrounded as is the last European one. On the French one grounding is a pin and not a hole and on the Schuko grounding is on the top an bottom.
Schuko:
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Ground is marked with 2.
If you do not have grounded outlets then you do not have them. If you have then you must not break the ground. For example using schuko on Danish outlets breaks the ground.
I have 2 bent pins on the north and the south place of the socket... maybe they are the ground?
Sounds that you are describing schuko. It would be easier to comment if I new the country.
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Ground is marked with 2. Schuko was designed so that one could not insert the old ungrounded plug to it as that would be dangerous. Newer double insulated equipment have plugs that that have cuts to allow them to be inserted to schuko.
American system where ground is a hole created a danger during the transition as old ungrounded equipment could be used in a room full of grounded equipment. Mixing grounded and ungrounded (not double insulated) equipment is a risk as one can easily touch both and if the ungrounded fails that can be fatal.
Schuko on the other can can be inserted on an ungrounded outlet. That is not ideal but it still is relatively safe as there is no ground (apart of the radiator) in the room. It is quite a clever system. Americans in that situation break the ground pins which make the equipment dangerous if it is taken to a grounded location.
British were smart enough to always use grounding but then their plugs are huge.
@@okaro6595 country: Romania
Yes, Romania uses schuko. The metal strips on top and bottom are the ground. I assume some old houses can have ungrounded outlets. The rule with schuko/ungrounded is: if it fits it is OK. If not you should not use it.
That is if you see some old equipment with this kind of a plug that does not fit:
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The you should not try to make it fit. It is not safe. You should have a professional modify the equipment.
You can take this entire system with yourself, so you don't need the wall outlet anymoore! Is this guy the same that was offering "free energy" using (chinese) multisocket plugs?
Is also product in Malaysia and catch fire bloody easily.
Wow
guess the ce logo has to be faked huh, plus isn't it a hellatiously bad idea to plug some stuff into 240volts intended for 120? in example a stereo with just a transformer into a bridge rectifier "boomboxes, and guitar amps included" pretty much anything with a transformer to bridge rectifier circuit...
Matthew19002 That’s Chinese Export logo, made by Chinese government and it guarantees shitliness of the product. Real CE logos have more spacing between letters so that letter C, when extended to a circle, snugly touches letter E.
There are plenty of items (especially modern electronics with their power adapters) which can take an input of 110-240, and are often groundless, so there's nothing wrong with physically adapting them. If you plug other stuff in, then that's a problem, but that's the users' responsibility to use a converter instead of an adapter. Not to defend them, but in this (one) regard, they're not doing anything wrong.
What happened to your voice ,,?? Something is different about your voice this time.
Mi tía acaba de volver de USA con una jarra eléctrica que le regalaron allá con ése supuesto "transformador 220v a 110v", voltaje requerido por la jarra, y al probarla, el tomacorriente de la pared literalmente se derritió.
Acá en Argentina el voltaje de la red eléctrica es de AC, 220v, 50 Hertz, 10 A. Y los tomacorrientes son del tipo C e I.
I got electrocuted yesterday! Too bad I was watching it just now
How to use this for Europe pin in India
Yep, no universal adapters have surge protection which is very dangerous.
It is not a job of an dapperer to provide surge protection.
actually, the thing is there is a capacitor in this adapter, and for ur kind info. capacitor is used to store electricity or charge. so whenever you use such things, plz remember that before unplugging the adapter, you first have to switch it off, and then remove your device, and then unplug the the adapter from the schoket, also for extra safety, don't touch any metal pin of the adapter, after using it... That's it, now you can use it easily anytime , anywhere...😊😊😊
This adapter did not have a capacitor in it. The surge protection claim was false.
I agree with you but, the Japanese plug don't use ground can anyone explain why
In Japan they tend to use separate grounding wire that you connect to a screw terminal post in the socket.
Turkey can use?
even if the ground pin would be functional it wouldn't guarantee your safety if the place don't have RCD breaker. All the dangerous situations shown in the video are partly users fault because who in their right mind touches bare metal parts sticking out of the outlet.
i accidentally electrocuted myself with the adapter while watching this video lmao
Oof
@@LucasFerreira-gx9yh Sad fact: I actually also electrocuted myself with some Christmas lights that were very poorly modified by my dad for a longer cable with fucking twisted wires isolated with isolation tape...
(When he should've soldered them and using heat shrink tube, even so, I said to use a single plug extension cord, but noo, he had to almost kill me)
When he works with damn electronics all day long.
It's not that he hates me or anything, but he was a fucking idiot back then (apparently and at first glance).
But somehow the plug came out of the extension cord and I luckily survived. Just some voice deepening and heart beat increase... But still better than dying.
Well I'm buying an adapter right now and I'm glad I saw this... Lol
Other than the "ground", I do not see other problems?
Ground is not the major issue. The major issue is that if you use it in an extension cord you can get live terminals out by accident. That is just unacceptable. The fact that you can insert the plug one prong sticking out is IMO not a major issue. That is not a children's toy.
Where is the Surge Protection? LOL
The funny thing is they sell this at Wal-Mart like what the fuck we aint got enough problems now? lmao
This ingenious device is intended for culling curious but not smart enough individuals. Works also in hotel pranks, providing fresh corpses to housekeeping staff.
u just broke me when u said u can fly to America
usa uses 120 volts but like europenian plug requires 220v
No, the plug has no requirements. Most devices work at any voltage 100-240 V. Things that have a heating element are an exception.
don't have time to buy a different one. guess I'm dead 🙃
how did it work :)
5:00 : LOL !!! Been there done that... and got fried too !