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Default Why 3-prong plugs

On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 23:52:14 -0600, Mark Lloyd
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On 03/08/2017 08:16 PM, wrote:

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Power supplies with 120/240 switches are SO 1990.

SO OLD. Virtually everything in the last20 years anyway is
"universal" or "auto switching" in the small SMPS world. Virtually
all my laptop powes supplies and switch mode wall warts are listed as
100-240 or the odd one 85-250 volts The odd PC power supply still has
a switch (Del and HP up until at least a few years ago) but Acer has
been full auto for at least that long. I've got8 nyear old acers that
are full automatic, for sure


WHAT is that supposed to mean? It can't mean that year, since there was
nothing special about 1990.

Also, I have a PC power supply from last year (2016). It has a 120/240
switch.