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.

@KuntalGhosh

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thats why u say! Fuck china! Cus they r putting us back to 1940s safety standards.

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 !

@yuiopYT

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, she's ok.

@sudiproy8793

5 жыл бұрын

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...😊😊😊

@bamsuth9650

5 жыл бұрын

cool

@manuelengel3680

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@dj_nosmiles333

Жыл бұрын

@@sudiproy8793 it should have included that information in the instructions tho-

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.

@stevewright2765

6 жыл бұрын

Its not clever. Its stupid dangerous design.

@davidbass6780

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

5 жыл бұрын

It's not clever: it does not convert voltage (110V 230V), so it would destroy most American devices when plugged into European socket

@bucinsk

3 жыл бұрын

That's America's fault for using a week ass mains voltage :)

@gabiold

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

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...

@DiodeGoneWild

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's so much versatility in it that it just leaves no space for any safety :).

@okaro6595

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@okaro6595

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@TimothyEBaldwin

2 жыл бұрын

@@okaro6595 A plastic cased laptop charger may rely on the ground to protect the output from high voltages.

Where's the "surge protector?" Lol.

@AnthonyJLopez

6 жыл бұрын

+nodriveknowitall There isn’t a surge protector on it my dear great wonderful friend.

@shanejohns7901

6 жыл бұрын

It protects the LED from a surge... Which is really deceptive advertising.

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

5 жыл бұрын

nodriveknowitall It can be allowed to plug it on cruise ship outlets. Most cruise ships don’t allow to bring surge protector power strips.

@Doom2pro

2 жыл бұрын

It kills you before you can encounter a surge so they weren't lying.

I like the CE sign which letters are too close together. So it's China Export and not "Conformité Européenne".

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.

@gabiold

2 жыл бұрын

Just buy an US power cable and wire it into an European socket, then you'll have ground at least.

@deannekliene2673

8 ай бұрын

​@@gabioldisn't that dangerous too?

I have the exact same thing,, now I'm scared to use 🙆‍♂️

@supersaiyangoku3580

5 жыл бұрын

Just be careful with it

This is such a life saver omg

@okaro6595

5 жыл бұрын

No, it is a life taker.

@zUltraXO

5 жыл бұрын

@@okaro6595 He meant the video is a life saver.

Thx so much for this video ! This Universal travel adapter is verry verry danderous for people, specially for children !

3:42 (ish) It sparked

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

Thank you sir and happy new year

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.

@sudiproy8793

5 жыл бұрын

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...😊😊😊

have 3 of those,never used them but after this video they are in my trash bin. ty

@ProckerDark

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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!

Thank you so much for the video. It was really useful

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"

@DigitalElectronicsCircuitsLab

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese products are flooded

@synx7874

Жыл бұрын

They clearly made these for population control , unfortunately they are able to sell this trash to the entire world as well

You have a great sense of humor 😅

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

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

2 жыл бұрын

I brought that adapter to Cruise Ship. And multiple plug with no wires (no extension cords)

I also have this adapter. Thanks for the heads up. Still going to use it, just much more carefully ;)

@rkan2

4 жыл бұрын

Even if you know how to use it, others might not. I would just trash it

thank you for this video, we need to be careful while using it, thanks

Great video...

You can also engage the live pins into a metal wallplate and short something out.

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.

Hi there, You are the best. I love your clips and I love your cat too. Could You make clips of all the hand made tools that you use in your workshop? Like the frequency Meter, weather unit, Thermometer, Watt meter and all the other gadgets that you made for your workshop. That would be really nice. Thank You so much.

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.

@stevewright2765

6 жыл бұрын

Are they still being sold in the uk? 5 years ago should have been immediate withdraw within 1 day of you notifying TS

@hassanburrows8535

6 жыл бұрын

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.

How did you transform the success rate meter of the multimeter, is there a video?

The most universal plug I've seen so far. Unfortunately, no link to the product where one could get one. :)

The issue at 3:47 happened to me and I got shocked. Except it was a travel adapter + powerbank integrated.

I am going to like your video because you wasted your adaptor for us. Thank you so much 🥰

Can you turn the us/Australian into the us20 amp plug by making one of the plugs horizontal

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 😅

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

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.

Thank you

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?

I have this ...I use it occasionally at abroad.

Is this a tutorial?! 😂 Love your videos man!

Comes with vacuum cleaner bag (can't stop laughing)

@deepfriedcircuit

Жыл бұрын

it's for when the thing melts.

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.

@user-vn7ce5ig1z

5 жыл бұрын

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 get the same adapter ad below the video.

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. 😒

Well I'm buying an adapter right now and I'm glad I saw this... Lol

Wow thanks for making this video man. Do you have any suggestion for a good travel adaptor?

@DiodeGoneWild

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@hassanburrows8535

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@tapewormjr.388

5 жыл бұрын

Szakállat Korporésön TV remember, pouring water over the plug makes things charge faster :)

@Gralorn

9 ай бұрын

@@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.

i have the same one lol should have seen this first.

With such a thick accent funny that he is still very understandable

Could you recommend a good one these adapters

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?

@yukineshinky8424

6 жыл бұрын

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 got electrocuted yesterday! Too bad I was watching it just now

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 :~~

@waldevv

5 жыл бұрын

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

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

Жыл бұрын

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.

@gabrielevalentini5905

Жыл бұрын

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")

Weird. I have one and it has a heavily worn Windows Mobile logo written on the side....

Can you put it back together after you disassemble?

Is there any good device in the market?. Or you are doing videos with only bad ones?

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’ve found this video after being shocked myself by a 240V UK plug using this adapter. NEVER use this adapter.

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

2 жыл бұрын

I just used it carefully using UK plug into UK outlet back at Heathrow Airport.

Does this have a Voltage regulator inside?

@TheSpotify95

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not - whatever comes in goes straight out - including to the unused pins.

Office Depot seems to still be selling this exact model except with Samsonite branding. I bought one years ago and thought the fake grounding holes (which a lot of travel adapters seem to have for some reason) were suspicious but never really gave it much thought. Used it in a few trips to Pakistan and Istanbul, Turkey with a power splitter and never ran into issues. However now I know that it really is quite dangerous. Will probably replace it, but for now just have to be more cautious when using it. Thanks for the warning.

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.

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

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

5:00 : LOL !!! Been there done that... and got fried too !

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.

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

Жыл бұрын

Chinese USA 2 pin plug are thinner without holes than USA plug.

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

Жыл бұрын

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.

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

Жыл бұрын

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.

Every possible way to plug in.

i accidentally electrocuted myself with the adapter while watching this video lmao

@zUltraXO

5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@zUltraXO

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

It does not have an Italian plug on it. Will it still work in Italy without an adapter?

@oniruddhoalam2039

5 жыл бұрын

The European plug will fit in Italy

u just broke me when u said u can fly to America

I actually got an electric shock from 220v because I opened the american plug while taking it out

@Perkeletricksterservantofrher

3 жыл бұрын

@N A static shock

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...😊😊😊

@deepfriedcircuit

Жыл бұрын

This adapter did not have a capacitor in it. The surge protection claim was false.

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...

@okaro6595

5 жыл бұрын

No need as modern equipment are multi voltage. Sure if you use a hair dryer you get problems.

I quite deliberately bought one of these because why not

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

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

Жыл бұрын

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).

Where is the Surge Protection? LOL

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.

don't have time to buy a different one. guess I'm dead 🙃

@lucymusic2220

5 жыл бұрын

how did it work :)

‘Surge protector’

I think that child protection is everything else but protection 2 green switches come on

The funny thing is they sell this at Wal-Mart like what the fuck we aint got enough problems now? lmao

I agree with you but, the Japanese plug don't use ground can anyone explain why

@shana_dmr

6 жыл бұрын

In Japan they tend to use separate grounding wire that you connect to a screw terminal post in the socket.

OUTSH! That’s worst I’ve ever seen. In another video somebody told that this is good. There were luckily many comments telling about it’s dangers. There are few nice springs which could be used on building something.

Is also product in Malaysia and catch fire bloody easily.

@DigitalElectronicsCircuitsLab

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

the LED draws only 0.2 watts, buy a good power meter...

This ingenious device is intended for culling curious but not smart enough individuals. Works also in hotel pranks, providing fresh corpses to housekeeping staff.

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.

@gabiold

2 жыл бұрын

That's not poor. It is within 1.33%.

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

2 жыл бұрын

Try Skross earthed plug adapter

Nice ;] (I mean: Nice video)

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

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?

Yep, no universal adapters have surge protection which is very dangerous.

@okaro6595

5 жыл бұрын

It is not a job of an dapperer to provide surge protection.

So you got a shock in Europe, and if your still alive, you can fly to America and plug it in there hahaha good one. Thanks for you information, think i’m not going to risk my life/house and use something like this

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.

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.

@stalkerfromvoronezh4493

3 жыл бұрын

In Russia 80% of houses don't have ground. It's not critical.

What happened to your voice ,,?? Something is different about your voice this time.

We have this product.

and also CE....

still i dont find any good universal adapter that has ground

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

2 жыл бұрын

Skross has one.

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.

@j.d.3269

3 жыл бұрын

Just checked ebay, and now the price is between US $4.54 and $8.54.

II see these types of devices occasionally on store shelves and wonder why they even exist in the first place. I've never trusted them. Individual adapters are always better.