One plug for one voltage + amp rating maybe?  Like 110vac 15amp, 110vac
20amp, 220vac, etc

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On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:00 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm realizing after my rant that the mfg probably wants every device to
> have a unique plug so a newb doesn't come along and plug an item into an
> incompatible power supply.   ....still seems like one for every device
> is too many.
>
> On 9/11/2019 11:52 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
> > I'm talking about items such as in the attached picture.
> >
> > I'd be hard pressed to find two devices, even from the same
> > manufacturer, that use the same plug.  Molex must make 10 billion
> > varieties.  WHY?
> >
> > I feel like there should be a standard -48V plug and a +48V plug with
> > keys in different positions, then also an agnostic plug with the keys
> > not present so it slides into either jack (from an isolated power
> > supply).
> >
> > Make a slightly different set for 24V, 12V, and 5V.
> > There! see? That's like 12 kinds of green power plugs, not eleventy
> > thousand and one.
> >
> >
>
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