Hi Shayon , Apple designs products very carefully but they primary focus is US and advanced countries where earthing is not an issue at all the earthing pin is never required .
They never designed it for India , though before launching they should have taken care of this aspect since it is not a rocket science to solve . But we are not apple's priority market yet Regards Nik On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Shayon Pal <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not understand. What is the logic behind shipping a premium product > like the MBP without any sort of earthing, especially when it is a common > fact that the product itself is not effectively insulated? > > > Regards, > > *Shayon Pal** > Web:* *http://about.me/shayonpal* > *Mob:* +91 98202 80726 > * > * > > > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 7:59 PM, LM-China off <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi , >> >> This is normal cable used internationally in some countries . >> >> You can just change the cable no need to change the full adaptor . >> >> but the adaptor itself doesnt have a ground pin as far as I remember so a >> cable with ground pin might not be very useful since the other end will >> remain open , >> though worth a try >> >> Regards >> Nik >> >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Shayon Pal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I had bought my MBP around 6 months back. I have always wanted to >>> address this issue, but never found the time, or was plain lazy. I am >>> pretty happy with the current charger, and do not wanna buy a new, or a >>> third party one. I was wondering if I just screwed in an earthing pin from >>> another plug, that should logically work, shouldn't it? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> *Shayon Pal** >>> Web:* *http://about.me/shayonpal* >>> *Mob:* +91 98202 80726 >>> * >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Subhankar Bhattacharya < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The pin is broken or has come out.. This is not normal .. Please ask >>>> for a replacement ASAP.. If its being a long time, they might not believe, >>>> this is out of the box.. So they might force you to buy a separate >>>> MagSafe... Try third party ones >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Suvo >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 19-Oct-2012, at 7:34 PM, Shayon Pal <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I had been meaning to ask this question for a long time, but never got >>>> the time to. When I had bought my MBP, I had gotten a charger like this >>>> [refer attachment]. Because it is not earthed, I keep getting electric >>>> shocks when I am working on the computer. >>>> >>>> Is this the way Apple ships its products, or is it a mistake done by >>>> someone, somewhere? The screw lines on the hole indicates clearly that a >>>> third pin can be attached to the charger. Could anyone tell me how do I do >>>> that? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> *Shayon Pal** >>>> Web:* *http://about.me/shayonpal* >>>> *Mob:* +91 98202 80726 >>>> * >>>> * >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> IMUG Website: www.imug.in >>>> To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS >>>> group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "IMUG Users" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <Screen Shot 2012-10-19 at 7.28.59 PM.png> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> IMUG Website: www.imug.in >>>> To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS >>>> group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "IMUG Users" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> IMUG Website: www.imug.in >>> To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS >>> group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "IMUG Users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Laptop Motherboards , ics , drives , batteries , adaptors , lcds , >> keyboards , hinges , jacks etc >> Msn: [email protected] >> Phone: 0086-13428997050 >> >> -- >> IMUG Website: www.imug.in >> To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS >> group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "IMUG Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > IMUG Website: www.imug.in > To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS > group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IMUG Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Laptop Motherboards , ics , drives , batteries , adaptors , lcds , keyboards , hinges , jacks etc Msn: [email protected] Phone: 0086-13428997050 -- IMUG Website: www.imug.in To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IMUG Users" group. 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