Are you as OCD as this audiophile?

glupson

What happened in those three deleted posts?

I think Michael Powell embarrassed himself.

rodman999993,265 posts11-03-2018 1:43pm

I'm trying to understand the, " Because the receptacle he’s looking at is a 20A device. If he puts the wider blade on an otherwise 15A plug, it wouldn’t fit a common standard 15A receptacle."   Every 15A, grounded receptacle(or plug) I've seen, manufactured in the past couple decades, has had a wider slot(or prong) for the neutral

That's a polarized device, but many common 15A receptacles aren't polarized. They have the same width for both hot and neutral blades.

lalitk

I did watched the video and yes he misspoke about the neutral connection of the receptacle as live (hot)

It would be easy to overlook if that was his only error. But his elaborate explanation for why the Furutech plug didn’t have the type of neutral blade he expected (that it was a money-saving decision, and not because that’s what code specifies on a 15A plug) shows he just doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Sorry.

I walked way wondering why didn’t anyone else thought about building a AC plug with uneven blade size to coincide with uneven slots on the receptacle

Simple. Because the receptacle he’s looking at is a 20A device. If he puts the wider blade on an otherwise 15A plug, it wouldn’t fit a common standard 15A receptacle.

Yet, notwithstanding all this ignorance, he pronounces:

trust me there are truths that I could share that would put me smack dab at the industries top level.

lalitk

He’s an upstanding guy, very knowledgeable and been running a legitimate business for years now.

He may be a great guy. He just doesn't know what he's talking about - that's already been established. Did you review his video that I referenced?

rbstehno11-03-2018 9:18am

I might be wrong here but this thread looks very suspicious ...

Agreed. And at least some of the time, he clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. In this video of his, he confuses the neutral connection of an AC receptacle with the hot, and criticizes a Furutech plug because it doesn’t have the type of blade he thinks it should, without ever realizing he’s confusing a 15A plug with a 20A plug. So while I appreciate that the guy has passion, and I appreciate his enthusiasm for the Raspberry Pi that he discusses in another video, he’s simply not authoritative. That would be excusable but for the fact that he portrays himself as expert:

Ive looked at the way fresh blood comes into the hobby and they are met by tons of confusing rhetoric and unfriendly hubris ... trust me there are truths that I could share that would put me smack dab at the industries top level ... I’m not there to promote myself as much as I am to find truth in this ocean of BS ... I got sick of self proclaimed "reviewers" that have no rig nor any manufacturing nor industry experience at all ... I’ll have a direct sale e commerce site where I’ll sell things that are innovative ... I know the dirty laundry and Ive seen the inner hustles ...

And this guy who doesn't know the difference been a 15A connector and a 20A connector says he is building AC distribution boxes for his "clients."