Why do you keep a printer powered on when not printing?
The buttonās waaaaay over there in the back and some people have short arms and/or are lazy 
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He doesnāt really careā¦cuz heās plugged in into his neighbor power system, and thus itās the neighbor whoās paying the billā¦
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Actually EU and UK (& Ireland) use the same electrical systems, just different plug sockets, the UK version grounds while the to doesnāt. The problem with this is the high likelihood a party might get stuck in a socket.
Generally if get anything with an EU plug I cut it off and fit a UK socket, literally everyone in the UK and Ireland knows how to do this. You can get them in any store that sells hardware.
As others have said adapters for these are no more than 5 pounds or euros so thereās no need for this & it isnāt safe.
Easy, just run a bunch of extension cords to a single power strip. Donāt be afraid to daisy chain a couple of power strips if you need extra outlets, or if your extension cords donāt reach. Power strips are like short extension cords, after all. Just route everything over to the front door, and toss it in a pile. That way you can kick it on and off with your foot as you enter/leave the room.
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I like to use lamp cord to make my own extension cords. Itās really thin and flexible so you can tuck it in to tight spots under the carpet and such.
Also worth mentioning since the season is upon us. Christmas lights work great as well for the same reasons. Added bonus is you get a festive glow.
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I know yāall joking around but I bet osha guys, elec-chickens (electricians) and firefighters look at that with severe eyetwitch and memories of burned stuff because someone thought āhey, a cable is a cable, what can go wrong?ā
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Having the whole firefighting department drop suddenly on you while you were happily asleep and your 3d printer running (unmonitored) overnight in a shower of sparks and flamesā¦ 
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Anything that is put into a UK electrical outlet should be British Standard/EC approved. The round pins on European and shaver plugs are too large to fit UK sockets and will damage the safety shutters.There has been a campaign to stop the use of socket covers as they risk damage to the safety shutter mechanisms in the outlets. Thank you for your efforts in getting these dangerous models removed.
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@makerworld I have reported these already but still up.
Theyre all doing the same thing.
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ā¦which is putting peopleās lives in (mortal) danger if printed and used as such.
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ehhhhhhhhhhh Electrical Junction Box by rlogiacco - MakerWorld
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i dont see anything wrong with this model. You could use petg from prusa and make a box with it with no issueā¦ whats wrong about it ? sure the box does not have certifications and all but not every countries require them and not every builders make stuff that need to be certified
Without certification itās unknown how a junction box printed with a 3d printer will behave if there is an issue with the connection/wiring. The issue could be and likely is that the junction box could start a fire instead of containing it.
Real junction boxes are usually metal or special plastics that have certain strength and flammability requirements that 3d prints almost guaranteed wonāt have. Thereās also requirements for the kinds of vapors/gasses given off as plastic boxes burn that 3d print filament probably doesnāt meet.
Flammable plastic junction boxes can easily kill under the wrong circumstances.
You might not see anything wrong with an uncertified junction box but anyone with experience will know by inspection itās a dangerous practice to print electrical components that need safety functions to work. Plastic junction boxes are cheap. People should use the real parts that donāt turn homes into death traps.
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Yep. Exactly what @MZip said 
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Some might not see it that way, and thatās understandable (kinda), as they havenāt faced a ravaging fire due to unwise and unreliable electrical boxes/connectionsā¦
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I had some unprofessional made electrical junctions burn on me recently, so letās say I would not trust some random dude printing a junction box. And I wonāt trust myself publishing something like that.
That said, it may be just my opinion 
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