Why do you keep a printer powered on when not printing?
The buttonâs waaaaay over there in the back and some people have short arms and/or are lazy 
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He doesnât really careâŠcuz heâs plugged in into his neighbor power system, and thus itâs the neighbor whoâs paying the billâŠ
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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 doesnât. 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 thereâs no need for this & it isnât safe.
Easy, just run a bunch of extension cords to a single power strip. Donât be afraid to daisy chain a couple of power strips if you need extra outlets, or if your extension cords donât 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. Itâs 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 yâall 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 âhey, a cable is a cable, what can go wrong?â
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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 flames⊠
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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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âŠwhich is putting peopleâs 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 issue⊠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 itâs 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 wonât have. Thereâs also requirements for the kinds of vapors/gasses given off as plastic boxes burn that 3d print filament probably doesnât 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 itâs 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 donât 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 thatâs understandable (kinda), as they havenât faced a ravaging fire due to unwise and unreliable electrical boxes/connectionsâŠ
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I had some unprofessional made electrical junctions burn on me recently, so letâs say I would not trust some random dude printing a junction box. And I wonât trust myself publishing something like that.
That said, it may be just my opinion 
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Dude, you better hope filament never becomes sentient. Thereâs gonna be a grudge there, and youâll be on the losing end(s).
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I was checking all those tea bag holder. Not that they are strictly dangerous, but i guess PLA would not be happy close to that heat.
I think there is a clear difference between something that is dangerous in the sense of lethal, like those âpower adaptersâ for example. Like electric shock and fire hazard or whether something is food safe.
There are also different views on how food safe PLA really is. Ask 100 experts and they will all tell you something different. Simply because each country defines it differently. Also, each company certifies it according to regional regulations.
The question of whether something is food safe is difficult to define, because every country understands it differently, and so does every user. But as I said, weâre not talking about deadly.
Beside, there really is PLA that is food safe:
sorry there isnât unless you coat it. no filament is food safe.
your own article you posted says this too in the 1st paragraph quote: âAlthough many companies list their PLA as âfood safeâ, there is no official certifying body to regulate such claimsâ
I posted about this in the french section under food safes when someone asked with the proper links if you search it I put a translation as well. â edit > link : QualitĂ© alimentaire - #4 by Unique_Letterhead
Just because you think there are no microscopic holes picking up bacteria - there are unless you seal it afterwards - no 3d printer can claim this unless you have a hermetically sealed environment WITH nozzle as if it was a sterile surgery - the food 3d printers making actual food items to consume THAT would be the only printer you could possibly use TO print But then the filament fails at food safe as it doesnât exist so thatâs out as well. There just isnât a way right now.
Not this sterile in your basement/house/living room/shop where the printer is now? Not food safe while printing and you donât have a 145k food printer setup?
You need to seal it afterwards.
EDIT: letâs be clear here - you can print a cup in pla and drink water from it once or twice - it wonât hurt you. camping, one offâs things like that I totally get it. I am on the same page and I do the same for camping. one shots that are clean printed.
But printing a âglassâ or âbowlâ then claiming itâs food safe forever just wash it - nope. this is what I am stating here you canât actually make right now.
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