Almost electrocuted by kettle plug laptop charger

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the power leads for most PC gear uses a plug like that used for kettles. I have tried boiling water on my laptop, but it didn't work  :^O
Not quite true.

PC's use the standard IEC connector. Kettles use the hot condition variant of that which has a notch cut out of it.  A kettle lead will fit a pc, but a pc lead will not fit a kettle.

BTW I rarely see a laptop using the standard IEC plug, they almost all use the smaller clover leaf plug.

 
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