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gone-ot · 10-19-2012, 01:48 PM

I vaguely recall reading about a "magnetically-coupled" plug than used strong magnets to "hold" the contacts together.

The "powered" end had a trio of concave-looking circular "sockets" that were held against/in-contact-with by the magnets to the "un-powered" trio of convex-looing circular "plugs."

A lot of force was needed to "directly" pull the two apart, but they could be easily "tipped" apart.

10-19-2012, 01:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
gone-ot ...beats walking... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,190 Thanks: 179 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts	I vaguely recall reading about a "magnetically-coupled" plug than used strong magnets to "hold" the contacts together. The "powered" end had a trio of concave-looking circular "sockets" that were held against/in-contact-with by the magnets to the "un-powered" trio of convex-looing circular "plugs." A lot of force was needed to "directly" pull the two apart, but they could be easily "tipped" apart. Last edited by gone-ot; 10-28-2012 at 09:51 PM..