Not a new question I think but WHY?? I understand positive and negative, maybe even a ground wire, maybe more if you have several different voltages going into one wire... but why so many shapes? There's 4-pin round connectors, inline connectors, inline with a notch or a triangular side, square connectors, square with D-shaped side, square with a notch, plus round OR flat pins, or combinations of the two, or differently angled flat pins.... WHHYYY?
2006-12-28 16:11:50 · 3 answers · asked by Enrique C 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
dimple, it 's so you don't connect the headlight switch to the radio , wipers to the horn , or the distributor to the air conditioner. each harness has it's own connector so they only hook up to themselves
2006-12-28 16:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we can...
You can't put 10 amps on the connectors used for USB, now can you? So, right off the bat, you've created a different connector requirement. And you can't use the 10 amp connector on a laptop in place of a USB connector, right?
2006-12-28 16:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of countries have differnt shapes to prevent people from plugging in products designed for different voltages and hertz...
as you wouldn't want to plug in a device designed for 110v to a 220 volt outlet and you would blow it up and putting a device designed for 50 cycles in a 60 cycle plug would cause problems too.. so to prevent this some other deisgns were developed.. there are more than just the 4 or 5 you would think you'd need in some cases due to national restrictions and rules.. that require additional safety or security...
2006-12-28 16:29:26 · answer #3 · answered by Galtor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋