[lxgr]

Sometimes I look at USB-C plugs and US power outlets and wonder if there’s a shock hazard there…

[johnwalkr]

Once when I boarded a flight I noticed one of those multi-country mains power sockets next to a 2-hole headphone socket. They were arranged and aligned in a way that made it obvious that a 2-prong headphone cable would fit in the power socket. I took a picture of it and put it on Facebook before taking off.

After a nap I actually did put on headphones and plug them into the power socket by mistake. Luckily nothing happened.

[ben-schaaf]

I look at US outlets and wonder about shock hazards.

[Zak]

I think most people in the US have stuck a finger between the two completely uninsulated prongs of a plug and got a shock, usually during childhood. They usually only do it once.

[deathanatos]

The USB-C plug would be both too tall and too wide for the hot/neutral part of the outlet, and too wide for the ground portion.

So, no?

[TylerE]

Would need a complete circuit. So unless you’re sticking in both ends of one cable to the same outlet…

[lxgr]

Depending on how well you're grounded, you might just be the component that completes the circuit...

As far as I understand, not all US power outlets have a residual current device.