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by timc3 16 days ago
IEC isn’t great, hence you get a cage around them to hold them in for critical use.
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That cage is for stress relief, and should be federally mandated on all external connectors of all devices.

Stress relief is a thing, people in the 2020s have somehow forgetten about it.

good luck miniaturizing that! :D