Have recently acquired a two year old with tiny fingers he wants to poke into everything, it's more British sockets I'm a fan of right now, with their little safety shutters. In a wider sense,...
Have recently acquired a two year old with tiny fingers he wants to poke into everything, it's more British sockets I'm a fan of right now, with their little safety shutters.
In a wider sense, EU/US mains connectors have always felt incredibly flimsy to me. I know UK plugs are hugely over-engineered but overkill is the best kind of kill.
After reading debates on this topic, the conclusion I reached is that they are indeed safer, but it's because they need to be safer to compensate for the fact that historically house wiring and...
After reading debates on this topic, the conclusion I reached is that they are indeed safer, but it's because they need to be safer to compensate for the fact that historically house wiring and electrical configurations in Britain would be too dangerous without having this type of bulky plugs.
After living some years in the UK I still prefer the practicality of EU plugs.
I personally prefer the consistency of UK plugs; supposedly EU plugs are the same across multiple countries, but due to the 2-pin no ground thing, it's a toss-up whether your plug or your socket...
I personally prefer the consistency of UK plugs; supposedly EU plugs are the same across multiple countries, but due to the 2-pin no ground thing, it's a toss-up whether your plug or your socket will have a ground pin sticking out or a receptacle for a ground pin, or both, or neither. Even within one country! (And I find them a lot easier to plug in when you're reaching at an awkward angle due to the extra pin.)
Agree. For example: the wider plugs usually come with a cutout for the grounding. My girlfriend has a Dutch vinyl player that doesn’t have those cutouts. That means I can’t plug it into any outet...
Agree. For example: the wider plugs usually come with a cutout for the grounding.
My girlfriend has a Dutch vinyl player that doesn’t have those cutouts. That means I can’t plug it into any outet in Germany (or at least any of the ones I have seen so far) because all of them have grounded plugs
Have recently acquired a two year old with tiny fingers he wants to poke into everything, it's more British sockets I'm a fan of right now, with their little safety shutters.
In a wider sense, EU/US mains connectors have always felt incredibly flimsy to me. I know UK plugs are hugely over-engineered but overkill is the best kind of kill.
After reading debates on this topic, the conclusion I reached is that they are indeed safer, but it's because they need to be safer to compensate for the fact that historically house wiring and electrical configurations in Britain would be too dangerous without having this type of bulky plugs.
After living some years in the UK I still prefer the practicality of EU plugs.
I personally prefer the consistency of UK plugs; supposedly EU plugs are the same across multiple countries, but due to the 2-pin no ground thing, it's a toss-up whether your plug or your socket will have a ground pin sticking out or a receptacle for a ground pin, or both, or neither. Even within one country! (And I find them a lot easier to plug in when you're reaching at an awkward angle due to the extra pin.)
Agree. For example: the wider plugs usually come with a cutout for the grounding.
My girlfriend has a Dutch vinyl player that doesn’t have those cutouts. That means I can’t plug it into any outet in Germany (or at least any of the ones I have seen so far) because all of them have grounded plugs