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International plugs and sockets

Chris Pearson
As we leave the EU, with all its standardization, I am bound to wonder why plugs and sockets have not been subject to this process. It isn't even that we have our funny square pins and the rest have round ones. Type C (2 pin) is common, but earthed plugs are mostly type E or F. IEC site.


Oh well, too late now!
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    They sort of have - having a pin or a side-contact for earthing has become pretty much standard accross Europe now, as has the voltage. Several local variants have been phased out.

    However the only folk really using the universal international plug are Brazil, and they use intermatable plugs on 2 voltages.

    The 2 pin europlug with the thinner and bent inwards  springy pins fits all, including ours if you find something to open the shutters first.
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    They sort of have - having a pin or a side-contact for earthing has become pretty much standard accross Europe now, as has the voltage. Several local variants have been phased out.

    However the only folk really using the universal international plug are Brazil, and they use intermatable plugs on 2 voltages.

    The 2 pin europlug with the thinner and bent inwards  springy pins fits all, including ours if you find something to open the shutters first.
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