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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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    As we leave the EU, with all its standardization



    Electrical standardisation is driven by CENELEC rather than the EU - and our membership of CENELEC remains intact - so I doubt we'll see much difference there.


    I've a feeing South Africa is adopting the N type too.


    I'm still a bit puzzled why they felt the need to invent something completely new - rather than just adopting say that 16A version of IEC 320 which is already used worldwide as appliance connectors and shuttered versions of outlets are available.


      - Andy.
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    As we leave the EU, with all its standardization



    Electrical standardisation is driven by CENELEC rather than the EU - and our membership of CENELEC remains intact - so I doubt we'll see much difference there.


    I've a feeing South Africa is adopting the N type too.


    I'm still a bit puzzled why they felt the need to invent something completely new - rather than just adopting say that 16A version of IEC 320 which is already used worldwide as appliance connectors and shuttered versions of outlets are available.


      - Andy.
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