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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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    gkenyon:

    (b) The reason it leads to a clunky design is that the plug has a fuse, which gets warm in use, and the heat needs to be dealt with (end of physics lesson).




     

    And a BS1362 fuse can be very reluctant to blow when overloaded.  If anyone is wondering what happens if you plug two kettles full of cold water into the same 4-way extension lead, the answer is that you get two kettles full of boiling water.  (It wasn't me doing it, I hasten to add!)
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    gkenyon:

    (b) The reason it leads to a clunky design is that the plug has a fuse, which gets warm in use, and the heat needs to be dealt with (end of physics lesson).




     

    And a BS1362 fuse can be very reluctant to blow when overloaded.  If anyone is wondering what happens if you plug two kettles full of cold water into the same 4-way extension lead, the answer is that you get two kettles full of boiling water.  (It wasn't me doing it, I hasten to add!)
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