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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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    Roger Bryant:

    The attached report from the Electricity Safety Council shows some examples.




    My only problem with the report is that the fuses in the plugs they were testing look suspiciously like counterfeit ones. (Doesn't invalidate the final conclusion of the report which was related to the use of common tools, but if the fuses are counterfeit, I am not surprised there is overheating).

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    Roger Bryant:

    The attached report from the Electricity Safety Council shows some examples.




    My only problem with the report is that the fuses in the plugs they were testing look suspiciously like counterfeit ones. (Doesn't invalidate the final conclusion of the report which was related to the use of common tools, but if the fuses are counterfeit, I am not surprised there is overheating).

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