Why do shaver sockets accommodate round pin plugs in the 115V outlet when countries with 100V to 120V mains supplies use type A plugs with flat pins? Is there a country somewhere with a 100V to 120V mains supply that just so happens to use shavers with round pin plugs?
Both Paris and Luxembourg were on 127v in the late 60s. Not sure when they changed to 220v.
That might answer the question as they definitely used type C plugs with two round pins.
I was once verbally informed that some 'downmarket' suburbs of Paris had (the option of?) lower voltage AC mains supplies well into the 1980s. I have no knowledge of whether many appliances were commercially available that ran on 127V or if they tended to be used just for light bulbs unless a step-up transformer was used.
Both Paris and Luxembourg were on 127v in the late 60s. Not sure when they changed to 220v.
That might answer the question as they definitely used type C plugs with two round pins.
I was once verbally informed that some 'downmarket' suburbs of Paris had (the option of?) lower voltage AC mains supplies well into the 1980s. I have no knowledge of whether many appliances were commercially available that ran on 127V or if they tended to be used just for light bulbs unless a step-up transformer was used.
