Plug wars

[Jammrock]

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49303764,00.htm

I found this humorous in a geeky sort of way.

[Brian Ellis]

Trust the Brits to vote the UK system, with their dangerous ring mains and the world's longest wiring regulations, as the best. Hee-hee!

[cjolley]

Funny.

[TransformX]

Only thing I have against the British plug is how big, bulky and fugly it is. Seriously, it's a wall tumor!

[Fat Tone]

@TX, you've clearly never stood on one. It HURTS!

And I was disappointed that they think we'll be using any kind of plug when we get to Mars!

[Technoid]

they forgot the grounded version of the eu plug:

[cjolley]

So, not a smiling face but a guy with a gotee, mowhawk, and pierced nose.
Typical lefty Euro.

[Tjalfe]

they forgot the grounded version of the eu plug:

I thought that was the Swedish version.. is it the same all over now?.. the Danish one, as seen there, has a ground pin

[cjolley]

The wikipedia article on plugs is pretty interesting.

[Technoid]

I thought that was the Swedish version.. is it the same all over now?.. the Danish one, as seen there, has a ground pin

Type E / F hybrid
CEE 7/7 plug

CEE 7/7 (French/German 16 A/250 V grounded)

In order to bridge the differences between sockets E and F, the CEE 7/7 plug was developed. It is polarised to prevent the live and neutral connections from being reversed when used with a type E outlet, but allows polarity reversal when inserted into a type F socket. The plug is rated at 16 A. It has grounding clips on both sides to connect with the CEE 7/4 socket and a female contact to accept the grounding pin of the type E socket. It's also used in Spain and Portugal. Nowadays, when appliances are sold with type E/F plugs attached, the plugs are CEE 7/7 and non-rewirable. This means that the plugs are now identical between countries like France and Germany, but the sockets are different.

hehe, no as usual we just adopted an already existing standard