What is the best Power Outlet, and why?
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Type I
Earth pin doesn't cause the plug to murder your feet like the UK plug.
Angled pins to prevent cross polarisation.
Localised power switch per socket so you can turn something on or off with your toe and not bend down to unplug it.
Looks like a ghost face and when in the double gang formation the switches when on looks like the plate is high.
I'm a G guy at heart but use I now. My main issue is how easily the pins can bend.
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They're all functional, but the UK's Type G plug is the best of all plugs out there IMHO. I'm a Yankee and our plugs are fine, but the shutter design and built in fused plugs of the Type G are just.......chef's kiss.
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wrote last edited by [email protected]I meant which EU plug do you think is better? There are multiple.
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https://worldofsockets.comI think I would like Australia's over the rest.
The recessed circles I feel like they would gather dust and grime in there if you don't use it often and be tough to clean out.
I like the angles prongs as well as the switch to turn it off and on.
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Type B, H, or I. They look unpleasantly surprised by what I'm shoving in their mouths. Definitely not K, because he looks like he likes it.
But that's why I like type k.
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This is the most definitive argument that type J is superior to all others:
Image showing an arrangement of 3 swiss plugs in the same footprint as one french one
J is superior. Not only is it the most space efficient, it's safe as the recessed plug prevents incompletely inserted pins from being shorted out if a conductor were to fall atop them.
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https://worldofsockets.comAs a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha
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I meant which EU plug do you think is better? There are multiple.
Schuko/Type F
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As a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha
That makes me sad for you guys...
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https://worldofsockets.comI have a strong preference for the German and Swiss types, but I think we can all agree that Japan massively fucked up. They took the already shitty American plug and just forgot about the ground.
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https://worldofsockets.comType E is inverted in the picture.
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https://worldofsockets.comThe UK plug is nice. Very robust, it connects to ground before it reaches the power line and has a switch but it's clunky.
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I have a strong preference for the German and Swiss types, but I think we can all agree that Japan massively fucked up. They took the already shitty American plug and just forgot about the ground.
In fairness the Americans don't use the ground.
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I really like the power outlets in the EU. You don't have to fart around with different sized prongs and the voltage is higher which makes things like tea kettles far more efficient.
The French outlets are actually awful, for some reason you really have to force them in there because while the socket is round the plug itself is always a weird rectangle shape it just definitely doesn't want to go in there.
However much force you feel is too much force times that by 2 and use that much force. That is the correct amount of force necessary to plug something in.
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The UK plug is nice. Very robust, it connects to ground before it reaches the power line and has a switch but it's clunky.
When you unplug them, they have a habit of lying prongs upward. Standing on one naked Lego feel like a shag carpet. and to be honest the fuse isn't really necessary with modern wiring f type plugs don't have fuses in them and I've never had a problem with wires melting or anything. and with older sockets, the little flap that blocks the earth hole tends to get stuck. Apart from that they are the best.
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Type I.
ElectroBoom (Youtube) made some points about Australia's Type I. Seems it was very hard for him to electrocute himself. Lots of breakers on the outlets. I mean he did electrocute himself, but he was always going to.
The breakers aren't on the actual outlets. We just have everything on breakers in the power box. So I think the Australian system is good, but it's not inherently because of the outlets. Other types have the same safety benefits.
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https://worldofsockets.comType-M, as I live there. Very convenient, all pins round shaped
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As a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha
As another Brazilian, good riddance to that crap. The current standard is so much better. Anything that is compatible with the American standard is automatically a mistake. Now if only we could standardise the whole country on 220V and drop the need for different 10A/20A sockets...
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I think I would like Australia's over the rest.
The recessed circles I feel like they would gather dust and grime in there if you don't use it often and be tough to clean out.
I like the angles prongs as well as the switch to turn it off and on.
I've never experienced the recessed circles collecting more dust than blowing a single deep breath would solve. And I've never even seen any grime in them. I suppose of you used it outside, but every type would get grimy that way.
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https://worldofsockets.comAll outlets should just be replaced with IEC C13. Robust and compact.
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I think I would like Australia's over the rest.
The recessed circles I feel like they would gather dust and grime in there if you don't use it often and be tough to clean out.
I like the angles prongs as well as the switch to turn it off and on.
The angled prongs also make it easier to plug it in the dark because you can easily identify the rotation of the plug.
