What is the best Power Outlet, and why?
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https://worldofsockets.comIn my opinion it's Type-F
Because:
- It's bi-directional
- It's grounded and ungrounded plugs use the same socket
- It's already widespread (50+ countries) source
- Your fingers can't touch the live wire as you're plugging in a wire
- It's recessed
- Low footprint
- Accepts Type-C
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https://worldofsockets.comType D is listed but not visually shown. Am I missing something?
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https://worldofsockets.comI don’t know much about the others and this infographic doesn’t go into detail but Type G has a fused live, part-insulated live and neutral pins and the earth pin opens a shutter over the live and neutral in the socket itself.
Nice extra features and would be interesting to see if others have similar?
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G - safest
What makes them safer than the others?
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https://worldofsockets.comwrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah, well, the North American plug is obviously the best. After all, we invent everything electric.
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https://worldofsockets.comThe British one. It has a switch and a fuse, and later versions have age-verification so your kids can no longer plug in your adult toys.
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What makes them safer than the others?
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https://worldofsockets.comHow is type F different from type C?
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In my opinion it's Type-F
Because:
- It's bi-directional
- It's grounded and ungrounded plugs use the same socket
- It's already widespread (50+ countries) source
- Your fingers can't touch the live wire as you're plugging in a wire
- It's recessed
- Low footprint
- Accepts Type-C
What's the difference of C and F type?
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What makes them safer than the others?
Earth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
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Earth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
Don't a bunch of them, like I, have an earth pin?
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The British one. It has a switch and a fuse, and later versions have age-verification so your kids can no longer plug in your adult toys.
Had me in the first half. Well played.
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What's the difference of C and F type?
C is mostly for low power devices
F is basically a heavy duty upgrade of C, it's got grounding on the side and can handle 16A (ovens, heaters etc.)
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Don't a bunch of them, like I, have an earth pin?
The video explains it better than I could. But there is a cover mechanism that only opens when the longer earth pin is inserted
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https://worldofsockets.comAs someone living in a country which uses a variant of Type B (without the ground pin), appreciate the design of Type F.
Mainly because it recessed, which helps with making the plug more securely plugged in. I think it has features that makes plugs really secure, and won't be yanked off, which happened to me quite a lot (tripping on a wire, yanking off something off the wall socket, etc).
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https://worldofsockets.comSafety? England
But personally. Type L is beautiful because is so modular. You just get different fruits for different needs. Need an etheret keystone. Get one an plop it in istead of a blanking plate. Need an extra switch? Same thing. All with the same faceplate for any possible combination.
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Type D is listed but not visually shown. Am I missing something?
Don't worry, we will give you the D later
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The British one. It has a switch and a fuse, and later versions have age-verification so your kids can no longer plug in your adult toys.
wrote last edited by [email protected]And your adult toys must be licensed, of course. To protect the kids.
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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.
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Thin stamped construction is cheap, but can still be fitted with sleeving on the live (active and neutral) pins like UK & europlug, but not US plugs. This prevents objects or fingers getting to live pins on a partially inserted plug.
Industry has agreed that leads exit either straight out, or down-and-right, so there is no conflict for horizontal or vertical sockets. Sockets are universally installed earth-down.
Reasonably compact.
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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.
The main problem with type I (and a few others) is that it's not recessed. If it comes loose a bit, you still have the problem of exposed live pins.
