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Australian plugs carry 15A at 240V and are nowhere near as horrible.

• cstross 16y ago
  Australian plugs aren't designed to carry any significant physical weight, as far as I could tell (I was in Melbourne a month ago). The thickness of the live and neutral blades is similar to that of American/Japanese plugs, rather than the round pins common in the EU or the rectangular cross-section pins used in the UK. On the other hand? "Nowhere near as horrible" fits the bill for about 95% of purposes -- because nobody should be expecting a 230 volt mains plug and socket to double as a structural support!
  • archangel_one 16y ago
    Not at all. NZ plugs are the same design as Australian ones and mine seem quite capable of carrying a reasonable amount of weight - I have never ever seen one of our plugs fail under anything resembling sensible use. They're quite capable of carrying, say, a hefty attached transformer. And since the pins are angled, even a two-pin version is pretty hard to accidentally wiggle free compared to the two round pin European plug (I think some European countries have extra bits as well that might help?). Definitely does not deserve comparison to the awful American plug design.