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The exposed metal part of a Schuko socket is ground. You can touch it. The live contacts aren’t exposed at any stage of plugging/unplugging/... ever.

• technofiend 7y ago
  Electrically I don't see how that works since there's no interruption of the metal pin inserted into the socket like you see on a tip/ring headphone plug. Unless there's a mechanical process that energizes the live side of the inserted plug after a certain depth?
  • krastanov 7y ago
    No mechanical process, the wall socket is depressed in the wall, so that by the time any metal prongs connect, the prongs are hidden.
  • n3k5 7y ago
    You have to look at the plug in combination with the socket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko#Safety_features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko#Safety_features