2 ms·
another metric: independence of the direction for ground. French sockets (https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/e/ https://www.worldstand
by BrandoElFollito 5y ago
another metric: independence of the direction for ground.
French sockets (https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/e/ https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/...) have a male pin that forces your plug one way only. This is terrible because most (if not all) of such plugs are bent and sometimes do not physically fit.
German ones (https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/f/ https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/...) do not have a prong and ple plugs can be rotated 180°
- masklinn 5y ago> This is terrible because […] plugs […] sometimes do not physically fit. This is extremely uncommon and basically only happens with power strips which both are the "wrong" way around and can't be reversed. (and since pretty much every plug nowadays is an E/F hybrid, you can easily get a type F power strip for the rare case where it's needed).
- BrandoElFollito 5y ago"Extremely uncommon" would need to be quantified. Beside the case of the strip you mention, there is also the more mundane physical space above the ground, or other physical limitations. In my case it is not extremely uncommon since I thought to myself a few times recently "oh no, again this £¨%¨¨£ pin".