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But the size of those wall plugs tho...
by dghughes 5y ago
But the size of those wall plugs tho...
- jedberg 5y agoThey are mostly that size for safety. You can't electrocute yourself nearly as easily in the UK.
- GordonS 5y agoIMO they are not meaningfully larger than US plugs (I'm British, but have travelled to the US several times, as well as many other countries), but they are safer.
- jedberg 5y agoThey're definitely much bigger. Look at a British power strip vs an American one. The same length but twice as many plugs on the American one.
- anyfoo 5y agoThey're definitely larger, but as I said in a sibling comment they're not directly a result of the higher voltage specifically. German Schuko is also 230V and even safer (in countries that use it), yet still significantly smaller than British plugs.
- anyfoo 5y agoOther European countries use ~230V as well and have smaller plugs than the UK. The UK has fuses in their plugs, which if I recall correctly had something to do with copper shortage during the war constraining the electrical cabling for houses, but I don't want to accidentally put wrong information out, so better look it up yourself.