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I am from Ukraine and sockets for 220V is slightly different in Soviet and Euro standards. In old houses there are still Soviet ones because it is hard to redo,
by eimrine 4y ago
I am from Ukraine and sockets for 220V is slightly different in Soviet and Euro standards. In old houses there are still Soviet ones because it is hard to redo, especially because of very often Soviet sockets use to be part of wall without easy way to disassemble and to set a new standard. But Euro standard is so good that it replaced new standard naturally because both being better and having no Soviet spare plugs and sockets.
I shared this real-world story because it slightly contradicts with your message having the 220V metaphor.
- pc86 4y agoI have no experience with Soviet electrical standards but as a brainwashed American I would assume this is a bit out of an outlier, because the Euro standard is objectively better and the Soviet one is so obviously bad/flawed/worse/whatever, that you don't really have two competing standards; you have the good one that is 100% of new installs/refurbs, and the bad one that only ever gets ripped out. This is in contrast to e.g. databases where most of them are "good enough" and the decision to use one over the other is much more subjective.
- silvestrov 4y agoI don't think it contradicts because you're upgrading from one standard to another. You are not selecting to have two standards in a new house. Or if you are building two new houses, you're not building one with Soviet standard and the other house with EU standard. Your case is more like EU upgrading from Mini-USB to USB-C as the standard plug for mobile phones.
- timdaub 4y ago