> US electricity rules are something out of a 3rd world country If you read about the CEE 7 standard that aims to unify power plugs and sockets in European cou

> US electricity rules are something out of a 3rd world country If you read about the CEE 7 standard that aims to unify power plugs and sockets in European countries [1], which includes the "Europlug" [2] mentioned in a sibling comment, you'll see that the situation is not any better than in the US. For example, about the CEE 7/7 plug which bridges the difference between socket types in Germany (2-pronged - also in Denmark, Spain, etc.) and France (3-pronged - also in Belgium, Czechia, Poland), it mentions: > This plug can be inserted into a Danish Type K socket, but earthing is not enabled. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEE_7_standard_AC_plugs_and_sockets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEE_7_standard_AC_plugs_and_so... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europlug#Compatibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europlug#Compatibility