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Granted I grew up with them, but I like them. They can be annoying to travel with, and accidentally stepping on them barefoot is very painful, but apart from th
by dwb 3y ago
Granted I grew up with them, but I like them. They can be annoying to travel with, and accidentally stepping on them barefoot is very painful, but apart from that the size is handy. I've never had them slip out of the socket, for instance, like US or EU plugs.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago> They can be annoying to travel with That's my main problem since I travel a lot, or used to at least.
- vladvasiliu 3y ago> I've never had them slip out of the socket, for instance, like US or EU plugs. Aside from old-style type-C plugs (two prongs) in old sockets, I've never seen an EU plug work itself loose in a socket, let alone slip out of it. Usually, there's the reverse problem: they're difficult to unplug, even when you want to.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoThat always seemed to me, to be a fabulous danger. Reach for your towel on the counter, tangled with the hair dryer cord and the hair-dryer is pulled into the bathtub. Yow! In the US, the cord would likely pull out of the wall, safely.
- pjc50 3y ago> hair-dryer is pulled into the bathtub What hairdryer? British building regs restrict you to an isolated "shaver" socket in the bathroom which takes different plugs. You can't drop a hairdryer in the bath unless you play silly games with extension cables.
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoThe British paranoia about bathroom electrical devices has always amused me. Stick a GFCI on every outlet in the bathroom, then it doesn't matter if you're swimming with a toaster or an electric shaver. Heck, it was uncommon to even find a light switch inside the restroom.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoHow does GFI work with the British current-loop system? I'm not sure it's a thing.