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Brazil should use outlets to indicate the voltage. With Type A for 127V, the worldwide standard for 120V plugs. Then Type N for 220V, where there is no standard
by ianburrell 3y ago
Brazil should use outlets to indicate the voltage. With Type A for 127V, the worldwide standard for 120V plugs. Then Type N for 220V, where there is no standard but Type N is pretty good design. Changing outlets is pretty easy to do.
- cesarb 3y ago> With Type A for 127V, the worldwide standard for 120V plugs. That would be going backwards, and losing all the safety features of the new NBR 14136 ("type N") standard; to make it worse, we already did use something like "type A" (with "universal" sockets which accepted both flat and round pins, and sometimes even grounded "type B" together with these two, it was a mess) for both 127V and 220V, so you'd still have (in older buildings) these "type A" plugs being used for 220V.