Tony Duell skrev:
>> #> I think Hans may be referring to a Schuko plug -- it's a DIN
>> standard :-)
>> #
>> #Oh, that horrible thing.... Not fused, and the earth is not certain to
>>
>> #mate first. Sorry, I'll stick to the good old BS1363 13A plug :-)
>> #
>> Just to get back to the topic and add an American point of view: The
>> Exidy came with a detachable plug with two round pins, and with slots
>> on the body where the ground attached. Obviously, this could not fit
>That's the Schuko plug. It's the standard in Germany, and probably other
>continental European countries.
It's used in Scandinavia, too. Switzerland uses some other plug, whereas Italy
uses much the same plug as the "Schuko", only with a third ground pin instead
of the ground "clamps" in Germany. On many plugs, you can see a metal coated
hole for such a pin. That way, the unearthed "Euro" connector works all over
the place. I've no idea as to what French or Spanish plugs look like, though.
BTW, Japanese plugs seem to look like US plugs, only without the earth pin. Is
that really the case, and if so, is earth an unknown factor in the Orient?
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