@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social
Post #2118282
2025-11-05 06:21 UTC
Replies (4)
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@speaktrap@pol.social 2025-11-05 06:38
@megatronicthronbanks @timonsku That will be only A and C
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@lizzard@social.tchncs.de 2025-11-05 07:27
@megatronicthronbanks @timonsku the selected F type (Schuko) actually has a ground connection, just not realized as a pin. It's a great plug!
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@cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io 2025-11-05 07:46
@megatronicthronbanks @timonsku most modern devices with double isolation do not really need it, though... the purpose of earth pin is to give a low resistance discharge path to current if any live conductor were to touch the metal chassis internally (or in general if there was any dispersion on the chassis) instead of having the user touching it be the path to earth. If the chassis is all plastic that problem is already solved (and you wouldn't know what to do with an earth connection). That's why most small devices sold in Europe use the C plug, which has no earth connector and can fit into E, F, J, K, L (10A variant), N and O sockets (and maybe more).
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@cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io 2025-11-05 08:12
@megatronicthronbanks @timonsku type A is really horrible, it was a scary experience both when I used it in the USA and Japan. The flat, vertical pins have a tendency to slide out laterally/not fit tightly on most sockets, leading to situations where you have a wall wart that dongles from the wall with partially exposed pins. Also, if protective sleeves on the start of the pins do exist (to avoid touching inadvertently live pins when the plug is half inserted, nowadays standard in all non-recessed-receptacle types), they are not common at all.