Ek-Hou-Van-BraaiWhat is the best Power Outlet?
OlapG - safest
boletusWhat makes them safer than the others?
roofuskit
British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why
I'd like to see a real world comparison between its safety and Type-F
Both are extremely safe
Do you have a similar breakdown video of the features? I’ve never seen a rundown of them.
No but I found this haha
Why Tom Scott Is WRONG About The British Plug
Why Tom Scott Is WRONG About The British Plug
Why Tom Scott Is WRONG About The British Plug
I just found this one. youtu.be/tx5NzxJjT0Q
It seems like they’re mostly comparable but the schuko might be a bit safer. As someone in the US the lack of polarity would be an issue for us. But I still think our plug designs are the absolute worst.
Why I love the European / German schuko plug
Nice find, IMO the Type F plugs are near perfect.
Type N might technically be better because it's smaller, but it's got poor adoption. Sadly the EU canceled their plans to adopt it.
Type N might technically be better because it's smaller, but it's got poor adoption. Sadly the EU canceled their plans to adopt it.
Earth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
Don’t a bunch of them, like I, have an earth pin?
The video explains it better than I could. But there is a cover mechanism that only opens when the longer earth pin is inserted
And if you have a bic ball pen lid handy you can insert a type F with a little bit of determination as well.
Do not try at home, obviously
Oh that’s pretty cool. Closest thing I’ve seen to that in AU is a socket you have to twist from the ground port to access but it’s definitely not standard.
Teenage me in chemistry class discovered that the scissors in my pencil case had blades just small enough to open the cover. I promptly melted the points of my dividers, and made my whole class jump, when i stuck them in the other 2 holes at once.
Executive ChimpYou have an earth pin?
fullsquareC/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too
Does this account for injuries from stepping on them?
Why would you step on them?
You can just turn them off at the socket. And if you need extra sockets, just buy an extension.
Literally zero reason to leave a plug lying on the ground.
Do you not live in a world where sometimes non-zero time elapses between realizing you need a thing and procuring that thing?