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.
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.
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.
What makes them safer than the others?
Earth pin has a mechanism to prevent kids inserting shit essentially
C/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too
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
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.
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
https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q
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
I just found this one. https://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.
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.