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The superior plug design
Nearly, that's the type G
BS. Type F/Schuko is the USB-C of power sockets/plugs.
No fuse, no way
Why would I want a whole circuit to be cut because of a single device fault, and then have to spend time figuring out which device on that circuit actually has the fault.
Plus if a device only needs 3A it shouldn't be able to draw more
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Type G only exists because the British skimped on wiring after WW2 and needed to put a fuse in each plug for safety, hence the chonkiness.
Can’t rotate type G 180°. And since type F sockets are recessed, it’s just as unlikely to get shocked as with type G. Ground even connects first. And it’s directly compatible with type C and most type E plugs (since E&F usually share the same plug design, just the socket is a little different). What advantage would type G have to F?
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Go watch any video comparing plugs and I bet the majority say Type G. It has so many safety features it’s unreal.
Which are only necessary because British houses are wired with a ring main. It’s a false economy.
Also, when it was created, most appliances were earthed. Nowadays, most things one plugs in are small electronic devices which don’t need an earth. Type G/BS1363 has no 2-pin variant, and even mandates a mechanical shutter to prevent a plug without an earth pin from being used. Which was great in 1947, but not so much now, when Europeans, Americans, Japanese, Australians and such have slender 2-pin plugs and economical sockets to put them in, while the Brits/Irish/HK/UAE are stuck with their enormous clownshoe of a plug.
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What makes it better over a type e? Personally i prefer type e, i dont trust the springs of type f :')
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The last one is a typo.
The plug design from my country looks elegant and rational, all the rest are koo-koo-krazy-town.
-- everyone
Why would they invented a plugs that's not grounded? (Type A and C)
I fucking hate it because my country's default plugs is type C. Caused me so much trouble in damaged electronics, shocked, and the effort to make a grounded line for each individual electronics myself.
the non grounded plugs are usually only used on double isolated devices, like your phone charger.
double isolated basically means all the outputs are only referenced to each other and not to ground, so you won't get a shock by touching a usb plug, where you absolutely would if you touched live wire, where the reference is earth
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Remember, all this stuff started over a century ago. The main application was electric incandescent lights, which are fine to run with only two wires.
Type c is commonly used in my country for small appliances as it can be used with type E and F plugs which are used everywhere
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I wish the entire world would use type G. It's the objectively superior socket for so many reasons. I hate type B so much
Schuko (type F) is better than the UK plug. UK plug is huge, and schuko has same safety features, except the fuse, which is not needed if your houses would be build better.
Local fusing provides notable advantages, even without ring finals. In particular, one failed appliance doesn't necessarily take out the whole circuit, and lower draw appliances can be more closely fused (e.g. 3A) reducing available fault energy.
It's not worth the trade off of the giant plug in my opinion. And local fusing doesn't really protect the user directly, it protects the wires. Modern codes in Europe put the equivalent of GFCIs on all circuits which can actually save lives.
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It's absolutely overkill for many applications, with its integrated fuse, and that's why I love it. It is indeed objectively best.
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Thankfully Tom Scott can tell us which one is best:
Tom's got every right to be proud for the British plug. It's super over engineered and a love it.
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People in the continental Europe: "Fine. We concede the British plug is a Truly Worthy Adversary to the one true plug, Schuko (Type F)."
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Can I point out the UK BS1363 (type G) plug is the only one you can use to open a bottle of beer.
I'm not sure what that says about the UK.
German here. I'm absolutely positive I could open a beer with any of those plugs. And half of the sockets.
A fair point, but ours is practically a bottle opener. A lot easier after a few previous bottles.
What we really need is a USB-C-style reversible plug with data and variable voltage where neutral and phase never reverse and earth is always there.
Lacking that, I vote for Type N because it's small, polarised, and the pins are halfway-insulated. I don't like that the frame is symmetrical, so in the dark, the only way to tell which way to plug in is to feel the pins and the holes, same as USB-A. I reject all that hurt to step on.
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But why male models?
Schuko Type C/F (compatible with E) is the best, hands down.
Type G is UK and we have the best plugs in the world. Go watch any videos on YouTube discussing all the safety features. Work of art they are.
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Type B seen some shit, and it is probably Type-I's fault. Regardless, I want whatever life strategy Type-K's figured out.
G is the best, we have a working ground pin and make a good flail
Why are there so many that lay flat with prongs up????
Because when it's plugged in (as it usually is) it lays closer to the wall and needs less clearance.
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oh that? that is so you can learn a lesson
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