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Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by ginko on Thursday November 25, 2021 @04:19AM (#29339655)
I disagree, way overengineered and bulky. The fuse is only necessary due to shoddy British wiring standards.
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Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by BerislavLopac on Thursday November 25, 2021 @04:29AM (#29339721)
> The fuse is only necessary due to shoddy British wiring standards

In other words, they're solving a very real problem here. And so is the rest of the plug as well.

It seems that most of the continental Europeans that have moved to the UK (myself included) are positively amazed by the details of the UK plug design.

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Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by barrkel on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:07AM (#29340278)
The area around Swiss sockets are more bulky in practice because (a) wires come out at 90 degrees to the wall and (b) adapters and extensions and whatnot are required to plug in wall-warts, which are really common these days, whether it's USB power for various gadgets, cordless vacuum cleaners, video Alexa (not USB-powered), etc.
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