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Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by MayeulC on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:58AM (#29342901)
> Finally, UK electricity is 13A @ 240V, whereas Swiss electricity - like most of continental Europe - is 10A @ 220V

I wonder where you got this idea. Both are 230V. Schulko plugs are 10 or 16 amps (with bigger connectors), 16 A is quite common in my experience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEE_7_standard_AC_plugs_and_so...

https://www.leadsdirect.co.uk/knowledge-base/what-is-the-dif...

> EU 230V -10% +6% (i.e. 207.0 V-243.8 V)

> UK 230V -6% +10% (i.e. 216.2 V – 253.0 V)

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