Even tho I live where type F/C is common, I know that type G is the best. Reason is that ground pin always connects first and disconnects last. This is an ultimate way to make ground pin.
Also, type F/C and some other types sometimes doesn’t have ground. There is literally not a single type G plug/socket without a ground. Simply safer.
Why would I ever want to turn it off?
Under my desk I have like 15 things plugged in. None of them ever get unplugged. Turning off the outlet is of literally zero value to me.
Making those plugs into a giant fucking black hole mass that takes up half the desk is not something I want.
It’s actually hilarious how paranoid the campaigns to switch plugs off have made people. I have met plenty of people who switch sockets of devices that are not in use off AND unplug the devices.
Type G can also be ungrounded (the grounding pin is just plastic)
And type F (and E and K) are also made so that ground is always connected first and disconnected last (when they are grounded).
What makes G somewhat better (and why the ungrounded plugs has the plastic pin) is that the holes for the living room live wire are closed by a shutter that can only be removed by a lever in the ground hole.
I lived a few years in the UK and the plugs really annoyed me compared to F.
They were really bulky but also uni-directional. So there was a lot less flexibility in tight spaces (which with the size of London flats…there were a lot of!)
Afaik ground connection is made first on schuko connector too and I’ve seen plastic prongs on UK plugs for ground (even though I live in europe and have only 3 of them, one is still fake ground) yet I’ve never seen a plastic grounded schuko. That UK bitch is safe but I’m not sold yet on whether it is the best of the best.
Even tho I live where type F/C is common, I know that type G is the best. Reason is that ground pin always connects first and disconnects last. This is an ultimate way to make ground pin.
Also, type F/C and some other types sometimes doesn’t have ground. There is literally not a single type G plug/socket without a ground. Simply safer.
Yeah but the plug is FUCKING HUGE.
Doesn’t matter because you leave it plugged in and flip the switch to fully disconnect it. I don’t know how you savages live without that feature.
Why would I ever want to turn it off?
Under my desk I have like 15 things plugged in. None of them ever get unplugged. Turning off the outlet is of literally zero value to me. Making those plugs into a giant fucking black hole mass that takes up half the desk is not something I want.
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It’s actually hilarious how paranoid the campaigns to switch plugs off have made people. I have met plenty of people who switch sockets of devices that are not in use off AND unplug the devices.
Type G can also be ungrounded (the grounding pin is just plastic)
And type F (and E and K) are also made so that ground is always connected first and disconnected last (when they are grounded).
What makes G somewhat better (and why the ungrounded plugs has the plastic pin) is that the holes for the living room live wire are closed by a shutter that can only be removed by a lever in the ground hole.
I’ve seen type G plugs which have a plastic pin for the earth connection
I lived a few years in the UK and the plugs really annoyed me compared to F.
They were really bulky but also uni-directional. So there was a lot less flexibility in tight spaces (which with the size of London flats…there were a lot of!)
I feel your pain. Also the lack of sockets in bathrooms and the low standard height of sockets is annoying.
Wait what? you don’t have plugs in your bathroom?
It’s to encourage extension cord use
Afaik ground connection is made first on schuko connector too and I’ve seen plastic prongs on UK plugs for ground (even though I live in europe and have only 3 of them, one is still fake ground) yet I’ve never seen a plastic grounded schuko. That UK bitch is safe but I’m not sold yet on whether it is the best of the best.