Does Japan / type-A not have grounded circuits?
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EU one as it is the most compatible. Its also smaller for travelling and is compatible with Brazil.
Ranked by happiness: Type K 🥇
K is the happiest. I like that one. B is shocked (pun!) at what's going on. H is encouraging me to see things in a racist light.
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Huh, I never knew Australia shared the same power point as china, thought we were on our own. Good to know not EVERY country is suffering through inferior plugs
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F because its the most stabdardized, G because its the safest
I don’t know much about the others and this infographic doesn’t go into detail but Type G has a fused live, part-insulated live and neutral pins and the earth pin opens a shutter over the live and neutral in the socket itself.
Nice extra features and would be interesting to see if others have similar?
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Absolute best - G
Most practical as a common standard - F
The only thing G has best is the fuses, but the plug and socket shape is mid at best.
As someone living in a country which uses a variant of Type B (without the ground pin), appreciate the design of Type F.
Mainly because it recessed, which helps with making the plug more securely plugged in. I think it has features that makes plugs really secure, and won't be yanked off, which happened to me quite a lot (tripping on a wire, yanking off something off the wall socket, etc).
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Schuko (Type F) of course. The British plug (Type G) is a truly worthy adversary.
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As a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha
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I like N,C,E,F, and K But I really like the switches on the UK plugs.
Germany and France are members of the EU, so is Denmark.
I like type F for the symmetry. However, type K is smiling.
Which ever outlet that allows me to stick a fork in them.
Name a more painful thing to tread on than the British plug. Bonus points if it's incorrectly wired to be live.