French Schuko is superior - Page 1
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author: soldar
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timestamp: May 24, 2024, 02:51:42 pm
content: In Spain we use the German version of the Schuko plug and socket and I do not like the way the Earth connection is made, with tabs that sometimes bend and which do not give me confidence that they make good contact. I also do not like that it is not polarized and you can plug in both ways.I was recently in France and there I saw the French version and in my estimation it is superior.The photos are of a very nice design where a cover springs out when no plug is there and it retracts when pushed by the plug. It gives a nice, flush, appearance to the wall.But I appreciate the earth pin which I trust better for contact and which is less prone to bending or misbehaving. Definitely superior to the German version.Also, the Earth pin forces only one way to plug it in and so the power pins could be polarized although, as far as I was able to ascertain, this is not the case.The Wikipedia graphic attached shows both the German and the French versions as polarized but, AFAIK, this is not so.Still, it would be easy to always put the live on the right.Because Schuko plugs are compatible with both the German and the French type sockets my preference would be for French sockets and polarized.

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 24, 2024, 03:25:47 pm
content: Well, it's happened again. I intended to post this inGeneral Chatand it shows up inBeginners. It has happened to me before and I thought it was my mistake but this time I am quite sure I was in Chat so it might be something to do with my browser or something weird and it gets posted to beginners by default.Anyway, Mods please move it at your discretion.

author: pcprogrammer
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timestamp: May 24, 2024, 03:52:04 pm
content: I never had problems with the quality outlets I had in the Netherlands. These are based on the German version, with the earth pins on the side. Ten times better in quality then even the more expensive NF brands like Legrand.Having the socket polarized only works if every body connects them in the right way, and I can assure that that is not the case. I have even seen once that a qualified French electrician had reversed the connection coming from the meter board. How he managed to accomplish that is a riddle, since the blue and red colors are distinct enough to notice the swap.Another thing is that it also does not work when you use these narrow non grounded plugs like on USB power adapters. You can plug them in either way. And it does not matter, because it is AC.Furthermore, I have plugs that don't have the ground pin receptacle, so useless here in France.Never seen the fancy push in types your picture shows. Wonder how many insertions they last before something blocks or breaks.Conclusion, I do not agree with you.

author: m k
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timestamp: May 24, 2024, 04:09:46 pm
content: Old wall jack contacts can be quite black from inside.You obviously check visually all insertions.And do nut use damaged stuff.But yes, Schuko can be improved.On the other hand, UK plug is pretty good, but not pretty.I doubt French could accept that, on the other hand, they made SCART.

author: SiliconWizard
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 03:42:22 am
content: Yes it is.

author: nctnico
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 10:06:40 am
content: Quote from: soldar on May 24, 2024, 02:51:42 pmYour main problem is crappy quality of outlets. Just buy good quality outlets (from Niko, Gira, Jung, Busch-Jaeger to name a few quality brands) and the earth tabs will be OK for decades if not centuries.

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 11:44:14 am
content: Quote from: nctnico on May 25, 2024, 10:06:40 amIt still seems to me that the French system has better assurance of making a good Earth contact and is probably cheaper to manufacture.If I have a choice between two systems and one is more reliable and less expensive then I would call it superior.Add to that the fact that the French system only allows the plug to be inserted one way and so allows for polarization and in my view it is far superior.

author: janoc
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 01:08:00 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 25, 2024, 11:44:14 amFirst, the "French" (those sockets are also used in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, it is not a France-specific design) can and do suffer from the same kind of wear as the the regular German Schuko. Just the problem often happens on the plug side - if the contacts are worn and loose you will have a poor connection, esp. when people yank the plugs out of the outlets by the cable.These sockets are also specifically to be always considered asnot polarized, regardless of whether or not you can insert them only in one way. If you assume you have always live on the left and neutral on the right (with the earth pin at the top), sooner or later you will get shocked because there are many installations that don't follow this rule. There are also the T-splitters that reverse the polarity on one side - and they are completely legal and common in France and elsewhere. One has to always consider both wires as live and at a dangerous potential to earth. Never ever assume that the European mains plugs are polarized or you will get a bad surprise at some point.The German Schuko design took this to the logical conclusion - nothing should ever rely on the polarity of the plug (e.g. switches in order to switch live and not neutral) - and made the plugs fit in either way. Which is often an advantage, esp. when trying to fit 90deg plugs into a poorly placed outlet.In addition, there are plenty of installations that either have the earth pin not connected at all or (worse) tied to the neutral inside the outlet. So

author: ejeffrey
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 02:59:13 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 25, 2024, 11:44:14 amEven if the plugs were reliably wired polarized (which they are not) it's kind of silly since it only guarantees polarization for non grounded plugs. Meanwhile, one of the biggest reason to use polarization is for Edison lamp sockets, which normally use 2 pin plugs.My problem with shucko is mostly that there exist non grounded outlets at least in some countries, and there is no protection from inserting a plug that expects grounding present into an ungrounded outlet. So not really a problem with shucko itself, but applies equally to both grounding styles.

author: HighVoltage
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 03:07:51 pm
content: Your picture of the EU Plug is wrong- Phase is left- Neutral is rightI have only JUNG (Made in Germany) outlets in my lab and they work just perfectly, all the time.These are probably the best outlets I have seen in Germany.

author: janoc
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 03:11:02 pm
content: Quote from: ejeffrey on May 25, 2024, 02:59:13 pmYou mean grounded plugs, the non-grounded two prong ones can be inserted either way.Edison lamp sockets are a relic - and that's why in Europe one is taught to always pull the plug out of the wall before changing a bulb or doing any sort of work on the lamp fixture. Then the polarity of the plug, whether the plug, socket or switch are wired correctly, etc. is irrelevant.There is no reason whatsoever to rely on plug polarity in connection with Edison lamp sockets. This used to be somewhat relevant for fixed installations where you are supposed to wire the live to the contact at the bottom of the socket because the sockets were often "naked" and fairly easily accessible to the touch. With the assumption that if you have neutral connected to the body of the socket, you are less likely to get shocked because it is a low potential with regards to the earth. Which is pretty specious (and dangerous) assumption at best, given the state of the wiring in many places.These days you would be hard pressed to find a socket you could stick your fingers into and touch anything live with the bulb in place - everything is covered up. And even when there isn't a bulb in there one is meant to turn the power off before doing any work on the fixtures - and check that it is really off using a tester or multimeter.

author: nctnico
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 03:52:38 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on May 25, 2024, 03:07:51 pmThat is how I have been told to wire Schuko outlet as well. Just don't know what to do when the outlet is rotated by 90 degrees

author: pcprogrammer
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 04:19:48 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on May 25, 2024, 03:52:38 pmTo keep it interesting do it at random. It does not matter for the working of it.And with modern day child protection in the sockets, which I hate very much, you can't stick something in just a single hole without going to a large effort. Why I hate it so much is that sometimes even getting a proper plug in, seems impossible.

author: tszaboo
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 04:32:02 pm
content: I lived in countries both of these standards and I 100% prefer the German Schuko. You cannot plug in two ways into the French one, so half the time it will be in an awkward angle. Cables block the socket next to it sometimes. It's also not compatible with a lot of plug packs, chargers. It also holds the cable less. It's a nuisance.

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 05:02:09 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on May 25, 2024, 03:07:51 pmNot "my" picture. It is from Wikipedia, as I said.And as far as I know there is no rule for polarization so, unless you can show some official standard, your rule is as valid as the opposite.When I install things I tend to put live on right but that is just me and for my own consumption.

author: nctnico
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 05:16:17 pm
content: Quote from: pcprogrammer on May 25, 2024, 04:19:48 pmTrue, but there has to be a standard to at least check the workmanship of the installers. If they got the order wrong, what else did they got wrong?

author: m k
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 05:54:29 pm
content: Quote from: pcprogrammer on May 25, 2024, 04:19:48 pm?

author: madires
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timestamp: May 25, 2024, 06:41:55 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on May 25, 2024, 05:16:17 pmAFAIK, the German VDE norms don't specify any rule for the polarity of the Schuko socket. There's only a recommendation to wire all sockets in a building the same. Some sparkies wire sockets with phase left and neutral right, others the other way around. IMHO, it doesn't make any sense to define any phase/neutral wiring standard for non-polarized sockets as plugs can be inserted in either way. If you want a polarized socket/plug use CEE blue (for single phase).

author: m k
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 11:08:58 am
content: Once a dairy barn had a washing machine.Then an electrician felt some tinglings and asked matron how the machine had worked.She told that first it was prickling, but now with new rubber boots it's just fine.The machine was too far from grounded Schuko wall socket.So patron made an extension from two wire rubber cable and nulled it, as was the custom.

author: HighVoltage
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 12:00:59 pm
content: Quote from: madires on May 25, 2024, 06:41:55 pmThat is correct, but it is recommended that phase is left and neutral is rightHere is a new JUNG receptor.It is hard to see but the connections are marked "L" "N"

author: tooki
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 12:27:59 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 24, 2024, 02:51:42 pmJust a little pedantic point: "Schuko" is, by definition, the German style. ("Schuko" is literally short for SCHUtzKOntakt, the German name for "protective contact", i.e. PE). This is CEE 7/4.The French plug is CEE 7/6.The "European" plug that fits BOTH CEE 7/3 (German) and 7/5 (French) sockets is the CEE 7/7 plug. This plug is often called "Schuko", but strictly speaking that is not correct.Seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEE_7_standard_AC_plugs_and_socketsandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2024, 01:33:21 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on May 26, 2024, 12:00:59 pmTurn it by 180 ° .In some cases you want to mount the socket rotated by 90°. No left or right, but top and bottom.

author: m k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2024, 02:40:24 pm
content: Left and Low for L would be fine but Anglos are different, in so many ways.Here it has changed, now it's right and down, like counting and clockwise.But used to be the opposite.It's possibly completely unknown to some, but these things can lead to indirect difficulties later.Not so much with Schuko, but with "everything else" that are not directionless.Most difficult it can be when the grid is isolated from earth and you've lived there all you life.Schuko world is difficult when Neutral is included to the equation, before that it's simple, there are two equal wires for electricity.But even with Neutral the difficulty is only in concept of difference, and only really something much later.When from other direction it can be difficult to even use stuff that has mains connected sort of as you like.

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 03:49:01 pm
content: I have marked the live side on many of the outlets I use especially on my workbench.Also, some of the extension cords I have marked the live at both ends. It is useful, not only for mains AC but also for other applications with DC or where I am only using one conductor.I am still convinced the Earth contact with the French system is much more reliable and better. I would bet the resistance of the contact is always lower with the French system; lower when new and with the difference increasing with time, use, dirt, etc. I would be very surprised if it turned out to be the other way around.

author: tszaboo
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 04:03:08 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 26, 2024, 03:49:01 pmWhy would you do this? Everything with that cable is either double insulated or earthed metal enclosure.And why would you ever place DC into this socket?The issue is not with the plug, it's between the keyboard and the chair.

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 04:12:11 pm
content: Quote from: tszaboo on May 26, 2024, 04:03:08 pmit seems you have totally misinterpreted my post because you are responding to things I did not say or imply.

author: tszaboo
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 04:14:11 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 26, 2024, 04:12:11 pmMust be a language problem.But then there is a picture...

author: m k
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 05:40:19 pm
content: It's the primary side and a scope.

author: Haenk
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 06:45:56 pm
content: Quote from: m k on May 26, 2024, 11:08:58 amWe had that in a danish feriehuset. I seems they had some older wiring, only earthing for wet areas, no earthing for everywhere else. Of couse genious house owner used an extension cord "no gound" to "ground" (what a great invention to kill yourself), since that was required for the washing machine. So once I touched the metal casing and felt a slight tingling, my wife was instructed to pull the plug before touching it, and only use a platic wiper to operate the buttons.That tingling likely was only a leaking cap and no earth fault, but still.Oh: And I never had a Schuko failed on me, ever. The earthing will *not* get bent, even if you try. There is only one possible failure: Very old plugs were made of Bakelit, which might break if dropped or mechanically stressed.

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: May 26, 2024, 11:11:31 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on May 26, 2024, 12:00:59 pmI also learned that, an old electrician told me in the 90s that this is because of kids.They tend to put metal nails, wires, paperclips etc in the hole and the majority is right handed and puts it default in the right hole.Could be bullshit but it seemed plausible to me back in the day before RCDs were mandatory, too bad for lefties.Personally I think the Shuko from 1925 and the sorts are outdated.I am using as much Wieland GST18i3 as possible, 20A instead of 16A , polarized , anti pull clip for one time connections like the coffeemaker, dishwasher etc.Still can't convince the wife

author: Rafiki
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timestamp: May 27, 2024, 10:21:58 am
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on May 26, 2024, 12:00:59 pmBy whom? Some German internal clique or some international (or European at least) standardization community? Schuko isn't a German thing only.

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: May 27, 2024, 01:23:21 pm
content: Quote from: Rafiki on May 27, 2024, 10:21:58 amIndeed over 40 countries

author: langwadt
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timestamp: May 27, 2024, 02:18:49 pm
content: Quote from: Haenk on May 26, 2024, 06:45:56 pmIn Denmark the common problem is that appliances often come with a schuko plug, which will fit in a Danish socket but it doesn't connect earth without an adapter

author: jitter
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timestamp: May 29, 2024, 08:01:14 pm
content: Quote from: janoc on May 25, 2024, 01:08:00 pmI would definitely prefer PE to be tied to N over it to be left floating. In the end PE and N connect to the same earth anyway. And, there are some earthing systems that actually combine PE and N, e.g. the TN-C system.

author: Haenk
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 12:22:27 pm
content: Quote from: Kjelt on May 26, 2024, 11:11:31 pmI only pull those once every couple of years when the machine failed and needs repair/replacement. No reason to buy expensive Wieland stuffAnd: A Schuko plug does not come out easily, that usually requires some force. (The 2-prong-"Euro"-plug is another story though.)

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 01:09:37 pm
content: I was just talking to a guy who works with electric tools outdoors and in very dusty construction sites and he was telling me he doesn't like how the metal strips in the Schuko plugs get covered and clogged with dust, dirt, etc. and need to be cleaned out.

author: nctnico
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 01:13:51 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 31, 2024, 01:09:37 pmSounds more like they should be using outlets with a cover (or fix the covers).

author: Siwastaja
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 01:27:42 pm
content: Quote from: jitter on May 29, 2024, 08:01:14 pmThere is nothing to "prefer". If PE is "left floating" in a socket, is not just against code, it's a serious criminal offense; whoever did the installation should be investigated by the police. And, in all systems, PEisconnected to N, the only question between the systems is exactlywhere. In old installations, it's well possible connecting PE and N together at the socket was completely legal, and normal during the time. Leaving PE unconnected never was legal. Because connecting N and PE together must be done with extreme care (risk of misidentification of N), it is understandable how connecting them together at socket has later become illegal, to minimize the number of places where this fatal wiring mistake can happen.It's worth understanding though thatwhereandhowPE & N are connected is important for safety, so one must always treat N as live, and only PE as PE, and never assume otherwise.

author: soldar
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 01:28:01 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on May 31, 2024, 01:13:51 pmI do not think the problem arises when it is plugged in but when the plug is just lying around in the dust.

author: jitter
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 07:20:45 pm
content: Quote from: Siwastaja on May 31, 2024, 01:27:42 pmThe police may get involved when a death occurs due to electrocution but other than that, there's no supervision whatsoever on electrical installations. At least not in this country. There are lots of rules and regulations, but no enforcement.Line and neutral must be treated as live, yes, but a break in a PE conductor would mean it too becomes live in a fault scenario. I recently found out by accident that the sockets in my kitchen had a severed earth connection in a junction box. This situation could have been around for 15 years or more, part of which I didn't even have RCD protection as the install was done in 1960 and back then they weren't required.

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 08:26:40 pm
content: Quote from: soldar on May 31, 2024, 01:09:37 pmHe needs the blue industrial quality extension cord style Schukos like picture below.Or even better switch to the IEC 60309 blue 2p+e 16A version:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60309

author: themadhippy
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 08:44:55 pm
content: Quoteif its on construction sites the ceeforms should really be yellow,not blue

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 09:12:28 pm
content: Quote from: themadhippy on May 31, 2024, 08:44:55 pmAFAIK that depends on the country voltage. See link above.Quote

author: themadhippy
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 09:31:27 pm
content: QuoteIts not a case of the countrys supply voltage but a case of using a 110V (55v to earth) supply on construction sites

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 09:53:04 pm
content: Quote from: themadhippy on May 31, 2024, 09:31:27 pmIn the UK then, we don't have those voltages in our country, nor in Germany.That is what I mean with countrys voltage dependency.On our construction sites it is almost always 3 phase 380V so red connectors and there are the exchange poles that take 3 times 1 phase of the three to a blue 230V connector.

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 09:53:45 pm
content: . Doublepost error

author: Someone
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timestamp: May 31, 2024, 10:58:36 pm
content: Quote from: Siwastaja on May 31, 2024, 01:27:42 pmIT (and in some interpretations TT, most electricians wouldn't consider an ill defined high impedance paths back through the dirt "connected") enters the chat:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthing_system#IT_network

author: jitter
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timestamp: June 01, 2024, 10:15:48 am
content: In the IT-system ("isolé-terre"), there's no connection of the starpoint to earth at the transformer side. This means there's no current return path to the transformer and hence no current can flow back to it through the earth (other than caused by parasitic capacitance). Since the consumer side does have earth, earthed parts remain at earth potential even if there were a line to earth fault present.What a single line to earth fault does do is create mains earth referencing, and with it a current path. If you then were to touch one of the other two phases, you would get a shock and potentially a lethal current. This system is only used when a single isolation fault must not interrupt power supply and must be monitored by a system that detects line to earth faults.

author: tooki
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timestamp: June 01, 2024, 12:05:50 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on May 31, 2024, 01:13:51 pmQuote from: Kjelt on May 31, 2024, 08:26:40 pmGuys, guys… soldar said the strips in theplugs, not the receptacles, get dirty. So covered receptacles won’t help the situation described.

author: themadhippy
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timestamp: June 01, 2024, 12:15:39 pm
content: Quotecovers wont,but the design of ceeforms make it less likely for the plugs to get as bunged up with dirt

author: tooki
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timestamp: June 01, 2024, 12:30:10 pm
content: Quote from: themadhippy on June 01, 2024, 12:15:39 pmYes, but not the point.

author: nctnico
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timestamp: June 01, 2024, 06:58:52 pm
content: Quote from: tooki on June 01, 2024, 12:05:50 pmWell, dirt is a whole lot easier to remove from exposed strips compared to getting dirt out of a hole. So either way the 'French' schuko is not an improvement in this case.

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: June 01, 2024, 10:31:02 pm
content: Perhaps the guy in the dusty construction area now understands why there are cases to put your tools in when not in use, and when in use leave it plugged in

author: HighVoltage
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timestamp: June 02, 2024, 11:59:30 am
content: There are special construction site outlets.

author: tooki
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timestamp: June 02, 2024, 12:13:56 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on June 01, 2024, 06:58:52 pmMaybe. But the hole on the end of the plug likely doesn’t collect as much dirt as the slots on the sides of the plug!I’m glad I don’t have to deal with any of this, since the Swiss plug has 3 (or 5, for 3-phase) male pins on the plug.

author: madires
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timestamp: June 02, 2024, 02:05:28 pm
content: For industrial or construction sites you can simply use the blue CEE mains plug (blue for 230V single phase, the little brother of the 3-phase CEE, see IEC 60309).

author: White-Tiger
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timestamp: August 24, 2025, 01:44:38 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on May 26, 2024, 12:00:59 pmWho recommends that though?It's a hard claim to say the picture was wrong, I'd dare to say you're wrong for the same reason. (as is JUNG, pretty sure they just threw a coin)I don't have any data whether more than 50% of German outlets have either live (L) on the left or right. But based on my research I came to prefer L on the right for multiple reasons like the French outlet that should have L on the right when viewed from the front and the ground pin at the top. US/UK have L on the right too.The DUSPOL that German electricians so love also suggests that L should be on the right, otherwise you cross your hands weirdly when testing for L or using the RCD test.Anyway, I'd say a combination would have been the best... I don't really like the pin to stick out, but there are plugs that support both systems and those would have the best earth connection (as there are 4 connection points and thus lower resistance). Otherwise I'd say the Schuko is easier to clean and even if plugging in a "dirty" plug, the earth connection would mostly scrape that away in a non hole filling way.The ground springs also help to hold the plug firm.That the plug can actually go either way can be considered a plus, it's always a nuisance when trying to fit multiple plugs with different sizes and angles into power strips.

author: Kjelt
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timestamp: August 24, 2025, 03:34:35 pm
content: What I once heard from an electrician is that he puts Line left because most people are right handed and if children have a metal object they usually hold it in their right hand and will put it in the right hole.Nowadays with the child locks in place and RCDs it doesn't matter.BTW I hate those child locks they always cause more friction to insert and are the main cause of premature failures.

author: HighVoltage
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timestamp: August 26, 2025, 10:53:46 am
content: Quote from: Kjelt on August 24, 2025, 03:34:35 pmOr they block the way so much that it is near impossible to insert a connector !Some are terrible!

author: themadhippy
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timestamp: August 26, 2025, 01:44:39 pm
content: QuoteA problem the far superior BS 1363 british socket solved from birth,thats until some wont you think of the children dogooder decided to make things unsafe by promoting plug in covers