Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square457linkfedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1631arrow-down1imageWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square457linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChiefPulaskilinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·1 year agoType J is superior in every aspect. compact, you can fit 3 plugs into an outlet while Type F only fits one for example. robust. cannot reverse polarity. no fuse required as the law requires proper fuses in every electric installation with law enforced periodical checks. round pins that cannot puncture your skin if you step on them. It’s hard to face the pins upwards anyway. ---------
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoType-N is even better, it’s essentially a Type-J with some improvements
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoCompact in one dimension, but it is very long. This makes it awkward in tight spaces compared to something like a UK plug.
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoYou have this and variants of it, with the plug being recessed you could probably have it take up less space in all dimensions over the UK plug
Type J is superior in every aspect.
Type-N is even better, it’s essentially a Type-J with some improvements
Compact in one dimension, but it is very long.
This makes it awkward in tight spaces compared to something like a UK plug.
You have this and variants of it, with the plug being recessed you could probably have it take up less space in all dimensions over the UK plug
