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this plug doesn't have the little holes (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

yeah but it looks like a funny face!

I didn't know that schuko plugs are the norm for most Europe countries, I thought it was a German thing

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

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Also the french system is compatible with Schuko, so that makes it even more universal.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah I don't know why we don't make the switch in France as it wouldn't be that much of a change

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would be from a financial standpoint. Changing a standard this widely implemented is very costly.

    Why change it if they're compatible anyways? Most devices in the eu are designed to accomodate both, its just a question of the earth pin being different.

    I've travelled all across europe, coming from a country with the french style outlets. I never had any problems connecting anything except for Switzerland and Italy, because they stuck to their own (inferior) standard thats not compatible with anything else.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The smaller devices like chargers and small lamps have a euro plug that can plug in schucko, danish, italian, swiss, french (but not british)

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