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[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I just wanted to throw the AU/NZ plug into the mix since nobody is really talking about it. I don't have enough knowledge about this kind of thing to really have a take on it, but I'm interested to get an international perspective.

ANZ/NS3112

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago
[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

I don't know why I never made that association before, but now I can't unsee it.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It gets better with the switches as they look like a high ghost

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 9 months ago

For some strange reason that's used in Argentina also. Not sure why here the ground is the same length than the others, though.

[-] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 3 points 9 months ago

Pros:

  • not as big as the UK plug
  • not an American plug
  • those power cords that stick out at a diagonal parallel to the wall

Cons:

  • no inbuilt fuses
  • no inbuilt guard on the socket
  • every plug and socket feels cheap.
  • thin shitty pins that bend easily
  • shitty sockets that break when shitty bent pins get plugged into them.
  • used by a handful of people with tight regulations … and China. Good luck getting decent affordable, certified, smarthome sockets.
  • that cunt who invented the vertically oriented twin socket wall unit. What a fuckhead.
  • those power cords that stick out perpendicular to the wall.
[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 points 9 months ago

I just mentioned NZ/AUS plus, probably as you were typing ;)

[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hah. Yeah, I definitely prefer the size over UK plugs. It feels wrong to me to have a 230v wall voltage without a blanket requirement for earthing, but as I said, I don't know enough about it. I'm quite open to being wrong about that.

[-] elbowgrease@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

having gotten zapped by 120VAC and 230VAC I totally agree. the former sucks and is no fun while the latter made me question my life choices

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 9 months ago

It's better than the US one, but it's just worse compared to the European ones. It's hard to get them aligned in the dark/behind furniture, but at least it won't fall out by itself.

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