2026-09-12 10:32 UTC
https://nebula.tv/videos/practical-engineering-every-us-electrical-outlet-explained/
Laughs in European.
The British standard is the best, obviously. 😀 Well, OK, apart from the supposed caltrop problem, perhaps, though I've lived with BS1363 plugs for nearly 70 years and not yet found it a problem. (Edit to add: …and ring circuits can get back in the 1940s.)
But I'll take any continental European wiring over US any day.
(It'll be on his YT channel soon, I imagine: https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel/videos )
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@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk 2026-09-16 01:48
@edavies@functional.cafe Yeh just watched that; heck I'm glad I never had to deal with that; One type of plug at home, and even for industrial stuff, the commando/iec 60309 sockets are all so closely related it's a lot less fuss; the 32A blue aren't unusual in data centre use (and I guess something chunkier these days).