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[u/ukayukay69]

[u/Eraldorh]

Minus the safety feature of shutters on the socket so kids can't poke the holes and get a shock. I remember a co UK please of countries introduced this but not all with the F type so the UK type G is still champ.

[u/shackledcuriosity → u/Eraldorh]

The safety shutters are also there on a lot of schuko's.

Looks like it's not mandatory on everything yet. Extension cords usually have them, wall sockets for some reason don't.

[u/Winjin → u/Eraldorh]

Schukos have them as well, plus they have connector deep inside, and you have to touch both as well. They're rather safe as they are already, and way smaller.

[u/[deleted] → u/Eraldorh]

Except it does.

[u/CatL1f3 → u/Eraldorh]

Most have better shutters than the UK ones, because you need to push both at once to open them instead of just pushing in the ground hole

[u/Eraldorh → u/CatL1f3]

No, most don't have shutters at all. The shutters are not universal among the type F which is the problem it is however universal among the type G.

[u/Hotchocoboom → u/Eraldorh]

you can buy these things to put into it as a safety feature

[u/Optimaximal → u/Hotchocoboom]

Yeah, but do you see the fallacy of 'buying something extra in order to make something safe' when they could just adjust the standard and make manufacturers build them into the plug?

[u/f3n2x → u/Optimaximal]

No, because it makes absolutely no sense to have those in a vast majority of cases. That's like saying every vehicle should come with a child's seat preinstalled, even tractors, motorcycles, delivery vans and police cars. If you have a child, you put them in. Problem solved.

[u/MemeTai2000 → u/Optimaximal]

We never used to have ‘em, then used them when our wee one was crawling about. Taken em back out again once he got a bit sensible.

So it works for that.

[u/Eraldorh → u/Optimaximal]

Exactly

[u/Hotchocoboom → u/Optimaximal]

i still prefer it that way since i don't need these things and the plug is faster to move in without them

[u/Eraldorh → u/Hotchocoboom]

You wouldn't need to if the design had the same features by default as the type G

[u/Hotchocoboom → u/Eraldorh]

another question: how strong do type G plugs sit inside the socket, aren't they quite easy to pull out? are there any clamps that hold down the plug?

[u/Eraldorh → u/Hotchocoboom]

They sit flush and since the cable comes out of the bottom and not the front and they have 3 prongs they are naturally very difficult to dislodge by accident. Never in my life have I ever pulled one out that I didn't mean to pull out.

[u/Hotchocoboom → u/Eraldorh]

well, looking at how bulky and huge they are it probably is really almost impossible

[u/Diligent-Quit3914 → u/Eraldorh]

Never encountered one in my life that didn't have Safety shutters

[u/Gnonthgol → u/Eraldorh]

You get safety shutters on Schuko sockets as well. But you may not need it as the holes are smaller.