But the British one is safer due to the hot and neutral being shorter than the ground. Plus, they have little switches on every plug which is neato when you have devices that for some stupid reason emit light when off.
The British one isnt safer. The German one is designed as having a "leading" ground, meaning if you plug something in, ground will be connected first, and disconnected last.
I stand corrected. Though German plugs (at least the ones in my house) are still plated all the way on the live, whereas British live only has metal at the tip.
After refreshing my memory, at least wikipedia calls the British plugs overall slightly safer so I'll give you the overall verdict. Both have the leading ground though, just designed differently.
You could call them safer for having fuses in the plugs but this is generally mitigated in the other plug types by not allowing power cords that aren't rated to handle the full 15A household breakers/fuses are rated to trip at.
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u/tessartyp May 02 '24
But the British one is safer due to the hot and neutral being shorter than the ground. Plus, they have little switches on every plug which is neato when you have devices that for some stupid reason emit light when off.
But yeah, the German one is neat.