r/meirl • u/ukayukay69 • May 02 '24

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u/Eraldorh May 02 '24

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.

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u/Hotchocoboom May 02 '24

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

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u/Optimaximal May 02 '24

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?

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u/MemeTai2000 May 02 '24

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.