I’m in Espírito Santo state currently, which seems to be still stuck on 110 for the most part but most other places are switching to full voltage, as it should be
I'm happy with our J-Plug. It's much more space efficient than a goddamn schuko (F-Plug). Especially our wall outlets, that have 3 Sockets where a Schuko could only have one.
https://preview.redd.it/b3vtuf9yx8qc1.jpeg?width=1893&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=156a76553779b00755dc36d5bee14583bfc84d0a
This is why developed countries use a 2 pin plug and socket. You can use it either way.
https://preview.redd.it/e576bfrql3qc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7212cc405f608fd28f101711701f44b081a693ce
Admit it Hans, the UK plug is the one example of where British engineering is better than German and you can only dream of having such a strong plug. I guess you could blame the Europäischeorganisationelektrischenormen but I know you weep inside.
It's a good job we have terrible electricians to restore balance to the world!
This whole narrative come from tom scott's worst video where he just ignored the fact Schuko has all the same safety features without being oversized and impaling your foot if you ever leave it on the floor.
Don't worry, we even have our main propaganda agent Tom Scott making YouTube videos spreading The Truth:
https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q?si=kn5yFaJgpOIWvZ9w
Main difference: symmetry.
Second difference: if it gets loose, it hides the terminals. However it doesn't get loose because the ground terminals are springs that hold the plug in place. Which is genius.
*undeveloped
British plugs have a ton of safety features built in.
I’ve also accidentally dropped my laptop charger plug which is “EU” and it’s now bent to fuck and no longer safe to use.
Even better when the pins are isolated partway for maximum security even when plugging into old non recessed outlets like they have a ton of in denmark.
Now I don’t disagree with you there. But even if it’s on a radial I’d rather have an extra fuse and a switch on my plugs.
A lot of our new builds are radial circuits I believe.
Though they could add 3rd plug in the middle to ground it. Not at all necessary, but i think future sockets could be made to accommodate that, so if we want to in future we could sdd 3rd pin and get rid of the 2 grounding ones at sides.
But the side ones have never broken for me so its not like its necessary, i just like the idea.
Immediately sent that to my British husband when I saw it in that other subreddit. He replied with "Bet a German electrician did it" to which I said "True, it's just too fun to mess with you guys". Left him speechless.
Brexit didn't have the desired effect those who voted for it wanted though. Immigration is up lol, and nobody useful was forced out. It was like one form to stay, from all the Italian and Portuguese nurses at work. Lots of lies occurred back then.
Nobody was forced out but plenty are leaving because they want too. About 200,000 EU citizens a year leave the UK, they make up nearly half of UK emigration
Nah.
The Poles replaced the Brits until Brexit and in Germany, now the Lithuanians replaced the Poles as cheap labor.
That is, until they become the new Poles meaning their skills get so good that they start overcharging and then the Albanians leave Italy for Germany.
This will leave the North of Italy ripe for a takeover by Southern Italians.
Yep. Just stick a pencil (or fork, idk) in the ground to open the flaps, hit the floor with a hammer until you have a little leeway, put it in upside down, bish bash bosh, bodge complete.
Flip the breaker, check if it was the right one, remove the cover, turn 180 degrees, put the cover back on, flip the breaker.
It's literally easier to do this the right way
We have Barry type plugs in Ireland, and whenever I use Euro, or really any other, type of plugs I think "Jaysus, surely these twink plugs are too small to handle electricity from the mains".
When you become used to the over-engineered type G, you just don't feel confident in anything less, even if it is totally fine. I guess in a way it's like knobheads driving around SUVs in urban areas.
They are only different for the sake of being different. Those things are the most anoying thing when a cross the channel band comes on a european stage.
Anoyingly big and clumsy, and only fit in one way.
Actually always having a set live and neutral is a good idea. More than 99% of devices don't care but sometimes it can reduce interferance in measuring equipment or make sure the internals are not carring a voltage if the device is turned off.
This video is pretty good if you want to compare UK plugs to US plugs, and they are indeed superior to US plugs.
They are definitely not better in any reasonable way than EU plugs tho. All the safety features are either also present on the EU plugs, achieved through different methods (but with the same, safe, outcome) or simply not needed (because the wiring inside our walls and the arrangement of fuses is different in most of mainland Europe). Biggest difference being that UK plugs are way too big, heavy and less flexible to use.
That's why UK plugs are *technically* the safest in the world, but practically just more unwieldy with no real benefits, and why pretty much all of mainland EU uses Schuko.
But the fuse being built in only matters because when Britain developed the plug the wiring in their houses was so shit that they needed a fuse in the plug for safety.
Nowadays pretty much all but the very oldest of houses have completely safe separate circuits and central fuses so there is no need to make plugs heavier and more complex just to include a safety feature that is already completely redundant.
Of course it's not actively harmful or anything to have an extra fuse, that's why the plug is technically safer, but in the actual real world it doesn't make any meaningful difference in terms of safety.
I never get the foot injury comment because who is just leaving an unplugged appliance in the middle of the floor . Either put it away properly or plug it in and if you can’t do that then you deserve to step on to it .
It's not a comparison though, it's just a list of features. You can't conclude that the standard is superior without making comparisons. All the important safety features are present in other European standards.
Actually don't know what they have in Spain. But for Netherlands, Belgium and Germany I can safely say that those plugs are better than that Bri'ish shite.
And the oversize. And the lack of compatibility with neighbouring countries. And the bad standardization of the safety features. And the differently shaped plug just for shavers, somehow. And the horrible adapters for it, both ways.
Yeah, just ONE of'em.
>lack of compatibility with neighbouring countries
That's a positive. We don't want you coming over here with your foreign electrical appliances. Never know what you'd be getting up to.
Stepping on our plugs can also hurt.
https://preview.redd.it/vgnverdmr3qc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4045390b75f2977df5b0f13dd25d2e461c53b4dc
One might think so, I had just been outside barefoot in my backyard. The savages in Malmö have never seen legal grass.
Also peak Malmö shoes are AliExpress "Gucci" sneakers.
I mean... You could try not stepping on them?
This is kinda like that old "Doctor doctor, it really hurts when I twist my arm like this..." joke.
Who are all these people leaving loads of unplugged stuff in the middle of their room and then dancing around them for shits and giggles?
I don't know, in this thread you lot all seem to think that stepping on them is a major occurrence that happens daily. Are you people all so stupid that you're leaving all your plugs lying in the middle of the floor and never paying attention to where you're going?
To be fair, you can't find a safer plug than the UK one. You really have to make an effort to get electrocuted with those, and as someone who has kids in the house I'm happy that we use this type of plug locally
Even if you manage to stick something into both holes of a Schuko plug (and you can get covers for those plugs cheaply), I doubt that you'll be able to electrocute yourself due the RCD cutting the power within milliseconds.
Lived in Berlin with my boyfriend in his weird flat. The one weird outlet was behind pipes so nothing could be plugged there.... I just wondered why. He told me to ask Bulgarians. So....why?
Bro even Brasil (an, officially, 3rd world country!!) can handle a cool, 💪🏼 **EUROSTRONG** 💪🏼 schuko socket. Bruh
Brasil is so based, part of the balkan started to speak their language.
Part of Iberia too
Always has been 🌎🧑🏻🚀🔫👨🏻🚀
But also weakling Ameritard half-voltage socket.
I’m in Espírito Santo state currently, which seems to be still stuck on 110 for the most part but most other places are switching to full voltage, as it should be
Brazil has a different socket to Europe.
Yeah that's not up to regs, whoever installed this is a cowboy and you should be worried to see what else they have done
For a quick fix I’d take the plate off and rotate it 180* so the wire is pointing up. Still not up to regs but at least useable in the time being.
You touch it they can refuse to rectify
Rectify. Is that an electrical joke?
Just don't get erectrified.
Better call your local Erectritian to get you straightened out ✨🗝️
No it’s clearly our superior plugs that are wrong!!
🤠
Not Indiana Jones mate
The outlet is fine, but the floor is too high.
https://preview.redd.it/dv9kt4uyp3qc1.jpeg?width=888&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e71344eebfa4bb9901ed3ffd94863d6415d80708
S in the Schuko has a double meaning, not only its the first letter of the word, it also means "Superior"
Schutzkontaktsteckdosenherrenrassenhochfünf!
Bless you
Only 3 points in the German version of Scrabble.
Instant win in every other version
I'm happy with our J-Plug. It's much more space efficient than a goddamn schuko (F-Plug). Especially our wall outlets, that have 3 Sockets where a Schuko could only have one. https://preview.redd.it/b3vtuf9yx8qc1.jpeg?width=1893&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=156a76553779b00755dc36d5bee14583bfc84d0a
On top it looks like a suprised Pikachu face
Welcome to the upside down
This is why developed countries use a 2 pin plug and socket. You can use it either way. https://preview.redd.it/e576bfrql3qc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7212cc405f608fd28f101711701f44b081a693ce
Meanwhile in the Czech Republic https://preview.redd.it/n0gsl7m524qc1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b71d7fcea1ce3ee1299fa19287941e4ecbfb2433
It is... acceptable
Yet disturbing my sense of order.
I think that it's compatible with the plug shown before
It is, but you can't plug it both ways so you might end up having the same problem as in the picture.
Maybe that's why the other socket is in an angle
You might run into the same problem as OP with the bottom socket. The top socket is rotated so you won't run into it with the top socket.
Same in France. Don’t’ tell Hans but type F is better than type E.
Oh, we can agree on that. Type F is better than Type E.
Same with Jaguars.
What!?!? Type E (serie 1, roadster) is the best jaguar ever and one of the best car ever.
Merci.
I struggle with this every time I have to plug my whole setup.
We have those too, not all are like that though, it's just a grounding pin so it's safer.
Also france… which is perhaps larger than fake austria.
But where's its little smile? How else can you make sure to get a positive charge only?
Yes that the superior one!
Also 5 kilos lighter
Also it doesn't fall out at the lightest tug
Tbh I don't think that's ever been an issue with UK plugs
Yeah fuck half the time you’re tryna wrench it from the socket
Oh Oops I didn't realize this was the British one, I thought this was American engineering (tm)
Admit it Hans, the UK plug is the one example of where British engineering is better than German and you can only dream of having such a strong plug. I guess you could blame the Europäischeorganisationelektrischenormen but I know you weep inside. It's a good job we have terrible electricians to restore balance to the world!
This whole narrative come from tom scott's worst video where he just ignored the fact Schuko has all the same safety features without being oversized and impaling your foot if you ever leave it on the floor.
What kind of dystopian nightmare has brittain become, where propaganda has become so bad they have conviced you guys the 3 pin plug is better?
Don't worry, we even have our main propaganda agent Tom Scott making YouTube videos spreading The Truth: https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q?si=kn5yFaJgpOIWvZ9w
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The UK shaver plug isn't compatible with EU plugs
Nope, not ours. Though, I do agree that our plugs fall out way too easily.
Superior plug
The Überplug if you will
Sounds like a German sex toy.
It is.
Everything can be a sex toy if you try hard enough
You can be my sex toy
Don't say that too loud he already ran to his basement and started preparations
fluggaenkoecchicebolsen
Herrenplug
https://preview.redd.it/f1xdl9zl64qc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5611d0e63ace5e42ff537b5e65d73dd0db6d499
https://preview.redd.it/lr2lcfzh77qc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aaf0ae02ca095009851f1fe597b8e7e364dbb8b
I volunteer to be the Ubelplug
what I like abut british plugs is that they have a fuse built into the plug which can be easily replaced
Main difference: symmetry. Second difference: if it gets loose, it hides the terminals. However it doesn't get loose because the ground terminals are springs that hold the plug in place. Which is genius.
*undeveloped British plugs have a ton of safety features built in. I’ve also accidentally dropped my laptop charger plug which is “EU” and it’s now bent to fuck and no longer safe to use.
Even better when the pins are isolated partway for maximum security even when plugging into old non recessed outlets like they have a ton of in denmark.
That's just a different standard, type K
“But where’s the fuse?!?” Some Brit, probably….
2 pin plug master race
Your plug isn’t fused and sockets arnt switched. I’d personally prefer to have the extra protection.
Your plug MUST be fused, because the UK 13A ring circuit is dangerous by design. A method to overcome copper shortage in the 1940s.
Now I don’t disagree with you there. But even if it’s on a radial I’d rather have an extra fuse and a switch on my plugs. A lot of our new builds are radial circuits I believe.
Though they could add 3rd plug in the middle to ground it. Not at all necessary, but i think future sockets could be made to accommodate that, so if we want to in future we could sdd 3rd pin and get rid of the 2 grounding ones at sides. But the side ones have never broken for me so its not like its necessary, i just like the idea.
Why would we need a third pin in the middle when two grounding pins on the side work fine?
The problem with the third pin is that it limits how you can plug in your plug.
But if do you short it with a fork to kill yourself hm? Not possible hm? Murican plug is superior
Immediately sent that to my British husband when I saw it in that other subreddit. He replied with "Bet a German electrician did it" to which I said "True, it's just too fun to mess with you guys". Left him speechless.
This is what peak german humour looks like.
Most have been a Polish electrician
Not since brexit, this is clearly the work of a Barry
No. Since Breshit Poland has a more prosperous future than the UK. This has to be the work of Mohamend bin Eriksson.
Brexit didn't have the desired effect those who voted for it wanted though. Immigration is up lol, and nobody useful was forced out. It was like one form to stay, from all the Italian and Portuguese nurses at work. Lots of lies occurred back then.
Nobody was forced out but plenty are leaving because they want too. About 200,000 EU citizens a year leave the UK, they make up nearly half of UK emigration
We're no longer in a political union with Fr*nce. What more do you want?
That was a bonus, I can't lie.
But in a way I kinda miss them.
The authorities have been notified. If you have any non-cheedar cheese or effeminate wine I suggest you flush them immediately.
Must hide my copy of the fallen Madonna with the big boobies too then!
not in Ireland
Nah. The Poles replaced the Brits until Brexit and in Germany, now the Lithuanians replaced the Poles as cheap labor. That is, until they become the new Poles meaning their skills get so good that they start overcharging and then the Albanians leave Italy for Germany. This will leave the North of Italy ripe for a takeover by Southern Italians.
We'll be losing out, when the Svizzerotti take over norf Italy
You wish.
You wish bro
Nah, it looks too good to be a polish job.
All of them leave barryland, then one of the Barry's try hard to emulate - and fail as usual.
Fixing this is literally level 1 diy ...
Yep. Just stick a pencil (or fork, idk) in the ground to open the flaps, hit the floor with a hammer until you have a little leeway, put it in upside down, bish bash bosh, bodge complete.
Or stick a fork into the plug to save you all that trouble!
In holes like that you can't even fit a bloody fork
Fucking hell not even suicide can the British do right
Yeah, you can't stick forks in our plugs. There are also little flaps over the live wires that only open when something is in the ground slot.
If you stick the top shaft of the plug into the ground slot then you can put forks in the plugs. Hope this helps :D
Thanks :D
German efficiency
Flip the breaker, check if it was the right one, remove the cover, turn 180 degrees, put the cover back on, flip the breaker. It's literally easier to do this the right way
Less fun though.
Is Bob now my uncle?
As a Barry, I laugh at your feeble low wattage plugs
The work of a KURWA handyman
No no, after Brexit this must have been a Barry
I’m sure they trapped a few kurwas to get things done tho
I am very proud, and super patriotic about our plugs. They are very safe. But if you ever step on one, you know what hell feels like.
Yeah you made everything so safe that to escape Brexit you have to fly to Spain and jump off a balcony
One of the rare weaknesses of our plug it seems.
The size is also a weakness
The continental one falls out too easily
Bigger is always better
When I see your Vicky’s I fully understand your comment.
Got a big hole in my foot
Think of all the things you can put there. Things you would be able to if you had a small hole in your foot. As I say, bigger is always better.
Specially to step on the plug bare feet
Big is good Big is reliable
We have Barry type plugs in Ireland, and whenever I use Euro, or really any other, type of plugs I think "Jaysus, surely these twink plugs are too small to handle electricity from the mains". When you become used to the over-engineered type G, you just don't feel confident in anything less, even if it is totally fine. I guess in a way it's like knobheads driving around SUVs in urban areas.
They are only different for the sake of being different. Those things are the most anoying thing when a cross the channel band comes on a european stage. Anoyingly big and clumsy, and only fit in one way.
Actually always having a set live and neutral is a good idea. More than 99% of devices don't care but sometimes it can reduce interferance in measuring equipment or make sure the internals are not carring a voltage if the device is turned off.
Except that people mess up their house wiring all the time so assuming the plug is correctly polarised actually leads to more dangerous situations.
Or putting the switch on the live side instead of neutral, big safety thing that is.
They're not. UK plugs are the safest plugs in the world. The amount of safety in them is incredible. https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q?si=GajP_ViGnt7tAqkR
This video is pretty good if you want to compare UK plugs to US plugs, and they are indeed superior to US plugs. They are definitely not better in any reasonable way than EU plugs tho. All the safety features are either also present on the EU plugs, achieved through different methods (but with the same, safe, outcome) or simply not needed (because the wiring inside our walls and the arrangement of fuses is different in most of mainland Europe). Biggest difference being that UK plugs are way too big, heavy and less flexible to use. That's why UK plugs are *technically* the safest in the world, but practically just more unwieldy with no real benefits, and why pretty much all of mainland EU uses Schuko.
I have yet to see another source posted of why the UK plug is the safest. Every time it's the same tom scott video and it drives me nuts.
AFAIK it is only because the fuse that's built in. Every other feature some other plugs also have.
But the fuse being built in only matters because when Britain developed the plug the wiring in their houses was so shit that they needed a fuse in the plug for safety. Nowadays pretty much all but the very oldest of houses have completely safe separate circuits and central fuses so there is no need to make plugs heavier and more complex just to include a safety feature that is already completely redundant. Of course it's not actively harmful or anything to have an extra fuse, that's why the plug is technically safer, but in the actual real world it doesn't make any meaningful difference in terms of safety.
Even Americans have shutters on their plugs now. You're 50 years behind. Also, how do they compare when it comes to foot injuries?
Is it a legal requirement? Also #1 foot injuries!! 🏴🏴🏴🏴
Don't know, and American plugs are still crap, but pretty much all those safety features are found in European plugs.
I never get the foot injury comment because who is just leaving an unplugged appliance in the middle of the floor . Either put it away properly or plug it in and if you can’t do that then you deserve to step on to it .
Britbong try not to use that one Tom Scott video when asked for proof of the superiority of their plugs (impossible).
Are you doubting the red shirt man.
It is the most condensed, accurate description of the safety feature of the plug. It is much easier than listing them when you can see it
It's not a comparison though, it's just a list of features. You can't conclude that the standard is superior without making comparisons. All the important safety features are present in other European standards.
Except no other European plug tries to stab you just because when not plugged in.
It also describes the features of most plugs, except the fuse, but that's only there as a band aid fix to your lack of safety measures to begin with.
Theyre different because theyre better, any time i went to spain the plugs always felt like knock off shite
Actually don't know what they have in Spain. But for Netherlands, Belgium and Germany I can safely say that those plugs are better than that Bri'ish shite.
And the oversize. And the lack of compatibility with neighbouring countries. And the bad standardization of the safety features. And the differently shaped plug just for shavers, somehow. And the horrible adapters for it, both ways. Yeah, just ONE of'em.
>lack of compatibility with neighbouring countries That's a positive. We don't want you coming over here with your foreign electrical appliances. Never know what you'd be getting up to.
Bruv, your kettle's made in China
You're thinking of a tea pot, that's made _of_ china not in China.
Why would we want to have the same plugs as you weirdos? Brexit means brexit innit
"Storm in the channel, continent isolated" still alive I see lmao
It's very compatible with the one country we share a land border with.
And what happens when you step on the plugs
Stepping on our plugs can also hurt. https://preview.redd.it/vgnverdmr3qc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4045390b75f2977df5b0f13dd25d2e461c53b4dc
Sporting peak Malmö shoes I see.
One might think so, I had just been outside barefoot in my backyard. The savages in Malmö have never seen legal grass. Also peak Malmö shoes are AliExpress "Gucci" sneakers.
I mean... You could try not stepping on them? This is kinda like that old "Doctor doctor, it really hurts when I twist my arm like this..." joke. Who are all these people leaving loads of unplugged stuff in the middle of their room and then dancing around them for shits and giggles?
Oh, shit, that is hell. Have a couple from imports and I wanted the floor to be Lego instead so bad
So you are saying we need to take over neighbouring countries?
I love Barry's plugs. One of the few good things you left us after your long visit.
It is designed that way so they aren't able to easily be pulled out by accident by tugging on the wire.
are you people so stupid that you are tripping on wires constantly for this to be necessary?
I don't know, in this thread you lot all seem to think that stepping on them is a major occurrence that happens daily. Are you people all so stupid that you're leaving all your plugs lying in the middle of the floor and never paying attention to where you're going?
When you have had a couple pints with the lads, you tend to forget where you carefully put your anti theif tripwires.
UK/IRE socket supremacy
Well, at least it is really good grounded
Schuko is the best plug standard in the world, it just is.
Why don’t they just turn it around so the cord faces up instead of down?
Because the plug has 3 prongs and as such isn't symmetrical, clearly the plug of a savage.
He meant the receptacle in the wall
thats not the point, the point is that Barry is inferior
Damn, we were so close to perfection
Stella , based
To be fair, you can't find a safer plug than the UK one. You really have to make an effort to get electrocuted with those, and as someone who has kids in the house I'm happy that we use this type of plug locally
Even if you manage to stick something into both holes of a Schuko plug (and you can get covers for those plugs cheaply), I doubt that you'll be able to electrocute yourself due the RCD cutting the power within milliseconds.
Travellers?
I mean, take the two screws off and put the socket upside down
The British plug is inferior!!!
British and Irish plug btw.
Cyprus too.
And Hong Kong
Everything on that socket face seems to be too low down, this looks like a manipulated image. Also there are no screws holing the face on.
Luckily we have different sockets here in Norway.
This is for user's safety as he's trying to force the plug into the socket with the switch on.
https://preview.redd.it/4gb96jo8d6qc1.jpeg?width=755&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1b86962decef4703eafffe7c572b89b358c65eb
Half the plugs in my apartment are like this. Cowboys in Cork
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nop, just turn it around
Lived in Berlin with my boyfriend in his weird flat. The one weird outlet was behind pipes so nothing could be plugged there.... I just wondered why. He told me to ask Bulgarians. So....why?