Posted: Jul 26, 2017 8:40 pm
crank wrote:Animavore wrote:I'll watch it later, when I get home, but I'm guessing it's the earth wire which makes it superior. Plugs without one seem more dangerous.
I'm pretty sure that's a big part of it, and the robustness, but it's been a long time since I watched this and my memory sucks. One thing about all that robustness, it makes power strips much much more of a big deal.
Well the other thing British plugs do (notice the longer top pin) is only open access to the live wires when the top pin pushes the flaps which block them open by going in ahead of them. No child gonna stick a scissors in there easily.