Posted: Jul 27, 2017 4:29 am
I have only three gripes with plugs here in N. America:
Safety wise, in fairness to plugs in North America:
* Babies cannot get their fingers in the thin slots of the plug socket, hence shutters are not needed.
* There doesn't seem to be any real evidence as to which way up the three-pin sockets should go. Some argue that it should go down because it prevents your forefinger from coming into contact with live if you over-grip when pulling it out of the wall, since the forefinger is further forward than the thumb in such a grip. It's probably neither here nor there.
* You're probably meant to change loose sockets that don't grip adequately onto the plug pins.
* It would be very easy for an insulated coating to be added to the base of the pins in N. America (like they are in the UK). Why is is not currently the standard is beyond me.
Safety wise, in fairness to plugs in North America:
* Babies cannot get their fingers in the thin slots of the plug socket, hence shutters are not needed.
* There doesn't seem to be any real evidence as to which way up the three-pin sockets should go. Some argue that it should go down because it prevents your forefinger from coming into contact with live if you over-grip when pulling it out of the wall, since the forefinger is further forward than the thumb in such a grip. It's probably neither here nor there.
* You're probably meant to change loose sockets that don't grip adequately onto the plug pins.
* It would be very easy for an insulated coating to be added to the base of the pins in N. America (like they are in the UK). Why is is not currently the standard is beyond me.