Posted: Jul 27, 2017 11:53 am
DavidMcC wrote:Scot Dutchy wrote:British plugs are far too big. It was not long ago you had to fit all your plugs yourself in Britain. Moulded plugs are not that long on the market there. I have never known anything else here. All appliances are sold with a moulded plug and no fuse! Damn nuisance. We use in UK-English RCD / Residual-current device. In US-English GFCI / Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.
I'm surprised that you didn't mention that Dutch mains plugs have earth connections both above AND below the live and neutral, and they are not in the form of pin and socket - they're more like clips on strips.
Yep which means there is no set way for wiring or putting the plug in the socket. Belgium and Germany go for the pin which gives only one option of plugging in. Never seems to bother anyone here though.