>>2931262 (OP)
If you look closely type C, E, and F are interchangeable with a schucko plug and the rest is never seen in Europe anyway

>>2931267
In Italy there is type L too. Is the most common here.

To deter people from
>plugging a 110v device into a 230/240v outlet
>plugging a 230/240v device into a 110v outlet
>plugging a 15A device into a 10A outlet
>plugging an earthed/metal framed device into a non-earthed outlet
>prevent plugging a device in upside down, sideways or other

among other things

>>2931262 (OP)
G master race

>>2931262 (OP)
Fuck the Brits!
Type F is the best!
Schuko can't be beaten!

>>2931262 (OP)
Eruo plugs are so much safer and better than us plugs. And im an american. Besides the fuses though. Thats gotta be annoying.

Can't tell from the chart if the type I is the bigger 50 amp 220v plug available in the US, but that sucker gets my vote for 220V style plugs. And type B for everything 110v.

>>2931262 (OP)
Type L is clearly there best and I don't understand why it isn't used in real countries.

>>2931262 (OP)
C and F
the rest is schizo mumblings someone took seriously

>>2931267
J or N are used in Switzerland

>>2931262 (OP)
B, H, I, K, N look to be possibly installed upside down or have a design rationale that is foreign to me. Isn't gravity the reason why the ground lead is always situated at the top, since things fall downwards meaning things that do fall into the gap while the connection is made or undone are more likely to become grounded first and not just live.

>>2931419
B is historically installed as depicted but more recent code suggests flipping it upside down for the reasons you describe.

and sometimes it's sideways.

>>2931419
>>2931454
There's also the classic case of "ground at the top means it's connected to a switch" for older houses without ceiling lights

Ungrounded sockets are still quite common in Norway.

They were allowed to be installed in so called dry enviroments up until the 2000s.

>>2931262 (OP)
Australian plug is top tier, the british one is also pretty good and overcomes the main problem with the aus plug, bent prongs except it's unaesthetic. The aus one also has a switch which isn't apparently standard everywhere

>>2931419
B is just 'murricans and electricity but the recess on HKN or insulated pins on I mean the plug has to be far enough out the connection is broken first. Interestingly, the Chinese version of I lacks the insulation so is installed upside-down.

>>2931551
Yeah but I hate the shape of our switches. Slippery little lozenge shape that your finger constantly slips off of in the dark. The Brit switches are better, big flat see-saw paddle.

>>2931382
Yuro plugs are gay and huge. You get 1 outlet per box in most cases. I have a newer home and I have 4 boxes in every room, which is 8 plugs total. Per room. Yuropoor homes you get maybe 2 boxes per room and that's 2 plugs per room.

>>2931750
Thats a point and pretty fucked. Never thought about it. Only super old houses in america have two or less plugs per room. And even still each one is really two plugs. Modern houses are like one or two per wall. They still seem safer with the lips on the socket and sometimes a plastic lip on the plug tongs so you cant touch a half plugged in outlet. Idk where specifically each plug is used. Theres so many.

>>2931750
The huge ones are bri'ish anon, they are huge because of their retarded wiring that needs a fuse in every plug.

>>2931750
>You get 1 outlet per box in most cases.
You do know that if you want to, you could put whatever number of outlets you want?

>>2931262 (OP)
because they were developed independently in a time before worldwide communication was fast and many types of work were not yet standardised

which is a shame, because most of the world never gets to enjoy the mastery of Type I

japan still has multiple electrical grids for this reason, in the east they use 50Hz and in the west they use 60Hz.

>>2931262 (OP)
Because some people drive on the wrong side of the road, use Fahrenheit instead of Celsius and imperial measurements instead of metric.

>>2931810
>Just go get the concrete saw, hammer drill, a few hundred feet of conduit, the conduit bender, and permission from the king to install this 4x1ft monstrosity to get 1 extra plug on the wall