• Jesus_666@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I think the Swiss have the best Europlug-based system. Their three-conductor plugs have the same footprint as basic Europlugs, which makes for very dense plug arrangements. Unlike e.g. the German Schuko plug they only fit in one orientation so you get no polarity issues.

    It’s pretty neat.

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      11 hours ago

      I prefer the Tesla system. Wireless power. But yeah, something with Edison or something. And these days Tesla is a nazi thing so never mind I guess

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      2 days ago

      polarity issues

      Not an issue, you can swap line and neutral freely. It becomes an issue if you want to use three phases and a three phase motor (because the order of phases is important) but that is covered by other sockets. Plain old Schuko is one phase, LNG.
      EDIT: thought about it some more, yeah, devices with switches on L may be pose a shock risk in some cases if you swap.