Probably lost on you two-pin-tards, but still, look at the video. All the way to the multi socket version at the end.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=115732431756&h=gCH0m&u=mKLZc (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=115732431756&h=gCH0m&u=mKLZc)
It said "invalid parameters".
Try this instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6DvjKkGT6s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6DvjKkGT6s)
What took so long to come up with this?
Aaah, the wonderful world of different plug types, haunting travellers in and out of the UK & Ireland for ages. I remember last year, in a meeting in Plymouth, I was one of the only two people out of the 10 or so continentals with an adaptator.
Now, that is fucking genius.
Get rid of the fuse inside. That'll fix it.
Gigantic plugs: Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
Quote from: Neil on June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs: Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
We have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiaspirit.com%2Fptv%2Fel-sqr-04.jpg&hash=a45e9c4499f9686cf0716afa7ccd8666cc2cbb32)
The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
Quote from: Zanza on June 24, 2009, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs: Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
The world of plug standarization is nightmarish, there are like a dozen different standards in the world, some of them used in just one country. :bleeding:
Clever, I hope it makes her rich.
Quote from: Zanza on June 24, 2009, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs: Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
We have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiaspirit.com%2Fptv%2Fel-sqr-04.jpg&hash=a45e9c4499f9686cf0716afa7ccd8666cc2cbb32)
The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
I've seen them. They're still overlarge compared to the plugs of the civilized world. Just as English is the Correct Language, there is only one proper type of plug. Anything else is immoral and degenerate.
Thanks, B. I love these kinds of things - when it is done, you say "why couldn't I have thought of that!" That's the best kind of engineering there is, IMO.
Cool. Could protect against standing on those buggers in the dark too :pinch:
QuoteWe have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.
The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
That looks dangerous.
In European countries I've lived in they at least use three pins on high powered stuff keeping that kind of thing for just little lights and that.
Quote from: Tyr on June 24, 2009, 04:02:43 PM
Cool. Could protect against standing on those buggers in the dark too :pinch:
QuoteWe have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.
The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
That looks dangerous.
In European countries I've lived in they at least use three pins on high powered stuff keeping that kind of thing for just little lights and that.
AFAIK, the only continental European country that uses 3 pins on plugs is Italy, and it's not the only kind of plug they use.
Yeah I miswrote, not 3 pins but with an earth I meant. They have it in some thing around the edges rather than in another pin.
Those blank earthless two pins though are dangerous, I don't get how some still use them.
Quote from: Tyr on June 24, 2009, 04:55:00 PM
Yeah I miswrote, not 3 pins but with an earth I meant. They have it in some thing around the edges rather than in another pin.
Those blank earthless two pins though are dangerous, I don't get how some still use them.
When I lived in Germany the house(s) had 2-pin plugs that were nevertheless properly earthed :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko
I experimented with a screwdriver one time and there was a flash and the entire house fused, there was no electric shock :cool:
This thread is so not what I was hoping it would be about.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 24, 2009, 05:12:08 PM
This thread is so not what I was hoping it would be about.
:lol: You sick bastard
Neat. I have a universal adapter that works fine, but is a pain in the ass to lug around. I remember thinking the UK plug was bizarre... the Europlug seemed more sensible to me.
Brits are simply insane with their electricity so they have to put a fuse inside their plugs (Which is why it's so big).