On 3.4.17 14:05, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:51:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Golly. Anyone would think there were no agreed European and
>> international standards before the EU!
>>
> You either have a short memory, or didn't travel in Europe very much. Now
> there's just to one mains plug standard throughout Europe (except here).
> I for one, remember having to carry a range of mains adapters whenever I
> competed in model flying competitions in Europe. That situation eased
> once the PC became common and semi-standardised because they all used the
> same chassis power input plug and you could buy PC power cables
> everywhere. I fitted a PC chassis socket into the end of a 4-way
> extension cable socket and the problem was solved. However, since around
> 2000 I only need to take the one PC power cable: that one cable now works
> throughout the EU and the standard EU plug works everywhere in India as
> well.

Martin, a question: Are they still selling appliances
and power plugs separately in the UK?

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