On 03/04/17 17:39, Tauno Voipio wrote:
> 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?
>
Not commonly, no. But you can still buy the plugs separately.


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