On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 15:16:30 +0100
Mike Tomlinson  wrote:

> En el artículo ,
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot  escribió:
>
> >       Ireland also uses the UK plug and standards, sadly.
>
> Sadly?  You sure about that?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEfP1OKKz_Q

 Yep - looking at my Dutch extension leads (Schuko) the sockets have
shutters under circular holes that are way too small to poke a finger in
anyway. I can't get the shutters to move out of the way unless they're
both pushed in together - which is very hard to do except when pushing a
plug in. The socket is a deep recess so that by the time the pins are in the
holes they cannot be touched. Also a dropped plug tends to land on its side
not pins up. All in all a fair match for the safety features of the UK plug.

 More importantly the UK plug has one hideously dangerous design
flaw! The top (which is the bit you hold onto to pull it out) is attached
to the base by a single screw into a plastic thread, if this fails it will
most likely do so as you are pulling the plug out leaving all the exposed
wires and that live fuse sticking up just waiting to catch a finger as you
hit the switch next to it. I've had this happen twice (and avoided touching
anything live) the first time I froze in horror for several seconds. Schuko
plugs have two sides rather than a top and bottom which means you are not
trying to pull them apart every time you unplug them.

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