Talk:Domestic AC power plugs & sockets/letter names

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Where do the letter names come from? Who uses them — is it just from that site or is it used in the travel industry etc? Secretlondon 16:14, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I suspect that they are just from that site. They are rather handy though. Maybe someone could do some research to find official names for each one (we have some already). Thanks for the plug pic, by the way. — Chameleon My page/My talk 16:24, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I have discovered they are not standard at all. I'm going to remove them from the article now. Pity I named the images with those letters. — Chameleon My page/My talk 10:17, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

On second thoughts, they are very useful. They group together different plugs of a similar type. What I'll do instead is keep the letters, but put a note saying they are non standard, and then create sub-sections that use local official names. — Chameleon My page/My talk 10:26, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I think I've found the source of the letter names — the US government uses them in this document Electric Current Abroad. Note however that the UK entry is wrong, so it may not be exactly accurate. Secretlondon 03:10, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)