Talk:Power connector

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I have grave concerns about the accuracy and helpfulness of the Travellers' Guide as is. I've fixed the entry on Australia, it was completely wrong, and I have doubts about the entry on Europe. It contradicts what I saw when last in France and Germany, but that was many years ago, and also what is currently said of the Netherlands in the power connector article. Needs work at least. Better to have no information than false information in this article, IMO. Andrewa 06:53, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Progress! And I've learned myself, see mains for the story on Australian voltage, turns out it's now 230V nominal but we still all call it "two-forty". I love Wikipedia. Andrewa 18:42, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I removed the comment on shaver sockets because it's wrong, but I don't know what's right worldwide. North American flat-pin plus will certainly not fit in a UK shaver socket. I don't think they take European round-pins either - I think its a competely separate type. Also UK shaver sockets do not always provide both 240 and 120 volts. DJ Clayworth 19:00, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)

As regards the Euro stuff: "Many plugs also have an earth socket which is penetrated by a pin on the outlet." - This is true, but there is also an override system whereby sockets near bathrooms can limit any incoming plugs to those with earth, and whereby some metal-appliances can force limit themselves to sockets with earth. I am not at all clear on this however, so cannot write up - can anyone add the info to the page? (or here, and I'll add to page) Mat-C 14:48, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Two European standards

Does anyone have any more information on the two types of plugs used in continental Europe? They are almost identical, consisting (in the ungrounded form) of two round prongs, but are of different thicknesses and spacing. One is slightly wider than the other in the spacing between the two prongs, by maybe 1-2mm; the wider one has 4mm-diameter prongs, and the narrower one has 5mm-diameter prongs. I believe the narrower one is used in Greece and the wider one is used in Italy, but I don't know which is used by which other European countries. --Delirium 21:13, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)

The wider one is Italian. The narrower one is the European standard. See Mains power plugs. — Chameleon My page/My talk 15:03, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] We're duplicating Mains power plug

We're wasting effort on the Travellers' Guide section of this article when there is a huge and detailed list at Mains power plug. I propose to delete this Travellers' Guide and direct all future additions to Mains power plug. Any objections? -- Heron 14:54, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)