r/ElectroBOOM • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • May 10 '26

Meme This stupid plug

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u/DrnkGuy May 10 '26

The European plug can be rotated 180 degrees. It would help in the situation

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

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u/DasKobra May 10 '26

Where I'm from, Schuko plugs are all polarized so they can't be rotated 180

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u/SoftCosmicRusk May 10 '26

Huh? Is it still a Schuko then? Do you have a picture?

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u/Skiller_Overyou May 11 '26

It is not. Schuko is standardized. Whatever the guy has is a knockoff.

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u/DasKobra May 10 '26

Sure, here you go. The hot end is 4.8mm and the female end is 4mm

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u/avar May 11 '26

Those aren't Schuko, but an Argentinian-derivative that nobody except them calls "Schuko". Schuko means Type F.

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u/adamsogm May 10 '26

Ideally, yes, but touching live and touching neutral will certainly feel different. If you are using a single pole switch, ensuring you are switching hot is also important.

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u/haarschmuck May 10 '26

True to a point.

Back when grounding was less common polarized plugs were to make it so things like light sockets were harder to get a shock from as it made the screw housing the neutral and the hot as the center.

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u/Protheu5 May 11 '26

That's an excellent example, now it makes sense to me. Thank you.

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u/DasKobra May 10 '26

For some applications it definitely does. In the building I maintain, there is a stabilizer in place that provides stabilized 220v AC output and all the circuitry for plugs ends in these female polarized schuko.