This is a debate, not an argument, let’s be adults about this. [Insert political joke]

  • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    I just wanted to throw the AU/NZ plug into the mix since nobody is really talking about it. I don’t have enough knowledge about this kind of thing to really have a take on it, but I’m interested to get an international perspective.

    ANZ/NS3112

    • richieadler
      5·
      10 months ago

      For some strange reason that’s used in Argentina also. Not sure why here the ground is the same length than the others, though.

    • RecallMadness@lemmy.nz
      3·
      10 months ago

      Pros:

      • not as big as the UK plug
      • not an American plug
      • those power cords that stick out at a diagonal parallel to the wall

      Cons:

      • no inbuilt fuses
      • no inbuilt guard on the socket
      • every plug and socket feels cheap.
      • thin shitty pins that bend easily
      • shitty sockets that break when shitty bent pins get plugged into them.
      • used by a handful of people with tight regulations … and China. Good luck getting decent affordable, certified, smarthome sockets.
      • that cunt who invented the vertically oriented twin socket wall unit. What a fuckhead.
      • those power cords that stick out perpendicular to the wall.
      • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Hah. Yeah, I definitely prefer the size over UK plugs. It feels wrong to me to have a 230v wall voltage without a blanket requirement for earthing, but as I said, I don’t know enough about it. I’m quite open to being wrong about that.

        • elbowgrease@lemm.ee
          1·
          10 months ago

          having gotten zapped by 120VAC and 230VAC I totally agree. the former sucks and is no fun while the latter made me question my life choices

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      2·
      10 months ago

      It’s better than the US one, but it’s just worse compared to the European ones. It’s hard to get them aligned in the dark/behind furniture, but at least it won’t fall out by itself.