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nouseforaname
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Jenni
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Three pronged plugs are so much safer than the two point plugs in Europe.
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$en$i
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 15:29 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | Three pronged plugs are so much safer than the two point plugs in Europe. |
The norm in Europe is rather the three point plug but the compatible and standard European one unlike in the UK, the utility of a earth contact also depends of the device.
cf. http://www.yung-li.com.tw/EN/products/plug_cat_g.htm
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 16:37 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | Three pronged plugs are so much safer than the two point plugs in Europe. |
There's little or no difference, (most of) our plugs got the ground contact, but many minor appliances don't even use it, it's wrong, but that's just the way it is.
They're the YP-22/23 plugs:
http://www.yung-li.com.tw/EN/products/quick_tour_europe.htm
The difference is mainly a flat contact or a stick-out prong
Many appliances use the basic YP-21 |
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Rinze
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Sep 2007 16:31 Post subject: |
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The British plugs usually have a fuse inside, that's the safety difference, not the pinlayout.
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Sep 2007 16:54 Post subject: |
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| Rinze wrote: | | The British plugs usually have a fuse inside, that's the safety difference, not the pinlayout. |
Oh, my bad. I've never even seen one of those plugs live...
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Either way, i don't think that prevents someone from being electrocuted, fuses are meant to blow with current spikes, that probably prevents fires from short-circuits or maybe the explosion of appliances. When a person is electrocuted, the body doesn't act as zero resistance, it has some impedance and some resistance.
Even if the body has a resistance as low as 20 Ohms:
I=V/R <=> I=250/20 <=> I=12.5 Amps
More than enough to kill, not enough to blow most fuses |
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