JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 5 months agoA Pseudo Schuko with Hole-less Type A Pinslemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down15
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageA Pseudo Schuko with Hole-less Type A Pinslemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoidk I’m not from the us but i think these are pretty common? hole is just there for making production easier
minus-squareJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI mean, it’s also a Euro plug with US pins. I’ve never seen that mashup before. 🤷♀️
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 months agooh,youre right, i kinda forgot us plugs are rectangular
minus-squareJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoThere is the occasional round one out there, but they wouldn’t have “the France hole”.
minus-squareth3dogcow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago hole is just there for making production easier The holes allow the socket to grip the plug more firmly according to this page. But, yes. These plugs are completely normal in Japan at least.
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agotechnology connections made a video on it, none of the sockets actually use the holes, and ones that do, do it unintentionally
idk I’m not from the us but i think these are pretty common?
hole is just there for making production easier
I mean, it’s also a Euro plug with US pins. I’ve never seen that mashup before. 🤷♀️
oh,youre right, i kinda forgot us plugs are rectangular
There is the occasional round one out there, but they wouldn’t have “the France hole”.
The holes allow the socket to grip the plug more firmly according to this page.
But, yes. These plugs are completely normal in Japan at least.
technology connections made a video on it, none of the sockets actually use the holes, and ones that do, do it unintentionally