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   From: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , Dave   
   Liquorice  writes:   
   >On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:24:18 -0000, David Looser wrote:   
   []   
   >> German 'Shucko' socket and would be happy to see it replace the BS1363   
   >> socket here,   
   >   
   >A Shucko plug is not a lot smaller, if it is at all, than a 13A plug.   
   >   
   Yes, but it somehow _feels_ smaller.   
      
   It also - one of the major disadvantages of the common forms of the   
   BS1363 one, and for some reason rarely mentioned in discussions like   
   these - doesn't naturally settle, when unplugged, into a form that's   
   hazardous to bare feet (-:! [The Schuko _is_ available with side cable   
   entry, but even those ones don't tend to lie pins up.]   
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