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   From: newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk   
      
   On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:09:01 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012, at 18:57:44h +0000, J P Gilliver wrote:   
   >   
   >> I was quite impressed the first time I saw what I think of as the   
   >> "Dutch" design: a bit like the Schuko, but the earth is actually a   
   >> socket in the plug, and a pin in the socket! Thus if you try to plug in   
   >> a plug that doesn't have the socket, it won't go in!   
      
   But no fuse.  I like the idea of putting the fuse in the plug so if   
   one appliance fails you don't 'fuse' the whole circuit (though with   
   RCDs I'm not sure that still applies).   
   >   
   >As far as I am aware that design was not created in the Netherlands but   
   >is in fact the design of the French and is "NF" (la norme francaise)   
   >   
   >         
   >   
   >It is the equivalent of BSI kitemark branding.   
   >   
   >This design of round three pin plug was adopted by France of course,   
   >and also Belgium and the Netherlands.   
   >   
   >Thus round pin plugs on equipment sold in Europe have both the   
   >earth pin socket on the plug and the side earth pin springs to   
   >enable them to be used in France, Benelux, and Germany and other   
   >states.   
   >   
   >And to be different being an "insular" nation, the Swiss have   
   >something different completely.   
      
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