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   From: k.type@example.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
   G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk says...   
   >   
   > In message <9mh6a4Fhq4U1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson   
   >  writes:   
   > []   
   > >So do the Italians. At least the Swiss one is polarised, the Italian   
   > >plug will fit in the socket either way round, so you never really know   
   > >which wire is live.   
   > >   
   > That's another thing: I assume anything is until told otherwise. Most   
   > (all I think) equipment that came with Schuko plugs had two-pole mains   
   > switches; the penny-pinching of only a single pole always seemed   
   > dangerous to me.   
      
   That's because the Shuko plug is also non polarised, whereas the French   
   variant is.   
      
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