DJK,
The only problem I would have with that design is that it doesn't sit flush with the wall when in use like BS1363 and some italian plugs.
No, but the recess is only 12 mm, much less than the Schuko.
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The whole point is that the plug body is assymetric, which means that the ungrounded plug is polarised. (Well, only in sockets designed for it of course.)
Why round pins? Don't they produce all kinds of spring/contact problems?
Because all sockets already have round pins?
The plug manufacturers already have the tooling for round pins of this size. And the socket manufacturers already have the tooling for sockets contact to accept them.
I wanted a standard which could be combined with the Shucko, French and Danish standard simply by adding a third hole the these sockets.
One shouldn't forget that 500 miljon of the 550 miljon Europeans live outside the UK.
Wouldn't blades or at least squared pins like UK plugs make the socket contacts easier to manufacture?
Don't know. I can't see how you could possibly make socket contact simpler than that found in Schuko sockets. You would probably get a better connection with squared pins, though.
[This message has been edited by C-H (edited 08-07-2003).]
