This leads me to one idea I've had before:

Why not ask CENELEC to remove the Schuko and the French plugs from the standard and to mandate the combination plug only. All cord-sets are already made with the combination plug, but rewireable plugs are almost always French OR Shuko. I can't see any reason to have two different plugs. The extra cost must be neglible.

And when they are at it: The plugs and sockets should be relabled 16A instead of 10/16A. (10A DC, 16A AC. Only a moron would use these sockets for DC nowadays)

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[This message has been edited by C-H (edited 11-11-2002).]

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