Well...that kills my somewhat hair-brained idea of putting in German sockets and corresponding wall boxes (kind of a nostalgic reason for doing so) when I did my apartment rewiring.

After a minute of him looking at me weird...the spouse and I both decided to stick with the proper American way of doing things (according to NEC and New York City codes).

I guess the idea of snapping Europlugs on all the ungrounded stuff and Schuko plugs on the grounded devices and/or wrestling with adapters didn't quite appeal to him either!! [Linked Image]

And can you imagine the looks of puzzlement on someone who eventually wants to buy this place? Hehehehehe...