I thought that those flat-fronted non-grounded socket outlets were pretty much gone?
Cenelec really ought to simply impose a single CEE 7/7 compatable grounded outlet standard. It seems really dumb having all these incompatabilities for no good reason other than "that's the way we always did it"
It should be made compulsary in all countries that intend to use the 2 pin euro plug. The UK/Ireland & Cyprus/Malta where BS1363 is used are the only exceptions to this as they don't use a plug system based on whatever the common ancestor of schuko, the swiss system, the french system etc was.
All this stuff is nonsence!
I would advocate coming up with a physically compact plug that is rated 16A and could be fitted inside a lockable plug-adaptor, similar to those used in the UK to provide permanent conversion for 2pin europlugs.
Appliances could all ship with this new connector and a local schuko/whatever plug could be fitted over it and screwed shut.
Should the customer upgrade their house to the new system, you simply shed the converter plugs.
Given 20 years, the old systems would largely have vanished.
