I’ve always known these with pins, or are they replaced by those two tiny plates on the side?
Edit: example of one of the most sold models https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/387671120546
It’s two variants of the European socket (type E and type F), nowadays most plugs are compatible with both versions so you can buy either one. Just check your plugs before.
Here is an illustration of both sockets:
Type E
Type F
This is a french type socket, one with tiny plates in the side is called schuko
Brits watching this unfold with popcorn…
UK plugs are superior.
Until you accidentally step on one.
They are not designed for this purpose.
Not with that attitude!
It’s not my volt.
I thought Britain uses pound square foot square fortnight per Coulomb instead of Volt?
That’s why they are superior!
Schuko are even more so. Miss me with those 3 prongs.
Schuko plugs are less likely to remain lying flat tho. Also they their prongs are rounded.
Yes, if your plug looks like this, the new ones will do.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/CEE_7-7.jpg/500px-CEE_7-7.jpg
Ground goes from the pin on the one you already have into the plug, or through the tiny plates on the side.
More info in here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko
Are there any disadvantages of schuko sockets against the French/Belgian/Polish ones? If I ever can afford my own apartment, I would like to install schuko sockets instead of the ones with the pin which are standard in my country.
Before you buy the other plug standard for your place, please check legislation and insurance terms. It may affect liability if you install a nonstandard plug
Most devices I have are compatible with both, perhaps because Netherlands and Belgium are similar markets (because Flanders) and Belgium uses French plugs, so loads of products made for the Dutch-Belgian market will be compatible with both plug types. The only product I own that isn’t French-compatible is from Germany, not sure if that’s an exception or the norm there, but I guess what I’m trying to say is that it might also simply not matter which one you install since it’s easy and common to make universal plugs for these two socket types
there multiple types of schuko systems
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