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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • I’m quite the Type F fan:

    • The plug is recessed, so half-plugged plugs have their pins inaccessible.
    • Most modern Type F plugs are Type E compatible, as well as Europlug compatible, which means that if the plug doesn’t need to be bulky, it won’t be.
    • Most modern installations have shutters in the pin holes, which both need to be pushed aside, making it impossible to plug in a foreign object. This unlike the Type G, where you only need to plug in the ground pin to reveal the live & neutral.
    • The plug is symmetrical, making it easier to plug in a device in a way that makes the cable work for the user. Besides, having live & neutral plugged into specific sides of a device is not that important for daily use by the average Joe, and if it is, you can just flip the plug.
    • The plug is inclined to land on its side, so if you drop one and then step on it, while it still won’t be comfortable, it at least won’t be as painful as stepping onto a Type G.

  • Because it’s a hot mess trying to accept both type F and type L. The traditional type L socket has three pins inline. The pin spacing between Live and Neutral for an earthed device using type L is wider than using type F, so plugging in a Schuko won’t work in normal type L sockets. However, some type L sockets have extra, smaller holes at Europlug spacing, to accept ungrounded type C plugs.

    The picture here shows two Type L sockets with Europlug expansions on the sides (C/L combo), and an F/L combo in the middle.