Comment on I bought a schuko plug adapter. They didn't read specs or even tried it: the diameter of the hole is too small!

froh42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Adverse_Reaction@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve seen the smaller holed ones on ungrounded sockets, but not on a grounded one like this. But I am no electrician.

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  • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep this one still is very weird.

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• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean as a female socket it could have the “fat holes” - because the current limiting interface is the thin, male part that goes into the outlet. It’s not like a consumer will feed back 16 power into the outlet.

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  • Mnem667@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’re still taking about electrical sockets… right?

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    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sigh tar -xzvf

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  • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh god no. It’s not about feeding in 16A, it’s about consuming 16A thereby overloading the wiring. If everything else is OK, trying to consume 16A should trip the fuse, still - if that doesn’t work, you’ll get a certain (normally very small) fire risk.

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    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Okay, fair point, but that’s the same issue as connecting muliple consumers to the same wall outlet via an extension cord / multisocket.

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• Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes but the electrical code allows this kind of converter if there’s a label like “1500W max” because most manufacturers are lazy and don’t ship a cable for the Italian market, they give the cable for the German market. So you have stuff like:

  1. Computer cables
  2. Laptop chargers
  3. Televisions
  4. Modern fridges

  That consume like 2-3 A at max but for the manufacturer it was cheaper to ship the German 16A plug and fuck with all the Italians that have the houses with 10A receptacles

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  • waz@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Checks notes: so TIL that euro plugs and sockets are not standard‽

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    • Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes basically every European country and Swiss has its own plug standard

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes but the standards are listed somewhere, so, uh, that’s job-done, right?

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