• DacoTaco@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What makes it better over a type e? Personally i prefer type e, i dont trust the springs of type f :')

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          6 months ago

          In terms of physics, AC doesn’t have polarities. Treat both the live and the neutral wire as if it were live. You don’t know what kind of psychopath wired the building.

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        6 months ago

        Thats a fair argument that people have had issues with actually! Sometimes that is annoying but ive never had to much issues with it tbh

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          6 months ago

          What’s great is that it’s also “backwards-compatible” with type E. Male type E plugs will usually also have ground connections for a type F, so you can plug it into female E and F sockets.

          Edit: In fact, looking back at the picture, that’s exactly the kind of male plug shown for both type E and F. It works with both types. It has the hole for an earth prong, but it also has a contact on the bottom side if you look closely.

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            6 months ago

            I will say the comparability is amazing and a really good thing! The type f plugs are amazing. Nothing bad about more ground connections!
            Just wished the type f sockets had a solid piece of metal, instead of the springs. Then they’d be perfect! :D