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They're frowning for a reason.
>Kill us! We're in constant pain!

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No, I won't

our outlets are superior.

Best outlet coming through

>t.europoor triggered by outlets thread

Fellow britbong here, I quite like the American outlets. They're small, simple, and the plugs are unobtrusive. 110 volts is also safer than 220 if your lad sticks a fork into it. And newer American outlets have features to defend against that.

I'm personally quite fond of the Australian ones, particularly having traveled the world. Its near impossible to find them without switches for visual isolation and are fairly robust. I mean i might be slightly biased as an aussie, but am also an electrical engineer.

I'm also Australian but I don't see what makes our outlet, or any outlet for that matter, a 'good' outlet.

that's not a frown, it's shock.

>switches on them all
>reasonable voltage
>earthed
>looks cool
>durable
>not yuropoor
>not amerifat

>being the descended of inbreeding scum that was deported by the brits
>proud

you can build those switches on any outlet. you just need to replace the cover.

bestest

Please be one superplug, please be one superplug...

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I was watching some scat porn one time and noticed the crazy post-Soviet outlet.

Laughed my ass off.

this

what is gained in making it more complex than it need be?

i actually don't mind these outlets at all - even more so when you consider that south/central america uses them too

when everyone makes their own due to a need to feel special, thats when you get to have housefires from all those fucking adapters

let's start calling Americans Americannots.

:^)

230 volt Is a LOT better you retarded luddite

>Its near impossible to find them without switches
Unless it's a really old installation, it should be downright impossible.

AS/NZS3001 mandates switches on every socket.

America invented it, yours is wrong

>America invented the power socket
lol.

benjamin franklin invented electricity

The denmark one is so good it makes me want to move to denmark.

>America invented electricity
even more lols.

Because?

I like it.

Europoor here, there's nothing wrong with the american outlets. In fact they are superior because there are no exposed metal parts and the function of each prong is clearly indicated with a specific shape.

The real problem with the US electrical grid is the whole 120V thing.

- Less wiring required*
- More efficient
- Don't need complicated 180 degree seperated two-phase system for washers, ovens, etc
- RCDs are required anywhere that isn't retarded now anyway, so higher voltage isn't a concern for little jonny**


*except in jolly old England where ring circuits mean you need at least twice the gauge of everywhere else
** most 220/230/240v countries are at 50hz though, so it might take a fraction of a second longer for said RCD to kick in.

You don't need guns if you can throw a British plug at someone's head.

>throwing
>not using power lead as a whip

poor form.

Top kek

asian outlet
fitting for aus

>The real problem with the US electrical grid is the whole 120V thing.
Oh yea, sending 115V a mile at most into a house is a huge problem, dumbass Euro.

Fucking hate american plugs and how retarded companies are.

let me just list some shit

1) half of everything you own will never use ground
2) because they don't use ground you get a fuck load of things that dont have ground plugs, in my case, I have a timer on a neon light clock in my room to work as an alarm clock, however, I have to remove the timer completely to use shit because there is no ground on it
3) wall warts, I mean for fuck sake, make the goddamn power supply in line, not fucking at the connector, because dick all has ground, these wall warts have a way of weighing so much they start to fall out, leaving prongs exposed
4) the plugs, because they are so thin, have a high risk of bending,
5) the shape is really annoying because there are a lot of things that don't use different shaped prongs. so needing to check fucking everything gets frustrating.

the long and short is I would like a different style of plug, something is able to be figured out by shape of the plug along, without needing to make judgement calls on prong sizes, that will stay in a wall till YOU want to take it out.

He means sending 230v would be better.

British plugs.

It wouldn't.

>I was watching some scat porn one time

wat

Brits are so retarded that they need a switch AND a fuse on every plug to make sure they don't kill themselves.

>be American
>Hurr durr less power capacity is better
fuck off 230v mains is superior
see

>lotus_boob.jpg

>fuck off 230v mains is superior
No, it's not. There is no less power capacity and the runs are not long enough to realize any gains from the slightly superior efficiency. If you think 2 phase power is complicated you're just a retard and you're an even bigger retard if you think your average 230v appliance requires anything but single phase power.

Euros knowing nothing as usual.

All homes are earthed..

You can see very real gains in efficiency with any switchmode power supply.
Very real being 2-3%.

Consider that most every electronic good you own has a switchmode power supply.

We are talking about the electrical grid, not appliances, but 230v increases the efficiency of switched mode power supplies? How?

Lower voltage means everything takes twice as long in the US. Want to charge your phone? Dry your hair? Boil the kettle? Hope you like standing around.

Let's settle this bullshit once and for all...
strawpoll.me/11787961

Yeah, that is the best one.

You can't be serious.

>not leaving a whole bag of them on the floor, prongs up

8/8

>mfw morons don't know anything about electricity
>mfw people don't realize the difference in 120/220 is from the pole after the transformer to your home
>mfw only reason europe is at 220 is due to their inability to produce enough copper so they need to get by with a smaller gauge

Oh, by the way, 60 Hz is the superior frequency. Poor fucks screwed with what Tesla said and implemented 50 Hz so their generators could run slightly slower. Holy shit, the mental retardation there.

>lower voltages require higher gauges

What other wisdom do you have to share?

it's not the voltage that requires higher gauges, it's the current. with double voltage, you need half the current. lrn2ohms law

>inferior Mexican't knockoff

Reminder to REMOVE SCHUKO

Reminder that Denmark's sockets happiest

Reminder that the UK socket is safest but least practical

Reminder that Italy's socket is very symmetrical

Reminder that Brazil's socket is beyond saving

Reminder that India's socket is fucking retarded

Reminder that Australia's socket is just a US socket with a different shape (my buddy bends US pins to fit his socket)

Reminder that Israel's socket has 2 versions, both are special snowflake sockets

Reminder that you should always carry 2 universal adapters for your sockets and/or appliances.

Reminder that you should always carry a modular adapter set for your sockets and/or appliances.

You're all wrong.

Clearly 460-480 is the superior voltage.

Why do the British have a fuse in EVERY SINGLE plug?

Because they can't afford breakers or GFCI.

This i use and this i like.

i don't give a flying fuck about outlets
as long as they work

>not grounded
it's trash

It is by the two vertical pins, isn't it?

Yes

D=

>15A at 120V
>1800W max
>13A at 230V (Schukoplug)
>2990W max

now fuck off

Brazil's socket is IEC standard though

ring circuits

TOLD STATUS:
[X] TOLD
[ ] NOT TOLD

Fewer amps I reckon.

I was thinking of gettimg custom switch and outlet covers that were a piece of thick stainless steel or something. How would you do it while keeping it safe

Why are there so many outlets and standards though? Its inane that this wasnt standardised

Anglo luddites.

Objectively best socket+plug combo coming through.

Plugs are compatible between 3 different sockets.
Earth is exposed (easily accessible, can be clipped onto with 0 effort).
Plugs are overengineered as fuck, no way that shit will fail in 100 years, compared to ameritard piece of shit plugs that fall out on their own.

>Using the convict meme as a valid argument

I would say british plugs are the best.
>Ground always makes contact first
Why dont all plugs do this?

>can't triforce

Tell me which plug is best without using
>it's what my country uses
I'm genuinely interested.

>NEMA 5-30R
>3600W
Get roasted

Most do

Or just make the holes circular so nobody can stick a fork in there in the first place.

I use those every day and they are not as bad as people say. I've never had anything fall out and I've never been shocked. Maybe I'm just not retarded. I really don't miss the German wall sockets that much. For my uses, neither has any extra functionality, though having to bring adapters when I visit family is pretty shit.

Speaking of Tesla...

forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/charging-inefficiency-110v-vs-220v

How's that 120V working out for charging electric cars over there?

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>not using 3 phose

>Maybe I'm just not retarded
I'd say that about sums it up.

The only time you actually have to worry about the plug falling out is either a really shitty ungrounded plug that doesn't grip in the socket, and/or a heavy ungrounded plug. There's virtually no way a grounded plug would ever just fall out on its own unless there was something seriously wrong with either the plug, the socket, or the user.

And I just don't see how a person can get shocked while inserting or removing a plug unless -again-, there was something seriously wrong with the plug, the socket, the cord, or the user.

phase*

Whether it's 80VAC, 120VAC or 220VAC, you're still dead. I wouldnt consider that much safer...

Works fine, why?

>>Lists lots of things about not being able to ground

>> Don't need to worry because one short will just tingle and not possibly stop your heart completely and throw you across the room

murrican detected

My mom has that for her pottery oven.
But it would be stupid for normal appliances.

I wonder if it will become more common for charging electric cars.

Ground is for pussies

It's called a kiln, dumbass, and no.

I dunno, i thought charging might be... way longer compared to 220v. Like +15hours long. What the EV crowd would refer to as a "Level 1 shit tier level" charging station.