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SigmundTheSeaMonster
05/18/09

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Get this, in the US, the code is now that the 3-prong must be so the ground is top, not bottom. No more "screaming OH" orientation.

Just get rid of the wall warts, please.
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Pazu
05/18/09

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Ah great. So we can't preview our comments, nor we can edit them later. I quit.
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Pazu
05/18/09

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Bah, the comment cut off. Anyway... most households use a
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Pazu
05/18/09

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They got Brazil wrong too. Here the official standard is IEC 60906-1 plugs, but most households still use
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JanDuKretijn
05/18/09

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I'd like to know why North America uses such chincy plugs. I never had any prongs bend when I lived in Germany.
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Geisrud
05/18/09

@JanDuKretijn: Unless I'm trying to bend them, I've never had a US plug bend either. (*Not that I routinely try to bend them, it's just that those forks don't fit by themselves.)
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kylenalepa
05/18/09

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Who came up with that color scheme? Yellow, yellow-green, green, light blue, and blue? Really?

Red, blue, green, yellow, white. Problem solved.

That aside, it's an interesting map and it's cool to see a visualization of what countries use what types of plugs.
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iatacs19
05/18/09

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Australia and Argentina are pretty unique.
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combat chuck
05/18/09

@iatacs19: I grew up in Argentina, and while it's true that they have that type of plug for grounded outlets, most places you will find the more common "double o" outlet (light green on the map, standard in mainland Europe).
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John Nahajski
05/18/09

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wow, the Australian plug looks like it's in pain, maybe we should help it
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Hello Mister Walrus
05/18/09

@John Nahajski: Looks familiar.

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