Australian Power Supply

hjr · Mon 19 Jul, 2004 17.19

Why do other countries have different plug fittings, wouldn't it be much simpler if there was a universal type.

James Martin · Tue 20 Jul, 2004 00.59

Oh and don't bother taking a digital telly with you - the Aussies don't have digital TV.

What they do have, however, is HDTV (High Defenition TeleVision) which is basically (I think) high-resoloution TV. I hadn't heard of it until it was mentioned in the Home & Away thread over at TV Forum but it'd be so nice if it took off here... we don't have HDTV but if you watch Home & Away over here on Five you can still see a noticeable improvement.

Larry Scutta · Tue 20 Jul, 2004 22.50

hjr wrote:Why do other countries have different plug fittings, wouldn't it be much simpler if there was a universal type.

Yes, of course it would. But it would be a lot of hassle to change every plug in the world to the universal type.... let alone decide on what it should be

James Martin · Tue 20 Jul, 2004 23.34

I think the European design seems the most robust, however I don't like the fact that they don't have switches like ours do.

tillyoshea · Wed 21 Jul, 2004 08.43

Flava wrote:The plug socket is like the USA one (the two thin prongs) but the pins are at an angle, like this:

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What on earth is the socket like to get a plug with angled pins in?

MarkN · Wed 21 Jul, 2004 09.44

tillyoshea wrote:
Flava wrote:The plug socket is like the USA one (the two thin prongs) but the pins are at an angle, like this:

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What on earth is the socket like to get a plug with angled pins in?

There is also a two-pin plug, which will fit into the top holes of the socket:

Larry Scutta · Fri 23 Jul, 2004 00.32

tillyoshea wrote: What on earth is the socket like to get a plug with angled pins in?

Er, angled pins.... angled holes!

tillyoshea · Fri 23 Jul, 2004 08.56

Larry Scutta wrote:
tillyoshea wrote: What on earth is the socket like to get a plug with angled pins in?
Er, angled pins.... angled holes!

I had the wrong idea with 'angled pins'. The diagram
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had made me think 'angled' in terms of 'diverging', rather than, well, angled. I had thought the diagram was a profile, rather than a front-on view.