scott wrote:

> I don't know about Finland, but here in Germany only higher 
> power/earthed equipment uses the Schuko plug, for lower powered stuff 
> usually the Europlug is used (which also fits into the Schuko sockets 
> fine of course).
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europlug

Interesting. That looks rather like the plug you often find on electric 
shavers here. (Some bathrooms have a suitable socket for such a thing.)

> You can buy multi-way mains extensions with sockets for combinations of 
> schuko and europlug, quite handy for eg an office because a lot of 
> equipment (phone chargers, laptop PSUs etc) uses Europlug and the 
> sockets are much smaller.

Now, see, in the UK, *everything* comes with a single type of plug, and 
*all* sockets are of a single type. (The only real exception being 
shavers. And these invariably come with an adaptor plug.)

> Also from that page above:
> 
> "It is, in principle, possible to insert a Europlug into a BS 1363 
> socket by inserting another object (such as a screwdriver or key) into 
> the earth hole first."
> 
> :-)

I am *so* not trying that! :-/

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