digitalwanderer
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I thought you were gonna bust me for using "taps" instead of "faucets" like a normal American. 
Elon Musk *spawn*
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One think the poms can fix is their terrible power sockets
I've heard some ppl say they are the best in the world (mainly for safety) but nah, too clunky have to plug in only one way etc, NZ is also terrible. I'm not sure whats the best, One thing I hate here in the EU is most sockets dont have on/off switches on wall next to them, wow brain dead invention.
I've heard some ppl say they are the best in the world (mainly for safety) but nah, too clunky have to plug in only one way etc, NZ is also terrible. I'm not sure whats the best, One thing I hate here in the EU is most sockets dont have on/off switches on wall next to them, wow brain dead invention.
two points against them, bulky and they can only be plugged in one way, Ive had times where I havent been able to use a socket cause the thing plugged in next to it was blocking access to the empty socket.
Its just one of those things you would of thought they could of standardized years ago, along with left/right drive, same railway gauges (I took a train from moldova to romania a couple of years ago, I had to wait at the border in the train for an hour cause they had to adjust the undercarriage to fit the different gauge, trains here in spain cant go across the border to france)
Its just one of those things you would of thought they could of standardized years ago, along with left/right drive, same railway gauges (I took a train from moldova to romania a couple of years ago, I had to wait at the border in the train for an hour cause they had to adjust the undercarriage to fit the different gauge, trains here in spain cant go across the border to france)
I ll give you another try to spot the difference
digitalwanderer
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Are "plugs" what we call "outlets"? If so I find that hilarious as we have to plug things in to outlets over here, don't think "Can you plug this in to the plugs for me?" would work as well.
cheapchips
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Outlets are sockets in the UK.
Are "plugs" what we call "outlets"? If so I find that hilarious as we have to plug things in to outlets over here, don't think "Can you plug this in to the plugs for me?" would work as well.
Outlets are sockets in the UK.
digitalwanderer
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What are plugs then?
Accessories for the bedroom.
I used to get beano, and later viz
Why would the word plug be both for plug and socket/outlet?
Then again in US english they use with luck, both in and out to mean the same thing
'he lucked out == hes in luck'
logically out and in are opposites (thus first is bad the second is good, but in US eng both are good)
edit: In saying that, generally I prefer the US way of spelling things, its more logical
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OK fine plug and plug socket (or plug outlet if you wish, though in this case wouldnt it be power outlet?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets
though cambridge dictionary doesnt mention plug socket, everything else but 'an electrical socket' 'a light socket' ' the mains socket.' 'car's lighter socket.' 'kitchen sink socket'
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/socket
same with the oxford
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/socket
cheapchips
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No, don't know anyone English that'd call a domestic plug socket an outlet.
Not in the four corners I've lived anyway. There's always regional oddities to English though, which I assume is common to other countries too. Given how peculiar some regional English is, I wouldn't be surprised to find them called 'wall baps' somewhere.
I was saying that for the american readers, FWIW in NZ they are typically called power points (like the application)
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/products...oints-light-switches-accessories/power-points
btw if you look there you will see with switches in NZ down is on, yet in a lot of countries up is on (up is on is prolly better)
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I think the most obvious difference would be access to warm water. With separate taps you have to plug and fill the basin a bit. Just seems like a simple difference that was solved a long time ago. I can't think of an advantage of having separate taps.
digitalwanderer
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I've always been jealous that your plugs were disassemblable. We can get them here to replace busted factory ones, but most plugs are all just cast in rubber with zero access.
Also for us it's hot, neutral, and ground instead of live, neutral, and earth. Double also all plugs should have fuses, most of ours don't.
(AND IT'S REPLACEABLE?!?!)
digitalwanderer
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Too many American devices don't have a ground either, I don't like those anywhere NEAR as much as grounded devices. I'm also a huge fan of GFI outlets.
I got this thing about dying by electrocution, if I do I lose a bet I really don't care to lose at.
