Re: [NTLK] Are French and German power outlets identical?

From: Dan (dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com)
Date: Sun Aug 29 2004 - 10:08:14 PDT

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> I have a friend who has an older German appliance. He has to use a
> special power strip with it, because the grounds on it are not in a
> third pin attached to wall outlet, but in some contacts on the edge of
> the plug. Is this older technology? or do German grounded, (three
> phase) plugs still use contacts on the edge of the plug instead of a
> third pin in the middle?

Yes the ground "strip" attached to the outlet is older tech. We had a
form of that in the states and it is still present in older houses. But
it is getting quite rare to see it now as most buildings get wirings
upgraded for other saftey issues.

-Dan

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