2:58 you could also add the type e plug, a plug commonly found in france and belgium and a few other countries, it has a hole in its plug to fit a pin sticking out on the outlet itself, but no worries, the pin sticking out is of course the ground pin, so it is perfectly safe to touch. and usually, type e plugs have the strips on the side that allow ground connection in type f outlets, and type f plugs sometimes have the hole to fit in type e plugs too, so type e & f are usually compatible with each other.
My concern about the two pin European plug is it's not polarized. In the US (Whose plug design is considered odd and obsolete by people outside of North America), all modern OUTLETS are grounded "Earthed", But not all plugs are. Low current (Like lamps) or double insulated (power tools) CAN have just the phase and neutral prongs "pins", BUT they are required to be polarized (The Neutral prong being wider. I have an adapter to use a North American PLUG in a Euro OUTLET. It's silly in that the N.A. side IS polarized but of course the "Euro" side is NOT. I could totally plug an N.A. device in "backwards in a Euro outlet! Overall, even as a "yank", I think the Brits got this one right!
Schuko is the best and europlug When inserted into the socket, the Schuko plug covers the socket cavity And the ground is always connected And covering the plug
@@bloosn It sure DOES matter. It's not the direction, It's that neutral is+phase= corrent potential. For example light sockets are intended to have the shell on the neutral. No say you plug a lamp backwards and now the shell in on the phase wire. Welp if you change a bulb while you contact something that connected to neutral (like a metal outlet plate, The job could get SPICY.
@@jamesslick4790 the it’s been many years since I’ve used a Europe, but it was definitely reversible. UK plugs, on the other hand, are the dog’s bollox 👍🏻
@@bloosn We (the US) used to have reversable plugs until the 1960s when they were changed to be "polarized". I do dig the UK plug. Shutters on the outlets, Fuse in the plug "polarized" and well insulated. indeed "the dog's bollox"!
The AC sockets were common when I was a kid. But I guess modern air conditioners are not as heavy on amps and probably less likely to create damage arcing the sockets.
A.C. units do use MUCH less current today. I live in the U.S. and our 15 amp and 20 amp outlets are slightly different (to prevent a 20 amp load on a 15 amp circuit, but you CAN put a 15 amp load on a 20 amp circuit) Many air conditioners used to require a 20 amp outlet, Ones of the same capacity today now just need the "normal" 15 amp outlet.
Practically the only other nation having unique incompatible plug standard is the other small wealthy and hight living cost country of Switzerland. Their standard (known internationally as type J) actually includes family of plugs for different amperages and different purposes. The other one is a pretty odd case. Some time ago Thailand started adopting their unique plug called type O that is retrofitted to be compatible with most common receptacle in Thailand that accept USA type A and B and European plugs that are all compatible but are not earthed when connected. So they came up with a plug that has 2 European-style round pins and the third round pin similar to USA type B plug's earth.
@@okaro6595 yes. That's why I put "practically" in the beginning. As far as I know the Danish standard is being phased out and the Italian while being in better shape is used along with Schuko and is also used in Chile and Uruguay. It is very different in Switzerland I and Israel where almost all sockets are of national standard.
Called "Tripoliki" (τριπολική, meaning "three-pole"), the standard had 3 round pins, similar to the post-1989 Israeli SI 32 and Thai TIS 166-2549 types.[24] The Tripoliki was virtually abandoned by the 1980s, but can still be found in unrenovated houses constructed before 1980. Previous to the large-scale adoption of Schuko plugs, this was the only way to use an earthed appliance in Greece. It can accept Europlugs, and also (but with no earth connection possible) French and German types.
The original type ‘H’ socket accommodated three oblique, flat prongs in the Y configuration _only._ It was in the early 80s that the flat prong/round pin hybrid sockets began to be made, and nowadays, most new ‘H’ socket installations are for round pin only. The original flat prongs would sometimes overheat when the loads approached 16A. The talk about the unique plug type raising the cost of living is mostly huff and puff posturing from unelected bureaucrats trying to justify their existence.
You can fit European plugs into Israeli sockets without the need for an adapter. The point was that some higher amperage appliances have a type of Europlug that is supposed to be earthed (this is the Shenko plug specifically with the two metallic connectors on either end of the plug head). For those.. you can rewire or buy the appliance in Israel where it should have the correct plug fitted.
Double insulated appliances most often have insulation allowing them to be used with either polarity, and to require no earth connection. Small double insulated appliances are the ones people most often travel with and hence where compatibility is most important.
Vacuum cleaners are double insulated so don't have to be earthed. Probably some industrial models do though. So in Europe most of regular vacuum cleaners are equipped with high amperage unearthed E/F (Schuko) compatible plug that should fit H recepticle just fine
It's an interesting concept. However, my favorite is the type A and type B plug which are known as edison plugs due to compact size and low manufacturing costs. Edison plugs can work with 240v 50hz but special considerations in the receptacle are required such as a slight recess to prevent child from sticking metal objects between prongs and a mechanism that does not engage electrical contact with plug until it is fully inserted and quickly disengages even if it's slightly uninserted.
Thanks for your "American" pronunciation of "H"...who knew....our plugs btw use the word "ground" not "earth". just a point of info for you! Interesting video....
The high amperage type M socket you mentioned is not exactly the same as the south african one. So its yet another unique socket type, but like you said its usually only for high amperage air conditioners. As for the reasons why Israel adopted the type H, well at the time there was not really a universal European socket type so it was a way to enforce that only approved and heavily taxes appliances were imported. Today of course its totally unnecessary and the country would do well to transition the the European type, perhaps creating a transition dual mode socket type that accepts and grounds both types of plugs until the country can gradually switch over to a normal standard. Unfortunately there isnt enough political will to stand up to the corrupt standards institute which is in the pocket of the monopoly importers.
Ooh ... thanks for the plug trivia! I read recently that the Standards Institute is opening up an office in Jerusalem ... as if we need more bureaucracy in the city. I'm guessing that if the supply chain inefficiencies of the unique plug were totted up (cumulatively over the years) that they would be quite staggering!
The 'South African' three-round-pins plug was originally a 15 or 16a UK plug. The UK had six, yes SIX domestic plug types, depending on where you lived. Fortunately they have rationalised these over the years and the 13a type prevails.
How exactly universal type of socket, which is compatible with old Type H, Type E, Type F and most commonly used Type C plugs is meant to keep prices inflated and enables monopolies, friend?
This is completely irrelevant from this topics video but for RUclips payment thresh holds. If I make for example $120 CAD between Jan-July but the monthly thresh hold is $100/ month, will I be paid $120 at the end of July? Or does it reset? If I don’t make more than $100/ month but make like $50 or so / month will my money just be forever on hold? Anyone know? Please help?
2:58 you could also add the type e plug, a plug commonly found in france and belgium and a few other countries, it has a hole in its plug to fit a pin sticking out on the outlet itself, but no worries, the pin sticking out is of course the ground pin, so it is perfectly safe to touch. and usually, type e plugs have the strips on the side that allow ground connection in type f outlets, and type f plugs sometimes have the hole to fit in type e plugs too, so type e & f are usually compatible with each other.
My concern about the two pin European plug is it's not polarized. In the US (Whose plug design is considered odd and obsolete by people outside of North America), all modern OUTLETS are grounded "Earthed", But not all plugs are. Low current (Like lamps) or double insulated (power tools) CAN have just the phase and neutral prongs "pins", BUT they are required to be polarized (The Neutral prong being wider. I have an adapter to use a North American PLUG in a Euro OUTLET. It's silly in that the N.A. side IS polarized but of course the "Euro" side is NOT. I could totally plug an N.A. device in "backwards in a Euro outlet! Overall, even as a "yank", I think the Brits got this one right!
Schuko is the best and europlug
When inserted into the socket, the Schuko plug covers the socket cavity
And the ground is always connected
And covering the plug
doesn't matter with AC as the current is reversing fifty times a second anyway.
@@bloosn It sure DOES matter. It's not the direction, It's that neutral is+phase= corrent potential. For example light sockets are intended to have the shell on the neutral. No say you plug a lamp backwards and now the shell in on the phase wire. Welp if you change a bulb while you contact something that connected to neutral (like a metal outlet plate, The job could get SPICY.
@@jamesslick4790 the it’s been many years since I’ve used a Europe, but it was definitely reversible.
UK plugs, on the other hand, are the dog’s bollox 👍🏻
@@bloosn We (the US) used to have reversable plugs until the 1960s when they were changed to be "polarized". I do dig the UK plug. Shutters on the outlets, Fuse in the plug "polarized" and well insulated. indeed "the dog's bollox"!
The AC sockets were common when I was a kid. But I guess modern air conditioners are not as heavy on amps and probably less likely to create damage arcing the sockets.
A.C. units do use MUCH less current today. I live in the U.S. and our 15 amp and 20 amp outlets are slightly different (to prevent a 20 amp load on a 15 amp circuit, but you CAN put a 15 amp load on a 20 amp circuit) Many air conditioners used to require a 20 amp outlet, Ones of the same capacity today now just need the "normal" 15 amp outlet.
This plug looks like a international travel headache waiting to happen , good luck finding compatible adaptor for these plugs 😂😂😂
Practically the only other nation having unique incompatible plug standard is the other small wealthy and hight living cost country of Switzerland. Their standard (known internationally as type J) actually includes family of plugs for different amperages and different purposes.
The other one is a pretty odd case. Some time ago Thailand started adopting their unique plug called type O that is retrofitted to be compatible with most common receptacle in Thailand that accept USA type A and B and European plugs that are all compatible but are not earthed when connected. So they came up with a plug that has 2 European-style round pins and the third round pin similar to USA type B plug's earth.
Denmark and Italy also have their own socket types but they are moving at least partially to common European standards
@@okaro6595 yes. That's why I put "practically" in the beginning. As far as I know the Danish standard is being phased out and the Italian while being in better shape is used along with Schuko and is also used in Chile and Uruguay. It is very different in Switzerland I and Israel where almost all sockets are of national standard.
Called "Tripoliki" (τριπολική, meaning "three-pole"), the standard had 3 round pins, similar to the post-1989 Israeli SI 32 and Thai TIS 166-2549 types.[24] The Tripoliki was virtually abandoned by the 1980s, but can still be found in unrenovated houses constructed before 1980. Previous to the large-scale adoption of Schuko plugs, this was the only way to use an earthed appliance in Greece. It can accept Europlugs, and also (but with no earth connection possible) French and German types.
The original type ‘H’ socket accommodated three oblique, flat prongs in the Y configuration _only._ It was in the early 80s that the flat prong/round pin hybrid sockets began to be made, and nowadays, most new ‘H’ socket installations are for round pin only. The original flat prongs would sometimes overheat when the loads approached 16A.
The talk about the unique plug type raising the cost of living is mostly huff and puff posturing from unelected bureaucrats trying to justify their existence.
Never notice it. Thanks for the information.
Thank we you for the video. Would a simple adapter work to accommodate European appliances?
You can fit European plugs into Israeli sockets without the need for an adapter. The point was that some higher amperage appliances have a type of Europlug that is supposed to be earthed (this is the Shenko plug specifically with the two metallic connectors on either end of the plug head). For those.. you can rewire or buy the appliance in Israel where it should have the correct plug fitted.
Double insulated appliances most often have insulation allowing them to be used with either polarity, and to require no earth connection. Small double insulated appliances are the ones people most often travel with and hence where compatibility is most important.
Vacuum cleaners are double insulated so don't have to be earthed. Probably some industrial models do though.
So in Europe most of regular vacuum cleaners are equipped with high amperage unearthed E/F (Schuko) compatible plug that should fit H recepticle just fine
That is known as the contour plug (CEE 7/17)
It's an interesting concept. However, my favorite is the type A and type B plug which are known as edison plugs due to compact size and low manufacturing costs. Edison plugs can work with 240v 50hz but special considerations in the receptacle are required such as a slight recess to prevent child from sticking metal objects between prongs and a mechanism that does not engage electrical contact with plug until it is fully inserted and quickly disengages even if it's slightly uninserted.
Thanks for your "American" pronunciation of "H"...who knew....our plugs btw use the word "ground" not "earth". just a point of info for you! Interesting video....
Thanks for the info!
Both words are used I suppose interchangeably
The high amperage type M socket you mentioned is not exactly the same as the south african one. So its yet another unique socket type, but like you said its usually only for high amperage air conditioners.
As for the reasons why Israel adopted the type H, well at the time there was not really a universal European socket type so it was a way to enforce that only approved and heavily taxes appliances were imported.
Today of course its totally unnecessary and the country would do well to transition the the European type, perhaps creating a transition dual mode socket type that accepts and grounds both types of plugs until the country can gradually switch over to a normal standard.
Unfortunately there isnt enough political will to stand up to the corrupt standards institute which is in the pocket of the monopoly importers.
Ooh ... thanks for the plug trivia! I read recently that the Standards Institute is opening up an office in Jerusalem ... as if we need more bureaucracy in the city. I'm guessing that if the supply chain inefficiencies of the unique plug were totted up (cumulatively over the years) that they would be quite staggering!
The 'South African' three-round-pins plug was originally a 15 or 16a UK plug. The UK had six, yes SIX domestic plug types, depending on where you lived. Fortunately they have rationalised these over the years and the 13a type prevails.
Absolute madness 😮
My type H plugs are packed!
How exactly universal type of socket, which is compatible with old Type H, Type E, Type F and most commonly used Type C plugs is meant to keep prices inflated and enables monopolies, friend?
In the 1960's ..( ? ) a farmhouse in Newton Abbot , UK .. used WYLEX™ plugs , please comment . DAVE™🛑
Israel's plug looks like Thai Type O plug, but it's un-interchangeable.
This is completely irrelevant from this topics video but for RUclips payment thresh holds. If I make for example $120 CAD between Jan-July but the monthly thresh hold is $100/ month, will I be paid $120 at the end of July? Or does it reset? If I don’t make more than $100/ month but make like $50 or so / month will my money just be forever on hold? Anyone know? Please help?