americans will defend this

k

They're frowning for a reason.
>Kill us! We're in constant pain!

>>57817699
=C

>>57817692
No, I won't

>>57817692
our outlets are superior.

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Best outlet coming through

>>57818043
>>57817692
>t.europoor triggered by outlets thread

>>57817692
Fellow britbong here, I quite like the American outlets. They're small, simple, and the plugs are unobtrusive. 110 volts is also safer than 220 if your lad sticks a fork into it. And newer American outlets have features to defend against that.

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>>57817692

I'm personally quite fond of the Australian ones, particularly having traveled the world. Its near impossible to find them without switches for visual isolation and are fairly robust. I mean i might be slightly biased as an aussie, but am also an electrical engineer.

>>57818152
I'm also Australian but I don't see what makes our outlet, or any outlet for that matter, a 'good' outlet.

>>57817961
that's not a frown, it's shock.

>>57818421
>switches on them all
>reasonable voltage
>earthed
>looks cool
>durable
>not yuropoor
>not amerifat

>>57818487
>being the descended of inbreeding scum that was deported by the brits
>proud

>>57818487
you can build those switches on any outlet. you just need to replace the cover.

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bestest

>>57818513
Please be one superplug, please be one superplug...

>>57817692
D:
>>57818043
o-o
>>57818152
/ \
I
>>57818513
:o :o :o

I was watching some scat porn one time and noticed the crazy post-Soviet outlet.

Laughed my ass off.

>>57818149
this

what is gained in making it more complex than it need be?

i actually don't mind these outlets at all - even more so when you consider that south/central america uses them too

when everyone makes their own due to a need to feel special, thats when you get to have housefires from all those fucking adapters

let's start calling Americans Americannots.

>>57818560
:^)

>>57818149
230 volt Is a LOT better you retarded luddite

>>57818152
>Its near impossible to find them without switches
Unless it's a really old installation, it should be downright impossible.

AS/NZS3001 mandates switches on every socket.

America invented it, yours is wrong

>>57818793
>America invented the power socket
lol.

>>57818807
benjamin franklin invented electricity

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The denmark one is so good it makes me want to move to denmark.

>>57818813
>America invented electricity
even more lols.

>>57818778
Because?

>>57818820
I like it.

>>57817692

Europoor here, there's nothing wrong with the american outlets. In fact they are superior because there are no exposed metal parts and the function of each prong is clearly indicated with a specific shape.

The real problem with the US electrical grid is the whole 120V thing.

>>57818850
- Less wiring required*
- More efficient
- Don't need complicated 180 degree seperated two-phase system for washers, ovens, etc
- RCDs are required anywhere that isn't retarded now anyway, so higher voltage isn't a concern for little jonny**


*except in jolly old England where ring circuits mean you need at least twice the gauge of everywhere else
** most 220/230/240v countries are at 50hz though, so it might take a fraction of a second longer for said RCD to kick in.

You don't need guns if you can throw a British plug at someone's head.

>>57818917
>throwing
>not using power lead as a whip

poor form.

>>57817692
>>57818820
Top kek

>>57818152
asian outlet
fitting for aus

>>57818908
>The real problem with the US electrical grid is the whole 120V thing.
Oh yea, sending 115V a mile at most into a house is a huge problem, dumbass Euro.

>>57817692
Fucking hate american plugs and how retarded companies are.

let me just list some shit

1) half of everything you own will never use ground
2) because they don't use ground you get a fuck load of things that dont have ground plugs, in my case, I have a timer on a neon light clock in my room to work as an alarm clock, however, I have to remove the timer completely to use shit because there is no ground on it
3) wall warts, I mean for fuck sake, make the goddamn power supply in line, not fucking at the connector, because dick all has ground, these wall warts have a way of weighing so much they start to fall out, leaving prongs exposed
4) the plugs, because they are so thin, have a high risk of bending,
5) the shape is really annoying because there are a lot of things that don't use different shaped prongs. so needing to check fucking everything gets frustrating.

the long and short is I would like a different style of plug, something is able to be figured out by shape of the plug along, without needing to make judgement calls on prong sizes, that will stay in a wall till YOU want to take it out.

>>57818976
He means sending 230v would be better.

>>57818982
British plugs.

>>57818991
It wouldn't.

>>57818703
>I was watching some scat porn one time

wat

Brits are so retarded that they need a switch AND a fuse on every plug to make sure they don't kill themselves.

>>57819015
>be American
>Hurr durr less power capacity is better
fuck off 230v mains is superior
see
>>57818912

>>57818513
>lotus_boob.jpg

>>57819043
>fuck off 230v mains is superior
No, it's not. There is no less power capacity and the runs are not long enough to realize any gains from the slightly superior efficiency. If you think 2 phase power is complicated you're just a retard and you're an even bigger retard if you think your average 230v appliance requires anything but single phase power.

Euros knowing nothing as usual.

>>57818487
All homes are earthed..

>>57819084
You can see very real gains in efficiency with any switchmode power supply.
Very real being 2-3%.

Consider that most every electronic good you own has a switchmode power supply.

>>57819134
We are talking about the electrical grid, not appliances, but 230v increases the efficiency of switched mode power supplies? How?

>>57819084
Lower voltage means everything takes twice as long in the US. Want to charge your phone? Dry your hair? Boil the kettle? Hope you like standing around.

>>57817692
Let's settle this bullshit once and for all...
http://www.strawpoll.me/11787961

>>57818820
Yeah, that is the best one.

>>57819184
You can't be serious.

>>57818930
>not leaving a whole bag of them on the floor, prongs up

>>57819184
8/8

>mfw morons don't know anything about electricity
>mfw people don't realize the difference in 120/220 is from the pole after the transformer to your home
>mfw only reason europe is at 220 is due to their inability to produce enough copper so they need to get by with a smaller gauge

Oh, by the way, 60 Hz is the superior frequency. Poor fucks screwed with what Tesla said and implemented 50 Hz so their generators could run slightly slower. Holy shit, the mental retardation there.

>>57819380
>lower voltages require higher gauges

What other wisdom do you have to share?

>>57819403
it's not the voltage that requires higher gauges, it's the current. with double voltage, you need half the current. lrn2ohms law

>>57818732
>inferior Mexican't knockoff

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Reminder to REMOVE SCHUKO

Reminder that Denmark's sockets happiest

Reminder that the UK socket is safest but least practical

Reminder that Italy's socket is very symmetrical

Reminder that Brazil's socket is beyond saving

Reminder that India's socket is fucking retarded

Reminder that Australia's socket is just a US socket with a different shape (my buddy bends US pins to fit his socket)

Reminder that Israel's socket has 2 versions, both are special snowflake sockets

Reminder that you should always carry 2 universal adapters for your sockets and/or appliances.

Reminder that you should always carry a modular adapter set for your sockets and/or appliances.

>>57818149
>>57818778
>>57818912
>>57819043
>>57819084
You're all wrong.

Clearly 460-480 is the superior voltage.

Why do the British have a fuse in EVERY SINGLE plug?

>>57819516
Because they can't afford breakers or GFCI.

>>57818043
This i use and this i like.

i don't give a flying fuck about outlets
as long as they work

>>57818043
>not grounded
it's trash

>>57819547
It is by the two vertical pins, isn't it?

>>57819553
Yes

>>57817692
D=

>>57819084
>15A at 120V
>1800W max
>13A at 230V (Schukoplug)
>2990W max

now fuck off

>>57819495
Brazil's socket is IEC standard though

>>57819516
ring circuits

>>57819613

>>57819084
TOLD STATUS:
[X] TOLD
[ ] NOT TOLD

>>57819176
Fewer amps I reckon.

I was thinking of gettimg custom switch and outlet covers that were a piece of thick stainless steel or something. How would you do it while keeping it safe

Why are there so many outlets and standards though? Its inane that this wasnt standardised

>>57819857
Anglo luddites.

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Objectively best socket+plug combo coming through.

Plugs are compatible between 3 different sockets.
Earth is exposed (easily accessible, can be clipped onto with 0 effort).
Plugs are overengineered as fuck, no way that shit will fail in 100 years, compared to ameritard piece of shit plugs that fall out on their own.

>>57818508
>Using the convict meme as a valid argument

I would say british plugs are the best.
>Ground always makes contact first
Why dont all plugs do this?

>>57818560
>can't triforce

Tell me which plug is best without using
>it's what my country uses
I'm genuinely interested.

>>57819613
>NEMA 5-30R
>3600W
Get roasted

>>57820388
Most do

>>57818149
Or just make the holes circular so nobody can stick a fork in there in the first place.

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>>57817692
I use those every day and they are not as bad as people say. I've never had anything fall out and I've never been shocked. Maybe I'm just not retarded. I really don't miss the German wall sockets that much. For my uses, neither has any extra functionality, though having to bring adapters when I visit family is pretty shit.

>>57819380

Speaking of Tesla...

https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/charging-inefficiency-110v-vs-220v

How's that 120V working out for charging electric cars over there?

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>>57818464

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>not using 3 phose

>>57820784
>Maybe I'm just not retarded
I'd say that about sums it up.

The only time you actually have to worry about the plug falling out is either a really shitty ungrounded plug that doesn't grip in the socket, and/or a heavy ungrounded plug. There's virtually no way a grounded plug would ever just fall out on its own unless there was something seriously wrong with either the plug, the socket, or the user.

And I just don't see how a person can get shocked while inserting or removing a plug unless -again-, there was something seriously wrong with the plug, the socket, the cord, or the user.

>>57820964
phase*

>>57818149

Whether it's 80VAC, 120VAC or 220VAC, you're still dead. I wouldnt consider that much safer...

>>57820892
Works fine, why?

>>57818982

>>Lists lots of things about not being able to ground

>> Don't need to worry because one short will just tingle and not possibly stop your heart completely and throw you across the room

>>57818149
murrican detected

>>57820964
My mom has that for her pottery oven.
But it would be stupid for normal appliances.

I wonder if it will become more common for charging electric cars.

Ground is for pussies

>>57821024
It's called a kiln, dumbass, and no.

>>57820999

I dunno, i thought charging might be... way longer compared to 220v. Like +15hours long. What the EV crowd would refer to as a "Level 1 shit tier level" charging station.

>>57818982
>the shape is really annoying because there are a lot of things that don't use different shaped prongs. so needing to check fucking everything gets frustrating.

Protip: When you get a plug where both prongs are the same size, guess what? You can plug it in either way.

>>57817692
The outlet is grounded. Whatever your opinions are beyond that are retarded.

You should probably kill your worthless autistic ass.

>>57821055
The only reason is that, since it's so easy to just slap a couple hots together for 230V, the EV manufacturers decided to save money on the charging circuitry by limiting the maximum current it can draw. 115V at 30A is going to charge at the same rate as 230v at 15A. Both need to be stepped up for most EV battery packs, too.

>>57820999
>Works fine, why?

According to the comments it isn't fine at all.

3 miles per hour.
So if you come home at 6PM and need to leave again at 9AM you can only drive 45 miles.

>>57821091

Slap a couple of hots together?

>>57821091
According to one of the comments the problem is you need 400V for charging.
Apparently that's what the battery packs need.

So if yo start with 120V you need to step it up a lot more than when you start with 230V

>>57821177
Single phase 230V outlets are typically wired hot-hot-ground here.

>>57818043
HERRENRASSE

>>57818841
>implying Americans didn't invest electricity

Next you'll be telling me Brazil invented aviation

>>57821198
Sure, there's a bit of lost efficiency, but the real problem is that current is limited. I don't disagree with what they've done, but it doesn't really say there's a problem with 115V power.

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What kind of outlet is this friendos, none of my appliances have plugs shaped like this

>>57821127
What retard thought 120v was fine to charge a car on? We use 240v for our dryers and ovens, it sounds like someone was cheap and didn't want to run a separate 240v to his garage.

>>57819084
Enjoy your no 400V 3-phase outlets, burger.

>>57819613
Why do i need 3000 watts for my appliances?

>>57821310
I can get that, if I wanted, and I know a few people who do have that.

>>57821342
My deep fryer draws 2200W

>>57821304
The charging stations are just 115v to 230v transformers, anyway, they work off a 30A circuit.

>>57821342
Powerful electric stoves and dryers?

>>57821069
yea, but not everything is shaped that way, and with no ground, you cant feel the shape is right, you can't look at it at a glance and know how to plug it in, you have to fuckinglook at the prongs, and my favorites are the prongs that are just a little to thick, so even when they are right, they barely fit, or are just slightly wider so they look like you have it the right way, but then it can't plug in and you think its a thicker plug.

you get use to somethings as they are used so often, but goddamn it it still gets annoying.

>>57821398
We have those.

>>57821418
>yea, but not everything is shaped that way, and with no ground, you cant feel the shape is right, you can't look at it at a glance and know how to plug it in
????

If it's polarized it can only go in one way. Max 2 tries to plug it in in the dark.

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>>57821342
>he can't even run a proper kettle on his third world electrical system

>>57821458
Coffee makers work just fine on 115.

>>57821489
>'bigger is better, muh freedoms' burgers will defend being limited to less powerful appliances that take longer to do the same thing

>>57821458
Holy shit the toaster in the bundle is 25. Christ your prices are all jacked. I'd pickup whatever was on sale for 5-10 dollars and it will be just as good.

>>57821516
You can always plug it into a 20A or 30A circuit. Or use a microwave.

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>>57821517
>4 slots
>stainless steel

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>>57820964
>not using a hose

>>57821540
That reminds me I need to get a new circuit installed for my oven. Bought a new oven a year ago and had to get a lower amp model.

>>57821545
Yea those can be had for 5-10 dollarydoos nigel. I have one sitting on my counter right now. Pretty sure it was 11.50 with tax. The other one was around 7 dollars for the gluten free faggots I have over.

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>>57821581
Not on your amazon though, silly goalpost mover.

>>57819547
It is you idiot retard burger

>>57821660
Who said it had to be amazon? I was talking about the price in pounds in general. $40 bucks for a toaster is insane.

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>>57817692
I've seen this bait on /pol/ before.

>>57821723
I should've added IMO. Do what you want though.

>>57821709
kys euro.

>>57820985
naw you dont die. I shocked myself several times on outlets as a kid and would usually just jump back and be kind of dizzy/disoriented for a few seconds and it would feel like my whole body was asleep or fuzzy. This was in Canada so we had 120V outlets

But voltage doesn't kill you anyways, you can survive 50000V if the amperage is low enough

>>57818043
>taking more space then needed
Talk about efficiency right cucks?

>>57821723
>comparing prices from an amazon screenshot to some random other source

Wow, what an argument relevant to 3000 W appliances you've got there.

>>57821748
>But voltage doesn't kill you anyways
Ugh

>>57821748
I went full retard once and stuck the finger in a light socket (5-6yrs old). Felt good and tingly. I was wet sanding something in high school and there was a short to the floros above the tank and you could feel the electricity course through any open areas like the cuticles. Natural Selection has failed.

>>57821763
What argument? Found the pricing to be off. Stated it was too pricey. That's it. Calm down Mehmet.

>>57821790
please tell me how I'm wrong. a 9v battery can stop your heart under the right circumstances, voltage is for the most part irrelevant (in terms of actual damage), and just makes it easier for the current to pass through your body, its the amps that matter

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I'm surprised no one has posted the italian plug yet, objectively the best.

it has all the benefits british plugs are known for, and is 3x more compact.

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>>57821875
>and is 3x more compact
God damn your hand must be tiny then.

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>>57820601
>"""""compact"""" plug can't even with the 16A shucko (3680 W)
that's sad

>>57817692
it just works
*except when plugs don't stay in

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>>57821959
perspective artifact.

>>57820964
calm down Andy

>>57821861
What circumstances would those be?

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I guess we can all agree that the Japanese cucked themselves the hardest

>100V (not even 120)
>shittiest plug
>two different frequencies

>be japanese
>take an hour to boil water
>be unable to use electric space heaters
>get cucked by the Russian gas Jew

>>57822103
hooking the battery to a capacitor bank and discharging them into electrodes which are directly piercing the heart

>>57822030
>muh 80W
Don't even get me started on the 230V stuff.

>>57821861
>please tell me how I'm wrong
You're wrong because you don't know anything about electricity.

>>57819936
I have a lamp from 1962 that would like a word with you. Where are you getting the idea that american plugs fail?

>>57822152
>ignores the fact that his """superior plug""" is pigfat and requires separate heavier gauge wiring

luddite spotted

>>57822179
Literally what is your point? You're trying to make it seem like we don't have similar levels of power available in the home, but that's clearly not the case.

>>57822210
120V is inferior in this day and age for literally every use except for incandescent bulbs

>>57822237
Based on literally nothing but your opinion.

>>57821861
Voltage is what makes it possible for current to flow at all (it is the potential energy difference).
For DC: Voltage (Plug) / Resistance (Your Skin) = Current flowing though you.
As you raise the voltage, more current passes through you.

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>16A outlets
kids shouldn't be allowed in these threads

>>57822114
>pic related says 125 volt

>>57822127
Capacitors would increase the voltage you dumb idiot, 10V is the minimum to create a short through skin

>>57821304

So wait, there are 240V outlets in the USA after all, but only for specific appliances? What's the point of that?

>57822590
schuko outlets say 250V
what's your point?

>>57822627
So wait, there are 480V outlets in Europe, but only for specific appliances? What's the point of that?

Australia and China share a plug.
I'm surprised that China hasn't forced this plug on other countries.

Trade deals like TPP should focus on standardising this and making americans use the metric system.

Protectionist bullshit

>>57822626
>capacitors magically increase voltage

>>57822626

Just shorting the 9V battery on the heart during open heart surgery would do the trick. Anything above 80-100mA would.

>>57822626
>capacitors magically increase voltage

>>57820014
not him but... not really a meme is it. you really are the descendants of Britain's criminals. Australia was a penal colony originally wasn't it.

>>57822682
>>57822785
He is an idiot, but you can use capacitors to increase output voltage, like in a switch mode power supply. It just requires the correct setup.

>>57817692

It's just an outlet. Who cares?

>>57819936
This kills the foot

>>57822841
You can't make a buck regulator/SMPS out of capacitors only, though.

amerishits are bad at everything
>miles
>inches
>Fahrenheit
>lbs
>cups and spoons
>m/d/y

fucking dumb fucks

>>57822658
>Trade deals like TPP should focus on standardising this and making americans use the metric system.
Really kill yourself.
>>57822841
>switch mode power supply
It's switched-mode.

>>57822884
By your own logic, they're good at being bad.

>>57817692
We need 240v here

>>57822884
Countries using glorious Imperial measurements that have landed on the Moon:
* USA

Countries using metric measurements that have landed on the Moon:
[this list deliberately left blank]

Countries using glorious Imperial measurements that have landed an SUV-sized rover on Mars using a flying skycrane
* USA

Countries using metric measurements that have landed an SUV-sized rover on Mars using a flying skycrane
[this list deliberately left blank]

Countries using glorious Imperial measurements that invented nuclear weapons
* USA

Countries using metric measurements that invented nuclear weapons (stealing nuclear secrets doesn't count)
[this list deliberately left blank]

Countries using glorious Imperial measurements that killed Osama bin Laden:
* USA

Countries using metric measurements thatt killed Osama bin Laden:
[this list deliberately left blank]

Countries using glorious Imperial measurements that have single-handedly won two world wars
* USA

Countries using metric measurements that have single-handedly won two world wars:
[this list deliberately left blank]


Truly causes you to ponder

>>57822909
>Really kill yourself
Why should trade deals not focus on these barriers to trade?

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>>57822884
>cups and spoons

>>57822955
Continents having invented USA
* Europe

>>57822969
Because it's not a barrier to trade, you stupid fuck. Literally no one with half a brain cell cares and you can easily not use American customary units. Not to mention you're high for believing you should have any legal influence over another country's system of measurements.

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>>57822884

m/d/y is the natural way of reading it, so it makes the most sense to arrange it that way. You woudn't say "3rd December 2016"; you would say "December 3rd 2016.

Also, I'm with >>57822975 . What the fuck do you mean "cups and spoons"?

>>57822955
burger bingo:
>we went on da mun n shiet
>we are more freedum dan u
>u will talk nazi if it wuzn't 4 uz

>>57822999
>build a car
>put in a speedometer
>this is not able to be exported to the USA because it does not have imperial units

Pray tell how that is not a barrier to trade.

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>>57822875
you can however tranform voltage up with only passive components

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Brazilian outlets is better hahaha

>>57823034
...Are you for real?

>>57823044
How nasty is the output of one of those?

>>57823062
Next you will tell me environmental law isn't a barrier to trade.

>>57822955
>muh moon landing thanks to captured scientists

Every time.

>>57823086
If you think having to print extra numbers on a dial or program customary units in your computer is a barrier to trade, then literally every regulation on consumer goods is a trade barrier.

>>57823012
>cups and spoons
These are commonly used units you'll find in american recipes, and they are famously retarded and hated. Normal countries use ml, gr.

>>57822955
>Countries using metric measurements thatt killed Osama bin Laden:
>[this list deliberately left blank]

I don't think he really bothered anybody that wasn't the burgers though.

>>57823095
Captured because we won WWII, no thanks to the sissies in Europe

>>57823111
Maybe if your cookbook is from the 50s.

>>57823012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)#United_States_customary_cup

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>>57823080
they use those to generate multiple hundred kilovolts

i expect the peak current to be quite considerable as well

>>57823125
You could only win WWII because Europeans started it, czechmate.

>>57823150
So, pretty nasty, eh?

>>57823012
>our way is the natural way, everybody else is doing it wrong

it's the third of december 2016 in sensible languages/ countries

lol 120v has proven to be more than enough for the vast majority of consumer demands. Basically induction heating is the only use Americans consider more voltage for in a residential setting.
pretty much just clothes dryers, ovens, and electric furnaces use 220v. All objects that would stay stationary for their whole lifecycles, and their locations are predictable ahead of time, while the building is being wired.

>>57823203
See >>57821458

>I actually like waiting, it's the american way of freedom

>>57823242
I can make a pot of coffee in 8 minutes, I really don't see what the big deal is.

>>57823095
Thank god they were smart enough to leave Europe

>>57823127
Can confirm that American food packages still use cups and spoons as measurements. Its not generic though, there is a standard 1 cup and 1tbsp 1Tbsp

I live in the US and frankly I find our imperial measurments are a pain in the ass. Tons of Americans cant remember how many pints in a quart, how many ounces in a pint, or how many quarts in a gallon even.

Not to mention we have volume ounces and weight ounces, and they aren't the same thing unless your talking pure water at sea level.

distance isn't so bad but almost nobody here could tell you how many feet are in a mile.

I would guess the majority of Americans couldn't even tell you how many ounces are in a pound.

>>57823304
16
5280

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>>57823269

>>57823304
Not everyone is too retarded to remember conversions.

>>57822087
>posts europoor currency for scale

The plug still looks fucking uuge

>>57821442
You've never used USB ?

>>57823242
Implying Americans would actually use an electric kettle to boil water

>>57823269
EIGHT
FUCKING
MINUTES

>>57823360
Thats what microwaves are for, dummy

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I use an adapter

>>57823338
>>57823326
you guys might not be dumb, and neither am I

But I strongly believe if I took to the streets and asked people at random, the majority of Americans would not know these simple conversions.

>>57823304
cups and spoons are also used here and quite honestly, for kitchen machines that just makes more sense

>>57823365
Why would I want it sooner? Thats the correct time for coffee.

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>>57823269
>8 minutes
>a pot of coffee

your morning:
>wake up
>get up, go to kitches, fill up kettle
>start it up
>take a shower
>get dressed
>read the news
>go to car
>go to work
>slave away for 8 hours
>come home
>keep your shoes on because lol 'murika
>walk through mud to your kitchen
>kettle beeps at you and flashes
>"oh finally the water is ready"
>enjoy a cup of coffee

>>57823407
Yeah I'm glad I don't have to measure things out by weight in the kitchen. I might If I were baking from scratch, but having a kitchen scale is pretty impractical

>>57823269
>8 minutes
>480 seconds
>for a single pot of coffee

my trademarked single serving coffee pod brewer heats up in like 30 seconds, in the dead of winder even.

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>>57818152
switched
sturdy as fuck
always know what is the active line, no swapping
no need for ground pin if double insulated
no stepping on them at night like the uk deathtrap
240v master race

B A S E D

>>57818820
I want to move to denmark because of the toptier blondes

>>57818152
I wont lie I'm hugely jealous over those switches

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>>57823181

There's no "of" in m/d/y or d/m/y

>>57823451
Im sure my keurig is faster, but drip coffee is 8 minute process. Im not talking about how fast a tea kettle will boil water.

>>57823601
There's also no "december" in M/D/Y but I don't hear people saying twelve.

OBSESSED

Why do other countries not have switches?

>>57823499
I bet you do Ahmed

>>57823675
Because virtually all appliances sold there have had switches since forever.

>>57823451
Why do you believe a different continent has different times to boil water? You can buy a tea kettle that boils water in 45 seconds.

>>57823667
This. We need a restraining order against Eurocreeps

>>57823713
Appliances in Australia have switches.
Switching it off at the power point has its benefits.

>>57823675
Not needed i guess

>>57823752
Such as?

>>57818152
We use the same ones in Argentina, but without swtiches

>>57823818
Not that fag, but many electronics draw current, even if you switch them off

>>57823860
W H I T E

>>57823864
Yes, standby power is useful.

>>57823818
Fire risk too.

>>57823942
All electrical wiring and equipment poses a fire risk.

>>57823995
And when you can switch it off at the plug the risk is reduced.

>>57818940
china copied australia iirc

>>57824065
Right...

Damn straight I will

>>57823181
No, it's December 3rd.
"third of December" sounds fucking stupid.

>>57818152
This

>cheap and simple to manufacture
>robust
>earthed
>switches on them all
>one orientation
truly the patricians socket

>>57821342
Do you realise how much power it takes to toast a slice of bread?

>>57821875
not fucking polarised

>>57822955
You had me until
>Countries using glorious Imperial measurements that have single-handedly won two world wars

>>57821442
I know, its still annoying though, and like I said, some of the prongs are a bit thicker, so they feel like you are putting them in wrong even when you aren't so you second guess yourself.

>>57824453
It certainly does not take 3kw to heat a nichrome wire up to a suitable temperature for making toast.

Americlaps btfo

>>57818043
schuko is overengineered as fuck just anything made by germans.
Type E master-race

>>57823864
>>57823942
>>57823995

>implying I or my electricity provider cares
>implying that countries with grid that wasn't built in 19th century need to worry

>>57825898
The krauts built the first Turing-complete computer.

They also had to bail the yanks in the race to the moon.

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>>57818530
>Please be one superplug, please be one superplug...

I'm just as disappointed as you

>>57818152
Holy shit

I just realized other countries don't have switches on their outlets. How fucking primitive.

240v isn't enough though. We need to go higher. 500v minimum.

>>57818908
What's wrong with 120V?

>>57825743
Get raped and kill yourself, you retarded fucking faggot sack of nigger shit with down syndrome.

>>57818908
>the function of each prong
>he doesn't know how alternating current works

The ground is different, yes. But the other two are interchangeable.

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>>57818152

Looks like Edwards Munch's the Scream. Or more accurately Ghostface from Scream.

>>57824207
Fourth of july

>>57826211
July 4rd

>>57819184
They double the amps haha, same wattage, more amps to achieve it

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>>57817692
this great design allow stuff like pic related to happen. there's a story on reddit where a coin fell down and landed on the prongs.

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Love Type K from Denmark and Greenland.

It is a happy face!

Type B looks shocked D⇋
_∣ ∣
___∩

Type I looks like it is screaming
/ \
--|

>>57822955
Who fucked the Hubble telescope because it wasn't measured in metric?
>You

>>57826343
>4rd

>>57823473
Why this Asuka is t h i c c?
Also, sauce?

>>57826514
BLACKED

>>57826604
KEK

Why not make italian plug with longer ground pin an international standard?

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>not posting best socket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEfP1OKKz_Q

>>57826484
what retarded unlikely series of events have to happen for this to occur.

i just dropped a quarter a dozen times on my plug and nothing happened

>>57818820
:D

>>57819566
No it's not fuck you.

>>57822981
Continents losing all there land in USA
* Europe

>>57826866
>there

>>57826150
Absolutely nothing but shit they make up.

>>57822825
What?
My grandparents are from Italy. Australia is completely multicultural. There's more immigrants than actual convict descendents

>>57827083
>people are now actually proud of muh first fleet rare pepe ancestors

down under OGs

>>57827120
I don't really care, just stating that not everyone in Australia are descendants of British convicts.

>>57823156
We should have just been your country's collapse, ungrateful fuck

>>57828122
t. annoying britcuck

>>57828104
>We should have just been

Not an electrician here. What's so bad about North America/China type A and B outlets?

>>57828122
>Individual fuses in everything due to high amperage ring mains where the whole house, except for the kitchen, sits on the same grid behind the same fuse
>Somehow "god tier"
The reason why britbongs began to wire up their houses this way after WW2 is understandable. Resources like copper were after all in short supply, but for britbongs to continue wiring up their houses so that all of their appliances sit on the same grid is just greedyness to max.

If you're not a britbong and haven't heard of this, I really am not kidding. They genuinely do put everything except the kitchen on the same circuit under the same main fuse.

>>57828314
Basically nothing. In America the electrical grid was designed around simplicity, efficiency, safety, and backwards compatibility. European electrical grids were mostly designed around dealing with cost effectiveness and conservation of resources.

>>57828341
>The IET Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) permit an unlimited number of socket outlets to be installed on a ring circuit, provided that the floor area served does not exceed 100 m2. In practice, most small and medium houses have one ring circuit per storey, with larger premises having more.

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>>57819547

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>>57818820
>>57826510

>>57818464
FUCK YOU CARLOS

>>57826710
amerifat here: super jealous of this

>>57828816
then leave, wannabe anglofaggot.

Autism

>>57826710
T H I C C and sturdy af

>>57828816
Why? It's the fucking same as our plugs but with a switch that we could easily add to ours if we wanted to.

>>57828816
You deserve to be gassed, you fucking subhuman shit stain.

>>57829121
No, no it's not the same because it has PLASTIC and SHUTTERS

>>57829170
We could trivially add those to our own sockets and stay compatible with everything. We just don't bother because it's never been a problem. I'm sure you could go and buy some "safety socket" that has shutters and shit on it and install it in place of your normal socket.

It has nothing to do with an inherent superiority of the British plug design. It just shows that the British government keeps a tighter stranglehold on how many nearly useless safety features manufacturers have to add.

>>57829208
>We could trivially add those to our own sockets and stay compatible with everything.
Yes that was the point of my sarcastic post, pointing out the tiny and meaningless features they tout as making the British plug superior to anything

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Move aside, plebs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60906-1

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>>57818820
This denmark socket too

>>57829935
are they doing this on purpose?

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>>57829942

Making electric outlets more fun, friendly, and inviting for small children.

>>57818149
>Fellow britbong here
I hate UK plugs, they're so massive! The adapters take up too much space in your luggage. It's like Fischer Price designed a power point. Although I can see the advantage for the elderly and infirm, they're pretty simple plugs to plug in, you rarely miss and the big holes are generous when trying to guide something in with drunk hands.

>>57818152
>Australian
China is using Australian plugs now, their power points are usually universal but increasingly only have Australian style angled slots.

>>57818464
>that's not a frown, it's shock.
kek

>>57818982
ground fault will trip even if the appliance is not grounded. It will trip whenever it sees current leaving hot and not coming back on neutral.

>>57823080
their efficiency drops with current draw. Only good for milli/micro-amp step up.

>>57823125
Captured? German scientists did everything they could to throw themselves at the Americans.

>>57826710
that guy's a grade A cuck

>>57818043
best

>>57820964
not everyone uses AMD gpu/cpu mate

>>57822114
let alone the overcrowded fire hazard poles and shit.

but hey, big news that japan sucks, wew

As a Hungarian I am jelly of UK plugs.
They are overpriced, feet murderers and they are heavy. But I knew two people who got electrocuted because the technicians fucked up the wiring OUTSIDE the house.

So in one case the woman got out of the bath tub, and she touched the washing machine while getting out. Dead.

>>57832583
Ahmed is raping you're white women again.

>>57832711
protip: I'm from Hungary.
we made news with our wall this year.
get fucked.

>>57832567
Yea I'm sure the typical shitposter cannot operate heavy machinery that requires ~30kW, while your typical computer uses barely 1/100th of that.