Literally they had one job. This has a schuko plug sized receptacle but with Italian plug size holes. So it can convert from Italian 10A plug to Italian 10A plug… really useful…
Producing who know how many millions of useless converters and shipping them in a different continent without trying them or even reading the specs…
did you try a little foreplay first?
The one person who down voted this gets told this a lot.
If it goes into a 10A plug it should have the small holes, the Schuko plugs with the fat holes are rated up for more, 16A I think.
Yes but the electrical code allows this kind of converter if there’s a label like “1500W max” because most manufacturers are lazy and don’t ship a cable for the Italian market, they give the cable for the German market. So you have stuff like:
- Computer cables
- Laptop chargers
- Televisions
- Modern fridges
That consume like 2-3 A at max but for the manufacturer it was cheaper to ship the German 16A plug and fuck with all the Italians that have the houses with 10A receptacles
Checks notes: so TIL that euro plugs and sockets are not standard‽
Yes basically every European country and Swiss has its own plug standard
I mean as a female socket it could have the “fat holes” - because the current limiting interface is the thin, male part that goes into the outlet. It’s not like a consumer will feed back 16 power into the outlet.
Oh god no. It’s not about feeding in 16A, it’s about consuming 16A thereby overloading the wiring. If everything else is OK, trying to consume 16A should trip the fuse, still - if that doesn’t work, you’ll get a certain (normally very small) fire risk.
Okay, fair point, but that’s the same issue as connecting muliple consumers to the same wall outlet via an extension cord / multisocket.
We’re still taking about electrical sockets… right?
Sigh tar -xzvf
I’ve seen the smaller holed ones on ungrounded sockets, but not on a grounded one like this. But I am no electrician.
Yep this one still is very weird.
I have encountered similar in Spain. I call it the As seen on TV! phenomenon.
That’s what she said.
