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Default Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug

In article ,
Gary Tait wrote:
There is no such thing as an *EU* plug.


Technically likely not. But there is a two round pin plug that will fit
into most of Europe's sockets, and the CEE7/7 (AKA Shucko) which will
fit into a subset of those.


There is a plug which will 'fit' but isn't up to the maximum rating of
those outlets. So really of little use.

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