gazz wrote:

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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David Hansen wrote:



yes you can plug the shuko plug in either way round, but in Europe the
appliances are double pole switched, i.e. switch live and neutral, not
like the uk with single pole switching,
there is supposed to be no polarity on AC supplies, so why the need to
insert the plug one way round only?

where did you get that idea from? AC has a Live cable which kills and a
neutral that does not, so yes it does mater which way round its plugged
in, usually over here only the live is fused so if you plug in a piece
of equipment the wrong way round yes it will work but under a fault
condition the fuse could blow on the neutral and the current still could
flow between Live and Earth