In article ,
David Hansen writes:
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:00:18 -0000 someone who may be "gazz"
wrote this:-

I've never seen a non earthed shuko socket that could take an earthed plug.

I have.

There are parts of Europe where it's been standard; Holland IIRC,
where protection against electric shock by non-conducting location
means no earths are permitted on outlets in such areas.

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Andrew Gabriel
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