On 2012-09-12, Steve Firth wrote:

Adam Funk wrote:

I thought all the sockets would take the 10 A Italian special plug and
some would take the Schuko. (I've only got 1 adaptor specifically for
Italy.) I guess they do a brisk trade in adaptors & extension leads
there.

The combined 10A/16A looks like this:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/bvupba3

Oh, I see what you mean. I'd forgotten about that one. But a Schuko
plug or a 2-pin German/French plug will fit in that, won't it?


The 10A like this:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/bm3jthk

There are combined Shuko/10A/16A

http://www.haistore.it/01586761007/img/i1v2_1534.jpg

Those were the two kinds I'd remembered.


And of course there are the non-combined versions of each of the above.


Adapters:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/bue4nmh
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c2nwn4p
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c2t9pdv
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ckzdpje
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cc96np2

I have all of these, more than one of each. Essential because all power
tools seem to come with Shuko connectors,

Well, the manufacturers want to sell the same thing in Italy, Germany,
France, &c., if they can, I suppose. What sorts of things (other than
adaptors) come with 10 A Italian plugs on them?


external sockets are the 16A
weatherproof "industrial" pattern (other than those on the terrace of
the house which are "for Christmas lights" so they are indoor 10A behind
a splashproof cover).

And just to spice it up, I've also seen these in use:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/8d8rfwz

Is that for Swiss plugs?


The good thing about standards is that there are so many of them.

Indeed.