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What country is this from?
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Definitely Australia. And the plug is actually upside down.
The socket is defined as below:
http://www.accesscomms.com.au/reference/AustMainsPlugVariants.htm
Have a good read.
BL.
The socket is defined as below:
http://www.accesscomms.com.au/reference/AustMainsPlugVariants.htm
Have a good read.
BL.
Thank you.
Ohhhhhhhhh
You google exact URLs?
WTF we are behind the rest of the world when it comes to Voltage??
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/WorldMap_Voltage&Frequency.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/WorldMap_Voltage&Frequency.png
You know, that joke works better if it actually links to a clear answer. I just spent 5 minutes looking at what you linked to and there's no photos that look exactly like the OP's.
Yes, it's possible to look at the Australian socket and suspect that that's it, but it has a 3rd hole, so then he's gonna be right back here asking us if that's correct, just to be sure.
My point is that "you should have googled" is the same as saying "wasn't that easier than asking?"
That's ok for things that come right up in google as the first hit. (For example: When is Steve Job's birthday?)
But you basically told this guy to go look at 3 dozen photos to try and match up his plug photo with a socket photo. That's not easier than asking.
PAL has a higher frame rate than NTSC.
And I heard that you get tornados cause you drive on the other side of the road... ROFL!!!
Behind?
Not really. Just the standard we chose to use.
Show me one consumer device beside an electric clothes dryer or similar large appliance that actually requires 220 volts to run.
Almost everything steps down to a lower voltage and is usually converted from AC to DC volts at that.
What I would like to see is standardized plugs.
Seriously... if most of the world uses 220, why have so many different plug types?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets
The 100-127v plugs used in North America, Central America and parts of South America all use the same type of plugs.
Two prong (ungrounded) and the three prong (grounded).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldMap_PlugTypeInUse.png
This is an Australian power socket. The lower vertical blade is the ground, which is not present on the plug of some devices, but always on the socket or extension cord.
New Zealand also use the same design.
Neither of the countries use pins on their connectors as in one of the images above, only blades.
New Zealand also use the same design.
Neither of the countries use pins on their connectors as in one of the images above, only blades.