Ek-Hou-Van-Braai to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agoWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square474fedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-BraaiOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoSouth Africa used to use a Mixture of M and C, and still mostly do. But since 2018 building regulations require new houses to have at least one Type N plug installed. Adoption is slow, but N being compatible with C will hopefully speed things along.
minus-square@acockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilink1•2 months agoBrazil just set a date limit after which no electrical equipment was allowed to be sold with non standard plugs. Eventually it all worked itself out.
South Africa used to use a Mixture of M and C, and still mostly do.
But since 2018 building regulations require new houses to have at least one Type N plug installed. Adoption is slow, but N being compatible with C will hopefully speed things along.
Brazil just set a date limit after which no electrical equipment was allowed to be sold with non standard plugs. Eventually it all worked itself out.