Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square482fedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1632arrow-down1imageWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square482fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·edit-25 days agoC is mostly for low power devices F is basically a heavy duty upgrade of C, it’s got grounding on the side and can handle 16A (ovens, heaters etc.)
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoDon’t you get numpties plugging F appliances into C sockets then complaining to customer service that the induction stovetop doesn’t boil water for tea fast enough?
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up21·5 days agono, because it’ll just trip fuse, and stoves are wired directly anyway
minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoYou cant the plug is thicker
minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoYeah. You cant plug f into c because f is thicker by a bit but c goes into f.
C is mostly for low power devices
F is basically a heavy duty upgrade of C, it’s got grounding on the side and can handle 16A (ovens, heaters etc.)
Don’t you get numpties plugging F appliances into C sockets then complaining to customer service that the induction stovetop doesn’t boil water for tea fast enough?
no, because it’ll just trip fuse, and stoves are wired directly anyway
You cant the plug is thicker
Can you plug C into F?
Yeah. You cant plug f into c because f is thicker by a bit but c goes into f.