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[EU] I want to replace an old multi-socket but the majority of the ones sold today don't have this pin? Why is that and does that mean they are not connected to the ground? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've always known these with pins, or are they replaced by those two tiny plates on the side?

Edit: example of one of the most sold models https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/387671120546

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[–] puntinoblue@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Each country developed its own plug system in Europe. This looks like a French CEE 7 type plug - its asymmetrical fixed earth point creates wiring compatibility problems where the poles are wired differently in different countries. A lot of domestic appliances now use the German Schuko plug type as an answer to this problem (the earth is on the circumference edge pins)

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I know you're not wrong but I've always heard that pin called "ground" instead of "earth" in English

[–] puntinoblue@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In US English Ground is used to signify Earth. But if you said Ground in England people would understand what you meant.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I guess to be fair, most of my time working with electronics was alongside the USN so that makes sense

[–] Slippery_Snake874@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

I hear people use earth in English sometimes, but I think "earth ground" is pretty common

[–] daxian@mujico.org 1 points 1 week ago

Earth is usually used in British English, I don't know about elsewhere.