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What about the electric socket? I like Type F, but I hate how it doesn't have replaceable fuse, like Type G. I also think 3-pin should be mandatory. And about electricity, 230V, 50Hz should be the standard.
Over here in India, we have type C, D and M, and they're decent, I guess. From a safety perspective, it is kinda bad, give how I confused type C slot with type M. This way, I have accidentally bent the two-pin many-a-times.
Type I. The angled pins make it much more stable than F, and there's heaps of options for cable exiting sideways, upwards, downwards, straight out, etc .
What I like about socket type I is that it has both 2 and 3-pin variants, which is a nice feature. And you're right about how stable it is, given how the pins are angled.
However, from all the images I've seen online, it seems to me that those cables aren't at the bottom or the top, but toward the center. I mean, if you had something like a sofa or a bed pushed towards the plus, that would cause egregious amount of damage to the plug. Now, I could be in the wrong here.
Also, the ground isn't tall enough, as screen in type G, D or M, which could be a safety hazard. And the point about the accessible fuse, which is a plus in type G, apparently doesn't seem to be in any other socket.
In support of type F socket, they're socketed - as in, a significant part of the plug has to go in first. And this interaction enables the plugs to be grounded first, before any of the other pins come into contact. You're getting both stability and ground connection at the same time.
Plenty of type I come out sideways- they are lower profile than most I've seen, slightly more so than type G.
https://media.prod.bunnings.com.au/api/public/content/5bac39a3c6d04c53be207f9021e9546b
This can actually be a bit of an annoyance, sometimes... If the socket is right next to the floor, or in a densely packed area, for example, it can make plugging difficult.
And if it does have a ground pin, it's mandated that the ground be longer than the power pins, for exactly the reason you mentioned about G,D,M.
The recessed feature of F I do like, even if it makes the plugs physically larger than they need to be.
That's actually nice that there's a low-profile plug available. I could see a alternative type socket with recessed plug socket, sideways ground like the Schuko, and the angled pins.