xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet
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Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick
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this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2025
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The Schuko plug/socket are the ones that are both grounded and reversible. And are used in most of Europe.
Oddly Poland, Czechia and Slovakia went with the French standard, which isn't reversible. But helpfully the CEE 7/7 plug is compatible with both that one and Schuko.