[BC] UK sockets

[ChuxGarage at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/15/2009 9:22:12 AM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

>Very few UK hotels have anything like the grounded outlet to which you refer.

You must be staying in some VERY old hotels.  I've been traveling to 
the UK since 1973 on a regular basis and have never seen anything 
other than the huge 13 amp  rectangular switched socket in any 
hotel.  The mating plug even has a fuse in it.  The only exception to 
that would be in the bathroom where a shaver outlet is commonly 
found.  Those are set up for a two pin European socket as well as a 
two prong American style plug.  These have a transformer in them and 
are limited to 50 watts or less.

I have visited a few older homes that still had some round pin 
sockets, but If I recall correctly, they were three pin.  Even those 
homes had the rectangular 13 amp 240 volt sockets installed when the 
electrical service was updated.

Incidentally a dual banana plug (Pomona MDP) will fit in most 
European AC sockets.  Don't ask me why I know that, but you'll do 
anything in a pinch.

Chuck Conrad