Re: [89attendees] Mystery Power Outlet

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Mon, 03 March 2014 10:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [89attendees] Mystery Power Outlet
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My room has two UK and one Euro power outlets.  Euro has round prongs and
might be what you’re looking at.


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Ben Campbell <ben@nostrum.com> wrote:

> My room has one power outlet that I don't recognize. It's the only
> available outlet near the nightstand, where I generally like to plug my
> phone.  I thought it was a UK style outlet, but my adapter does not fit. On
> close inspection, it appears to have 3 round holes. The rectangular pins in
> my adapter won't fit.  It's otherwise the same layout.
>
> Any idea what this is?
>
> My euro adapters would fit, except it appears to be gated on the ground
> pin. (Fortunately, none of the _normal_ UK plugs in my room are gated, so I
> can use the euro adapters in them.)
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