Is there a 'proper' name for Euro/French two-pin 2.5A sockets?

It is probably easier to buy a "two pin plug" to fused 13A plug adapter.

Shaver socket is the only legitimate UK mains connector with that two pin profile.

British shaver plugs are not same as the Europlug

shaver pins are wider and shorter europlug gap tapers between pins

As I discovered on my first ever trip abroad with my electric shaver.

Fortunately the bloke on the hotel reception rifled through a drawer and found a suitable adaptor for me (presumably left by past Brit !)

But that will stick out too far and anyway it's not going to be connected to a 13 amp circuit.

Who said this was going to be in the UK? :-)

The shave socket *isn't* the same anyway, it is a "5 amp 2-pin" socket and, while a euro two pin will fit into it the pins are thinner than the socket is designed for.

There is no specific socket for Europlugs because Europlugs were designed to fit into (most? all?) european 2 pin sockets.

They're certainly available as part of a multiway adapter, presumably then so that you can't plug lots of 10 amp loads into a single socket.

I thought I'd seen some individual ones while wandering around French shops.

I can find in-line ones.

What about a Danish one?

Do you mean socket or adapter? I've used a few of these:

If you are looking to replace a 13A UK socket I would save the bother and use one of these.

It's not to "replace a 13A UK socket", I'd have said if it was. The above converter will project far too much, that's why I specifically said a flush mounted socket. I already have a surface mount one and that just sticks out too far.

That's pretty similar to the standard round French ones in terms of how it works with a 2-pin plug, something like it will do if I can't find anything better.

Or do what I do. carry an extension lead around and fit whatever local plug seems appropriate for the country

e.g to run euroshit in te UK ...

Won't what I thought was a Europlug fit a 13 amp socket if you can open the shutters? And be OK for its rated load?

There was something else called a Euro Facilities plug. Only one I ever saw was an aux power socket on a Jap power amp. Which switched with the amp. Came in two and three pin.

Do you mean:

From that page the CEE 7/1 socket looks the most similar. Is this a situation where you would only provide 2.5A (from your boat's inverter perhaps) and so you want to discourage fullsize Schuko or French plugs?

Given there is no official matching socket, I think you'd need to provide either a French or Schuko socket. I would probably lean towards Schuko, since the large Earth prong on French sockets can foul some adapters.

(although adapters also tend to over-bend the earth spring on Schuko sockets, so neither is great)

I would avoid Swiss as their hexagonal shape blocks a lot of plugs and adapters; the Danish ones look OK if you never need an earth; not sure about Israeli.

I don't think that's feasible: the plug is *designed* to fit in a wide variety of sockets.

The other issue will be to find a matching backbox, if the size and screw positions don't match between the different types.

If this is for your boat, I'd be tempted to stick with the local system. Means it'll be easier to fix if something needs replacing, and you're not stuck with a backbox cutout for a peculiar foreign system.

Theo

I'm just using a double Schuko socket. Remember to set it up as a fused spur, otherwise you could find your lamp fused at 32 amps.

I understand the current (excuse pun!) Danish ones incorporate an earth.

I just tried a europlug into 13A socket, and it's about 2mm too narrow. On the other end of the europlug lead was a C13, so I was reminded how perfectly those fit into an XLR mic :-)

Apart from a 2.5A device being protected by a 32A MCB on a ring?

Theo quoted:

I would take issue with that, the europlugs I have seem likely to snap, rather than flex, if forced ...

To be fair to the previous poster, these euro adapter plugs leave the europlug pointing downwards (vertically) so I'm not sure the protrusion would be any greater than the europlug itself pointing horizontally.