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Odd elec socket in France
May 31, 2015
25 Replies
I think that means the whole socket may be rotated rather than the pin swapped with one of the holes. See eg
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Like the UK ones shown here:
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It's where the cleaning staff plug in their vacuum cleaner.
Special socket (always live), only use able by the vacuum cleaner which has a matching plug.
It also stops the staff from nicking the cleaner (unless they're prepared to re-wire it & people seem not to know how to do that nowadays).
Looks like 2 and 5 to me with the extra hole actually being how its fastened to the wall, not part of the electrical system.
What I've already hinted at a number of times.
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