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> > >> Recently was in St Malo and our adapter would not fit the mains
> > >> sockets in the hotel; just fell out. It did fit the shaver socket
> > >> in the bathroom, though. Are ther two types of mains sockets in
> > >> France?
> > >
> > >
> > > Not sure, but in Italy some years ago (medium sized town) my
> > > shaver plug wouldn't fit the hotel socket. I don't think Europe
> > > is quite as uniform as we expect.
> > >
> >
> > I think the diameter of the pins on the 2-plug is smaller than the
> > diameter of the power pins on the 3-pin, and they're slightly
> > further apart, so although a 2-pin plug will connect to a 3-pin
> > socket it might not grip so well. Is that possible?
> >
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> One would expect a socket in a bathroom to be intended for shavers. >
> Yes, there's some discrepancy. I have memories of a plug where the
> plastic shrouded part of the pins was narrower than the metal part,
> and it kept falling out of sockets. I improved it by winding some tape
> around the plastic part. I think this must have been a shaver issue,
> as I have no other use for two-pin plugs indoors.
>
A friend of mine used to live in Switzerland, a non-EU country. Its plugs and sockets are unique to it, just to make things even more complicated. Even Euro ones don't necessarily fit.