Schuko
English
Double Schuko socket with one plug inserted. The dot in the middle of the socket is a screw head, not a third hole.
Etymology
Short for German Schutzkontakt (safety socket) from Schutz (“protection”), + Kontakt (“contact”)
Noun
Schuko
- A type of electrical socket (or plug) used in Europe, consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom.
- 1984, MEC: Middle East Construction - Volume 9, page 78:
- By far the most widely used types outside the US, however, are the two-pin Schuko plug and socket of continental Europe and the fused three-pin and socket found in the UK.
- 2015, Bruno Skvorc, Jump Start PHP Environment: Master the World's Most Popular Language, →ISBN:
- To understand abstraction, imagine a power socket in the EU. It looks like a pig snout, and we call it the Schuko socket, seen in Figure 8.7.
- 2015, Larry Kulchawik, Trade Shows From One Country To The Next, →ISBN:
- Electrical Electrical power voltage in Germany is 230 V based on the Schuko system (Schuko is short for Schutzkontakt, which means safety socket).
- 2016, Anna Hillgrén, Marika Bröckl, & Mikko Halonen, Nordic best practices, →ISBN:
- Both vehicles should be able to be charged using a Schuko socket in one phase, 230V/10A, their top speed should exceed 100 km/h and their maximum cost should be SEK 400,000–650,000 (EUR 48,000–78,000).
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