At Last.......

[lastlid]

A universal plug socket... great news for travellers


Three pins. Two pins. Slanting pins. Straight. Circular. In a world where there is no global standard for plug design, taking electrical items abroad can be fraught with difficulties. But now a solution may be at hand - and already in use in China.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18266022

[lastlid]

Chinese Power Struggle


http://enova88.en.made-in-china.com/product/zeoEurhxaOkp/China-RRSC1211-13A-Switched-Multi-Socket-SP.html

[Terpe]

I seem to remember a Japanese guy who invented a kind of folding UK 3-pin plug.
It almost folded flat.
He said he was working on a kind of universal folding power adapter.