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[-] CapillaryUpgrade@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago

Grounded danish plugs don't fit Schuko sockets, but Schuko plugs fit danish sockets (but aren't grounded).

This leads to a staggering amount of ungrounded devices in Denmark, as most are imported and making a variant for such a tiny country isn't profitable.

Fun fact: the danish power plug was created by Lauritz Knudsen, a Danish company who had a monopoly. They are the reason Denmark uses this plug as the only country in the world, and Schuko only became legal to install in houses quite recently, so 99% of houses still use their standard.

LK has since been bought out by Schneider Electric but we are still stuck with our special plug and most imported devices are still ungrounded.

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