Schuko

English thumb|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 en de Schutzkontakt (safety socket) from de Schutz protection, + de Kontakt contact Proper noun en attributive A type of electrical socket (or plug), consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom. en 1984 MEC: Middle East Construction - Volume 9 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. en 2015 Jump Start PHP Environment: Master the World's Most Popular Language Bruno Skvorc 1457193051 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. en 2015 Trade Shows From One Country To The Next Larry Kulchawik 1634175077 Electrical Electrical power voltage in Germany is 230 V based on the Schuko system (Schuko is short for Schutzkontakt, which means safety socket). en 2016 Nordic best practices Anna Hillgrén; Marika Bröckl; Mikko Halonen 928934461X 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). Translations A type of electrical socket (or plug) Spanish: es Schuko m, es schuko m Anagrams en chkosu Houcks