Nice find, IMO the Type F plugs are near perfect. Type N might technically be better because it's smaller, but it's got poor adoption. Sadly the EU canceled their plans to adopt it.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai
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I think that might be a combo of type D and M, https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/m/
In South Africa we use M, but I've never seen a socket like the one in the picture
South Africa used to use a Mixture of M and C, and still mostly do.
But since 2018 building regulations require new houses to have at least one Type N plug installed. Adoption is slow, but N being compatible with C will hopefully speed things along.
The only reason they have a fuse is because of a copper shortage in the UK after WW2.
This fuse is mostly redundant, and modern Type-F plugs are also resistant to having thigns stuck into it.
They might technically be slightly more safe than Type-F, but at the cost of being very chunky
Type-N is even better, it's essentially a Type-J with some improvements
South Africa is also slowly adopting Type-N.
Europe was supposed to, but abandoned the idea
The US uses 120V getting shocked by that once or twice can't be fun. But, the vast majority of the world uses 230V getting shocked by that would be a lot less fun.
Depending what you're into of course
I don't know if the spec requires it, but all modern ones do
I'd like to see a real world comparison between its safety and Type-F
Both are extremely safe
That's a lamp in theory, but do you know of any actual lamps being sold where this matters?