18 Feb 2025

Shower Thoughts: Why do different countries use different shaped electrical sockets?

From Nights, 9:35 pm on 18 February 2025

We answer some of your curious questions about the world and how it works -- the sorts of curious questions that only emerge in the serene calm of the shower.

Tonight something that has vexed anyone who has ever travelled internationally. Why do different countries use different shaped electrical sockets? Why are plugs different in New Zealand and the UK? Or anywhere?

Master Electricians senior technical tutor Raymond Tancrel joins Emile Donovan to explain.

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