On czwartek 08 lipiec 2004 01:35 pm, Georg Baum wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2004 16:44 schrieb Kuba Ober: > > Well, the German system is IIRC called Shuco, from the name of the > > company that probably sold the "system" outlets and plugs first. It has > > two > > Sorry, but I can't resist to nitpick here: "Schuko" is the short from of > "Schutzkontaksteckdose" and was introduced to distinguish the outlets with > ground contact from the old ones that just had the two holes.
Good call. Thanks for the clarification. But isn't there a company called Shuco as well (maybe just a coincidence)? In any event, my recollection is mostly based on folklore than research :) Caveat emptor Cheers, Kuba
