Electrical outlets…
I’ve been in hotels in a couple countries that have electrical outlets that accept plugs from multiple countries/regions. Why don’t all hotels have them?
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Mexico Hotel Power Outlet
In Mexico, the one’s I’ve seen accept European un-grounded and American grounded and un-grounded plugs. In China, the one’s I’ve seen accept European un-grounded, American un-grounded plugs. At right is a photo of the plugs in Mexico. Unfortunately I didn’t take a photo of the ones in my China hotels.
In Mexico, because of their proximity to the U.S. and the likelihood that all American electric items work there, the outlets probably do accept both ~120V-60Hz and ~220V-50Hz electrical items. I didn’t check in China, but even if the wall outlets only accept items that run at ~220V-50Hz such as laptop power adapters and shavers, which come capable of operating at multiple frequencies, it’s still a plus. In both cases for Europeans and American’s that’s one less adapter to *have* to carry around.
I just wish that countries in Europe adopted the same plug. Though probably they’d have dumb Americans (mostly) plugging in items that won’t work with the local electrical systems and burn out their devices or something.
As an aside, the Chinese also have great power strips that accept both European and U.S. plugs–since they make most of the goods for the world anyway, why aren’t they exporting those things as well???[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]