Power Socket Type C or Type F

[Roy_W]

Can someone confirm the type of sockets that are usually available on the boats.

I know that they are European sockets but there are bascially 2 European sockets and it can make a big difference, especially for the multi adpaters..

There is Type C and Type F..

Basically the Type C has only 2 pins, has no earth, and is usally flat but not always, whereas the Type F has an Earthing pin and is round. A Type C wont fit into an F but a Type F will fit into a Type C.

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Cheers

 

[stepfen]

I had no problem with Type F multi adapters/plugs.
I don't think I have ever seen a type C wall plug in my life. Keep in mind I am "only" 44 yo, so they might have been a thing (long) before 1978, but not any more.

 

[Roy_W]

Excellent, that's good news, it means I don't have to worry about that.
I have 3 Type C adapters in my apartment, the rest are Type F, the apartments is around 30 years old though. and it might just be a French thing.

 

[drakcheslav]

Type C outlets are super rare, but I have seen them in use, mostly as a space saving means, I have some in my house. I've only seen some adapters, But I've seen a lot of Type C plugs. However type F outlets are everywhere.

I believe you got it wrong.
C plug (prongs) will fit in a F wall outlet.
F plug can only fit F outlets. because the prongs are thicker on an F plug.

F plugs are usually used for high power devices, kettles, toasters, boilers, PCs and similar.
C plugs are usually used for lower power devices.

I usual found the F outlets where I traveled, except in Italy, which has it's own three pronged type.

 

[Roy_W]

Hi Drak,

I just tried a Type F in one of the Type C sockets , it definitely fits in without any problem.. but I see that you have one of the smaller "flat" style, quite often those which we find on lamps, type C in your hand, that style should fit in the Type F.

It's the bigger Type C round plugs, the ones that don't have the indentations on the top, bottom that don't fit into the type F.

But again it might be a French variant in my home. It wouldn't surprise me.

 

[drakcheslav]

It's the bigger Type C round plugs, the ones that don't have the indentations on the top, bottom that don't fit into the type F.

I have never seen that kind of C plug to be honest. That definetly would not find in anything apart from a C outlet.

 

[drakcheslav]

Only Type C's that we have here are either like this

Or like this

And an F plut can't fit them.

 

[Roy_W]

That's the 1st time that I have seen that type of socket.. Just goes to show how many differences there are between European countries, even though we are neighbours...
I live on the Swiss border and again it's a completely different adapter to the standard European ones...

So in my house we have Type C , Type F and Swiss plugs ( we use adapters for these though)... And since I am British I also have adapters for travelling to the UK....

2022 and we can't even have a common sockets in Europe , lol...

I'm glad I asked about the boat and I hope that I am allowed to use a multi-strip.. I've got GoPro batteries, Lighting batteries, Torch Batteries, a laptop , and a smartphone ( I won't be using this much though) to keep charged throughout the trip.....

With 26 passengers on board that must add up to a fair bit of power to generate.

 

[drakcheslav]

My solution would be get a power bank. So you can mitigate some of the charging. I leave the powerbank to charge, and then I charge my devices off it. Depending on the trip I carry one or two powerbanks.
a 10K mAh and a 20K mAh

 

[Centrals]

Type C is very common in Asia eg. Philippines.