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3 phase and n
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2 phase and n
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2 phase and n
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Perilex I thinkTP+N or sometimes cheekily 2P + 2N (not an official configuration but used today)
And it goes by the name of...?
@tinhoward you win this round, 16A Perilex, often used as a cooker plug in domestic 3-phase installations that are common in mainland Europe. 3x16A = equivalent to 48A single phase so plenty of juice for any kind of cooker. Increasingly though, where you have a single-phase oven, and a hob that can use 2 phases out of 3, Perilex gets used on single-phase installations with two line pins and two neutral pins. A bit naughty, I've seen it done with either L1 or L3 as the second neutral, usually marked on the front in sharpie.
The 25A version is not as widely used, the two are distinguished by the orientation of the flat, central earth pin, horizontal = 16A, vertical = 25A.
I like them too although the contacts on some of the basic sockets are not as well engineered as many Schuko sockets of the same rating.
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