Electric vehicles should be the most straightforward things, on the basis that we spend half our lives plugging stuff in. Phones, vacuums, household appliances, we’re no strangers to sticking cables ...

Confusion in the electrical sector has led to claims that all Schuko plugs and sockets are banned. This is not true.

Every new electric car is supplied with a cable – sometimes referred to as a ‘granny cable‘ – that is designed for a domestic plug socket. So the short answer to this question is yes – you can charge ...

A reversible 8-pin plug and socket for Apple mobile devices (the plug inserts in either orientation). Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the ...

Over the next 10 to 50 years, South Africa’s current three-pronged triangular electrical plug will be replaced by a safer hexagonal plug. South Africa has relied heavily on the current three-pronged, ...

The SABS updated the standard in June to introduce warnings on adapters not permitted to be plugged into one another by introducing new wall sockets. While the country’s upcoming electrical revolution ...

Two new standards that extend South Africa’s plug and socket specification are being added to the country’s wiring code. Gianfranco Campetti, the chair of the SC23B mirror committee at the South ...