You probably have at least ten three-pins plugs in your home, and more at work, but have you ever stopped to look at the pins? You'll notice that one of the three is longer than the others. Find out ...

The Mu, a folding plug design that can transform a chunky three-pin British plug into a slim 14mm-thick adapter, is available for pre-order and will ship later this February. The original concept ...

The three-pin plug is a fine British thing. None of your Continental slightness or American economy, with their suggestions of flimsy gimcrack: just the two pins indeed! The three-pin is a marvel of ...

A plug connects a device to the mains electricity supply. The cable between the device and the three-pin plug contains three copper wires that are coated with plastic. copper wires are good conductors ...

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 ...

Over the decades, many of the appliances it powers have become slimmed-down, compact or flat. But the British three-pin plug has remained exactly the same size – very bulky. Until now, that is, as an ...

The electricity coming into your home is called mains electricity. Mains voltage in Northern Ireland is 230 V. A plug connects a device to the mains electricity supply. The cable between the device ...