I didn't mean "take a standard US plug, turn the connectors 90 degrees, and lets have that". For one, I think such a plug already exists (but at a different voltage level). (found it: See the 2-15R, first line of the chart, 2nd from the left (http://www.nooutage.com/nema_configurations.htm#NEMA%20Configurations))
I meant something much more literal to what I said: A US version of the collapsed UK plug. With connectors the size of the UK ones, with a possible in-connector fuse, etc.. Maybe not an exact duplicate, but closer to that than what we have in the US now. Or maybe something half way in between.
But, yes, merely turning the US connectors 90 degrees, while it might make for a very compact connector, would be rather flimsy. That's why I wasn't suggesting it :-)
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I meant something much more literal to what I said: A US version of the collapsed UK plug. With connectors the size of the UK ones, with a possible in-connector fuse, etc.. Maybe not an exact duplicate, but closer to that than what we have in the US now. Or maybe something half way in between.
But, yes, merely turning the US connectors 90 degrees, while it might make for a very compact connector, would be rather flimsy. That's why I wasn't suggesting it :-)