That's another option that I hadn't thought of. Thanks a lot for researching into the sockets. I might contact the manufacturer as you suggest.
It's a road I probably won't be going down but it's certainly an interesting topic. You'd definitely need a qualified electrician for that kind of...
I also have a follow-on question that is more hypothetical. It is generally possible to use a transfer switch to switch between the mains supply and a home generator (including a portable generator) in order to supply power to the whole house in case the mains supply goes down.
Considering that...
I reside in the republic of Ireland (where plugs and sockets are the same as in the UK), and I just bought a portable electric generator online from the Netherlands. Unfortunately, now that it has arrived, it turns out that the two electric sockets on the generator are Schuko sockets (each 220v...