Museum of Plugs and Sockets

Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by Kaibeezy on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:00AM (#29340229)

A serious problem with UK fused plugs is when you buy a device so inexpensive it ships with a molded, un-fused plug. Mostly I've had that with removable cords, which can be replaced, but still.

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Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by BoxOfRain on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:55AM (#29340941)

I recently bought a variac for testing some old audio gear, it had a Europlug but contained an adaptor for UK plugs. The only thing was despite having an ordinary metal earth pin the adaptor never actually made contact with the existing plug's earth connector. That could have been dodgy!

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Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets by Symbiote on Thursday November 25, 2021 @01:18PM (#29343617)

Those are probably illegal, and a general problem with anything you might buy from Ali Express etc.

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