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2 pin continental to 3 pin UK plug?

I'm sure we have all seen the adapter plugs that allow 2 pin 'shaver' leads to go into the back of a 3-pin adapter. They work but look cumbersome. Well I just bought a new Philips CD player and attached came a really neat version where the 2-pin plug fits 90-degrees on, entering from the bottom and is enclosed within the 3 pin plug assembly. End result it just looks like a marginally-larger fitted 3 pin plug. Anyone know where you can get these as I've never seen them anywhere?

Reply to
Brownie
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CPC do several - black or white, disassemblable or not, and two different makes. They're all under a pound (excl VAT). Never used them myself though.

Reply to
Andrew Gabriel

In some cases yes obviously, but this was a really neat solution and suitable for some situations. Somebody mentioned Sony gear, well I had a whole load of it a few months ago and didn't notice the plugs. The only reason I noticed the Philips was to thread the mains cable through a hole in my hifi cabinet and was about to unscrew the plug when I came across it. The two pin plug slipped through the hole easily so it was a double bonus.

Reply to
Brownie

IKEA use the same sort of thing on some of their electrical appliances. I guess that it is cheaper to have the far east factory make everything with a 2 pin plug, and then have some poor sod clip the adapter on for the stuff that arrives in the UK.

PM

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PM

Got some Aiwa gear with them as well, although they're a Sony subsidiary anyway, so maybe that's no surprise :-)

Lee

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Lee Blaver

On a related note, anyone know of a Euro-style recessed 2 pin shaver adapter for those chunky power adapter shaver plugs that the newer Brauns come with?

The "plug" body sticks out too far when using a standard adapter, and cutting the plug off is hardly an option! :-)

Lee

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Lee Blaver

My Sony MiniDiscs came with these, but had tamper proof 'one way' screws holding them on.

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Dave Plowman

In message , Brownie writes

CPC do them - about a quid each IIRC. There are two types, ones which you can re-open and ones with a tamperproof locking screw. I suggest the former

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geoff

Have you just won the lottery ?

Reply to
geoff

My ice cream maker came with one, but I'm sure RS and the like have been selling them for donkey's years.

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R W

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