Hi,
Does anyone recorgnise this plug
Thanks
the only thing i can see from that picture is its round. Maybe post a sensible pic
NT
Do you want the socket (as in the header) or the two pin plug? If the plug I may have one in my box of bits - I'll have a look tomorrow.
Peter
Looks like a 2 pin 5A plug to BS 546 although does it say 2A on it? a 2A
2 pin version was made but according to Wikipedia "didn't seem to catch on in practice".Owain
I have the plug set as shown, I am looking for a socket, thanks
Yes it defiantly has 2A embossed on it. So on that scale, I suppose the lampholder must be SBC.
Aren't these still used for electric shaver sockets.
john2
in that case try a shaver adaptor. I dont know the dimensions of the 2A one, but if its 4mm then 4mm sockets are fairly ubiquitous.
Something like that would not be hard to make a socket for if you come up short.
NT
|> Does anyone recorgnise this plug
|Do you want the socket (as in the header) or the two pin plug? If the plug |I may have one in my box of bits - I'll have a look tomorrow.
I have seen 2 and 5 amp round pin plugs used on modern theatrical lights installations which presumably run on a *star* power system. So they should be still available.
It looks to me like an old 2-pin Bulgin - probably not made any more. I can't see one on
It would be simpler to trash the plug and replace it with a suitable plug and socket that can be sourced today, such as one from the IEC range, used on computers.
I'd replace the wire also, assuming it is the same vintage.
5A ones, not 2A ones. In fact I think the shaver sockets are a Euro-socket and it's a matter of convenience rather than standard that 5A plugs also fit.
The science labs at school were all wired with 2 pin 5A sockets along the benches.
Owain
Modern ?? i don't think so, most modern theatres are now either 16A ceeform or 15A round pin
British shavers still come with those old 2 pin 5A plugs as standard, and shaver sockets and adaptors are designed to take a few different types of plug, including these. The pins are now half sleeved, and the popular body shape thinner, but its the same old standard.
NT
ISTR in primary school Ca 1950 the communal wireless system (Never used, even once, of course like all the high tech ideas such as slide projectors and tape recorders foisted on the 55 - 60 year old teachers) the speakers used similar plugs presumably sized so they couldn't be plugged into a 5A mains socket.
Can't help the OP unless one could be found in a radio / surplus junk shop.
There used to be so many around. :(
DG
did synchronous mains clocks in public buildings used to have plugs like these.
john2
I think you'll find they are a continental size. At least my recently bought Philips is. And I dunno where you'd get a 'British' shaver these days.;-)
There must be a million variations. Even the pitch between two and three pin 5 amp was different - so you couldn't fit a rigid two pin into a 3 pin socket. Makers like Clix had flexible pins to get round this.
If you mean the centrally driven impulse clocks, IME they are wired in directly. Since they are all in series, one being unplugged would have stopped the lot.
If you mean mains clocks with synchronous motors, there have been a number of different clock points from different manufacturers, as I don't think they were ever standardised. However, I've never seen them used on this type of plug.
The dimentions are pins are 11mm long distance between pins is 8.4mm diameter of pin is 3.6mm external pins width is 15.6mm
On 03 Sep 2006 15:12:58 GMT someone who may be snipped-for-privacy@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) wrote this:-
Indeed. The cable always goes into the clock and is terminated there. Lovely things old pulse clocks, especially the master clock in a nice wooden case.
Indeed. No doubt there are exceptions, but IME there was always a clock connector, hidden behind the face of the clock for neatness.
That DOES ring a distinct bell..
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