And while I'm sorting out my garden electrics, I'd like to replace the
2-pin in-line plug (ie, the male bit) on my Black-and-Decker strimmer with a comparable plug from Flymo (which would enable me to use my strimmer and mower interchangably on the same extension cable).Is it possible to obtain such a thing? Is the 2-pin plug on a Flymo a proprietary item? If so I'm probably stuffed - have looked on their spares website and can't see it offered.
Thanks David
Find a scrap flymo and cut one off.
All plugs are made by someone other than flymo, so keep looking if the above is unacceptable...
Lobster wrote in news:Cux9e.38880 $ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe6-win.ntli.net:
You can easily get the 2 pin inline plugs from the sheds - I use a main cable and have short lengths with male connectors on on each appliance.
You useta be able to get them separately, but I think they now only sell them in pairs..... bastards. (unless someone knows better)
So scrap the flymo connector
mike
But the plug is actually built in to the handle of the flymo; you offer up the female socket on the normal lead... so you'd need a hacksaw to cut off the plug and even then you wouldn't end up with anything remotely electrically safe!
David
You mean you have a short "adaptor" lead with a female flymo connector plugged into the flymo's handle, with a male "standard" connector on the end? If so that's what I was trying to avoid by simply buying one flymo plug...!
David
Did you try here .?
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How do you mean "the plug is built in to the handle " ? Any one I have seen has the male part attached to a short flying lead to which you attach the female lead from the power supply . So if you get a two part plug attach the female part to a length of cable and the male part to the appliance .. Stuart
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This what you want ..?
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Then you haven't seen all of them. I have two (one was an unwanted gift!) like that.
There is a moulding in the handle (part of it) with a spring loaded cap. Flip the cap open to reveal pins in a shaped housing. Flying socket fits into moulding, connecting to plug. Spring loaded cap is meant to locate against socket and act as a retainer.
Huh...Thats progress for ya... Stuart
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(BTW no, the Screwfix link provided in your next post is a different type of plug unfortunately)
Thanks David
You mean like:
Such a lead is readily available from your local friendly independant mower repair place.
Alternatively, have you thought about replacing the lead on your flymo to match your B&D instead? - Plug might be more readily available.
Alan.
Sorry, didn't quite get it, I thought you had a long cable wired in like all my gear (any one want half a doz 30' lengths of orange twin cable?).
Can you wire straight in to the switch? most of my garden machinery is dead easy to do that.
mike
Maybe I need to do something like that...
Thanks David
Well, as mentioned elsewhere the flymo "male" component is actually moulded into the switch on the handle, so the best I could do would be to make up a short adaptor to a B&D-style standard plug. Could do, yes; but just trying the path of least (?!) resistance first; and I'd rather not have umpteen junctions and connections all along the lead really (see my other UNANSWERED! post where I'm asking about extending said flymo cable!)
Thanks David
It's great for wiring speakers.
Owain
Owain wrote in news:1114128989.12129.6 @nnrp-t71-03.news.uk.clara.net:
It's a bit fat, and .... er .... orange for that!
But if you meant political speakers, that IS an idea'
mike
Is this it?:
The description implies you get both bits.
cheers, Pete.
Sadly, no (it might be the B&D plug tho).
Thanks David
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