I know there is considerable knowledge here about obscure details. Scolmore make a red socket (standard) and a red plug (non-standard), thus incompatible. MK make a red plug (standard). I have a Scolmore socket. Does anyone know if the red MK plug is the same or similar shade of red?
I bet the plug pin is fileable
NT
I'm sure this would contravene some aspect of Wiring Regs.
This thread reminded me of something Woolworth used to sell that I have used when I could see. You could get a pack of 13amp plugs all different colours, back in the days when they were not fitted of course. Red, yellow Blue and Green. Ideal for all those power supply leads that disappear between shelves. Brian
I have a number of those plugs. Made by Volex. Mine were free, as they'd been used for testing (one part of my father's job was manager over the test lab).
SteveW
Assuming you can remember what colour goes where. ;-) I prefer a Dymo label these days.
I had a white one disintegrate on a steamer once, so I opened the drawer below and found a yellow one. I don't know where it came from, but it was one of the old type without sleeving on the L and N pins. I'd never seen a coloured plug before (unless you regard cream or black as colours).
Doesn't stick well on all plugs though. I use Sipa paint markers or Tulip fabric paint.
The flexible nylon dymo tape sticks much better to curved surfaces and doesn't peel off after a few months.
Probably not to 'rubber' plugs. But does to the fairly standard hard plastic types.
The Brother label makers work well, and even come in a variety of colours. I've had no problem with 'stickitivity'.
A red one used to be made that had no fuse. We used it for portable Xray machines.
There seems to be a 'Hospital Property' one and a standard one.
The traditional, thick, plastic Dymo-tape that you punched letters into didn't stick well and often tried to lift in the middle and curl up. The modern (thermal?) printing type with the thin, flexible tape seems to stick very well.
SteveW
What I meant. Haven't seen the punch type for ages.
Do you remember the coin in the slot label makers you found in stations, etc? Embossed aluminium?
How things have moved on with the printer ones. ;-)
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