"Made for PowerBreaker" 13 Amp plugs

Nope. If it has the same build quality as other PowerBreaker products, I'm not touching them.

Not precisely what you asked for, but try MK plugs - these specifically:

Cheers

Tim

Thanks, but I've decided to take Tim and Andy's advice.

Sylvain.

I've already used a few, but I'm taking your advice all the same.

Sylvain.

OK, I'll settle for these. I suppose that I can stretch to a carton of 10. :)

Thanks.

Sylvain.

Try Woolworths etc - these used to be the de-facto decent plug (non-rubber anyway), and were usually sold by pretty much everyone as an alternative to the cheapo crappy plugs that they also sold. Shouldn't be hard to get hold of singly. Must admit, I haven;t bought a plug top for years, since everything comes with a moulded lead - what I've needed has been in my junk box.

Cheers

Tim

Personaly I always wire a plug top with the earth longer(*) so that it is the last one to pull out. In a normal plug top this is easy to do but with inline terminals it must be a bit random as to which wire is last to part company...

(*) This may well have been day 1 lesson 1 on my BBC Engineering training course, it was certainly very early in course and you had to get it right or you were one step closer to termination.

The best plug ever made IMHO. I have several with the Granada logo embost on the lid. and one with BT.

One thing I have wondered about. I expect that unique shutter mechanism that requires no assistance from the earth pin is patented. Is that right? If it is, then its a good job nobody patented the usual shutter arrangment, or we wouln't have much choice in who supplied them.

Its just occured to me that my question applies to MK sockets rather than plugs.

This shouldn't happen with a properly and carefully fitted plug. I take my time (I'm not a professional, so can afford to), and have never had plug trouble.

I always have a "problem" with the L (live) connection. It's the only one that has to be of an exact length, or it won't fit.

Sylvain.

I do too. I leave a slightly longer earth and slightly shorter neutral on the MK ones.

I remember the same. Jack Brickle?? in the workshop at Wood Norton.

Yes, and you want the live to pull out first.

For homework, consider if there is a preferred order for the conductors to pull out of a trailing socket when subjected to a breaking strain.

My personal pet hate is any plug where the pins and fuse holder are loose. My favourite is still, as others have said, the MK Safetyplug - it was the first IIRC to offer both the same length leads and a no screw cord grip. However, fitting a plug is such a rare occurrence these days I've not bought any for ages.

This is the plug/s that I intend to get, sooner rather than later.

P.S. There's something missing from your sig. :)

Sylvain.

So there is - Pluto must be asleep.

It shouldn't pull out if the cable has been clamped correctly, and the cable and plug are a proper match.

Sylvain.

F*ck knows it's nearly 30 years ago. The only bits that stick in my mind are that it was in one of the oversized dark brown sheds at the top end somewhere, triming the outer insulation with a razor blade was a no no and make the earth longest.

Nice one and I see no one has taken it on all day...

At a quick think, first N, then E, then L. The prime one to avoid is L out as that will be really live. N first stops things working and would hopefully prompt some investigation, you still have the E connection. If that goes the strain is probably so high the L will follow pretty quickly...