Mains plugs

En el artículo , snipped-for-privacy@care2.com escribió:

I like the slimline lightweight plastic Legrand ones (with 2 fixing screws for the cover) - they're very handy for small portable appliances which seem odd with a gert big heavy 13A plug on the end of the flex.

Most of the already fitted ones on double insulated two core devices seem to be just adaptors with a fuse for a bog standard moulded on two b pin as one sees in many countries these days. I do like the plugs with traditional cable grips, these fancy designed shaped inlet for gripping cables is not bad on thick cable, but useless on thin stuff. Btrian

I put a cable tie around the end of thin cables in that situation.

In the days of single insulted mains flex I used to loop such things over & round the fibre cordgrip so it worked.

NT

What other brands are there? Status

NT

Why are you asking?

I would say there wasn't anything wring with the MK cordgrips except they could be hard to get a 13A flex in - I remember it being impossible when I was 12 - had to pass to my dad.

But I do not recall them damaging the cable.

And there was a lot to be said for the mushroom terminals - you could drop a full wrap around them and know it would be gripped well no matter if the flex was 3A or 13A.

In fact I am going to go and buy a load of MKs if they are still like that - have a few cables to shorted for neatness.

I do not recall any issues with Duraplug - now or in the old days. In

I lost 1 karma point later on for fiddling with a PSU with the case off in a public space full of students - and by "lost a karma point" I mean I got the mother of all bollockings :-o

Did not occur to me as I'd designed[1] and build said PSU :)

I always remember them being bent as the cordgrip was done up. So they worked, but had to push em a bit to get them in. I expect modern ones have harder bases.

theyre so fussy

NT

A fussy customer. I understand why they're fussy, and given the quantity involved its worth addressing. I need to know what brands are out there and get some assessment of them for quality. Googling got me nowhere on brands.

NT