Why do all electrical appliances sold with 13A plugtops have plastic protectors on the pins?
It seems near-criminal to throw away such beautiful plastic mouldings, but I can't think of a use for them. Has anyone?
reminds me of the little plastic table that you get on top of a take away pizza to stop the box touching the pizza.
Machine gun clips on small scale model guns?
Going on my "new job" to stop them smashing or damaging the items they are supplied with to some extent. ;-)
Mark S.
I think to stop the pins scratching the appliance in transit.
Well, they're probably recyclable if you have a recycle collection service.
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Keep them for next time you go on your travels
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Sometimes that provides an alternative course to the funny painted cardboard thing underneath ;)
Andrew
separate into three parts and use them for capping sharp items in your tool bag (small auger drills etc).
we give ours to the cat
hours of fun batting it around the hard floors
Best fun to be had with ours is using a laser pointer... its like remote control kitty ;-)
Because all of the leads with it come from an enormous factory 4 hours north of Shanghai where somebody once complained of the brass they were using was tarnishing before it got to the customer. This was their solution. They make millions of these leads a week and so the cost per unit of the plastic is very low, but I agree it's a total waste.
I understood this was to overcome a design fault - whilst inserting the plug it is possible to hold it in such a way that your fingers will be touching the pins when the pins make contact with the metal sockets inside. The continental sockets have the socket holes sunk into the body of the socket assembly, so there is no way it is possible to have your fingers anywhere near the pins as they get inserted into the holes.
Your talking at cross porpoises. Plugs often have the top part of the live and neutral pins insulated for exactly the reason you state, but that is entirely separate from the use of plastic protectors which cover all the pins and have to be removed befor the plug can be used. It seems rather over the top just to prevent tarnishing - surely a much thinner peelable plastic coating would be a lot cheaper?
Some are line that, but by no means all.
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