Replacement lead for garden shredder

Sounds like a caravan style mains adapter. Try caravan places.

The Natural Philosopher coughed up some electrons that declared:

Good point.

OP: is it blue and about 1.5" diameter (from memory).

If so, might be a commando 16A industrial single phase 240V plug whcih IIRC are the ones also used on caravans.

In which case, go to any electrical wholesaler and ask for the same in flying socket format.

eg:

Cheers

Tim

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:00:30 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be Ian Waddell wrote this:-

Does it look something like ?

There is a flap on the bit attached to the shredder? Doesn't sound like one of the above, as with those the flap would be on the bit attached to the lead.

No. The plugs are shuttered on those, not the sockets.

What colour is the connector?

What make is it? It sounds like an Alko to me, so how about this:

connectors in the Sheds in France and possibly other European countries.

Bob

Dave Plowman (News) coughed up some electrons that declared:

Worked for me :)

So (and the picture is far from clear) - does that lead have a flying Shucko socket on? Never seen one of those before...

Tim

Hi chaps - on closer inspection, it is in fact a 2 pin connection on the shredder. I have looked in Homebase and the shredder that most looks like it is a Sovereign - although I'm not sure if that's the right make or not.

Does this make finding a replacement lead any easier?

Ian

Ian Waddell coughed up some electrons that declared:

Sounds like a bog standard mower lead - 5mm ish pins about 20mm apart?

Buy a lead from B&Q - if it's wrong, take it back in mint condition and they should give you a refund (ask first).

HTH

Tim

It's circular rather than retangular like mower sockets are....

If it's the same as a Champion/Artika/BioLine shredder (big chunky round plug with two round pins), then the phone number for the spares dept. from the instruction manual is 01889 565155. That's the service agents, Trenchex Power Products, Uttoxeter.

Their website is:

Yes, that's the one! Thank you so much.

Ian