But they clearly were 'legal' at one time. Lots of them around. For appliances that don't have an earth. If you want to use it for something else, up to you to make sure it is suitable. Or dispose of it when you dispose of the equipment it came with.
I've just pulled one out of my box of leads in the lab. three pin IEC C13 socket rated at 10 ams 250V cable I'm unsure of cable but it says 0.75mm^2 The 3 pins mains plug is the standard 13amp type with a 5amp fuse fitted.
A label around the cable says BS 1362 complient Passed safety test in feb 2017 re-test date feb 2018.
Any 'kettle' type three pin socket, needs to be fitted with an earth to be legal. It matters not at all that the CD player doesn't need an earth and maybe has a plastic earth pin, the lead needs to have the earth if a three pin.
I thought all C13 plugs on equipment required an earth as default. Anything that doesn't need an earth uses one of those figure of 8 cable sockets/plugs. Most of our monitors have a C13 and most equipment does too.
I'm not sure a C13 IEC lead/cable would pass a PAT test if given one.
approved by ASTA to BS 1362 exact wording
Yes difficult to get a sticky label around a fuse and the bottom of the label says' " warning-this appliance must be earthed" in shouty capitals :-)
AS I said I would not use an IEC lead that wasn't earthed UNLESS that lead came with the equipment and was meant to be used with that equipment not earthed.
We have a company come in and test things and they put stickers on. We are told we must not use anything that hasn't been PAT tested unless it is new and less than a year old.
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