I am a UK resident with a holiday bolt-hole in the south of France. When I take UK electrical items to share my enjoyment of good food, wine and sunshine, I prefer to cut off the moulded UK plug and then fit a rewireable French plug. It's much safer than using a bunch of travel adaptors. I still have a couple of 4-block extension leads with UK sockets and a French plug for those plug-top power supplies which defy modification. I also have a reciprocal set-up for powering French sourced equipment in the UK.
In the absence of rewireable plugs, I would be forced to use cut-off moulded plugs with a few inches/centimetres of lead and make the connection using a chock-block and insulating tape. I much prefer the strain relief clamp and logical connection system which has been available for many decades in rewireable plugs. If these plugs are about to become an endangered species, I will either have to stock up with a lifetime's supply soon, or get a job lot of kettle leads and IEC320 receptacles. I think that it's a good idea for all electrical equipment to be supplied with the plug already fitted, moulded or otherwise, but with the steady increase in international travel, a rewireable plug is still safer than a lash-up. My opinion etc. Geoff Lister Senior Engineer Motion Media Technology Ltd., Bristol, UK. http://www.motion-media.com -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 October 2001 12:03 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Power Plugs I read in !emc-pstc that Allen, John <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected] k>) about 'Power Plugs', on Mon, 8 Oct 2001: > >HI Folks > >Over the last few years I have had very little difficulty in buying >rewireable mains plugs in high-street shops in Greece, Crete, Turkey and >France - and, of course, the UK!! > >John Allen > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rich Nute [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 07 October 2001 22:44 >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Power Plugs > > > > > >Hi John: > > >> Not to Continental countries, AIUI, because rewirable plugs are not >> available (maybe in Denmark still). > >Oh? In April, 2001, I bought a re-wirable plug in Grenoble, >France, at a major chain store. They had a nice selection! > > >Best regards, >Rich Greece and Turkey don't come as a surprise: control is not so effective in those countries. And who would dare to predict what *actually* happens in France, compared with what everyone *says* happens? (;-) I will ask at the TC92 meeting next week what actually happens in various countries. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.282 / Virus Database: 150 - Release Date: 25/09/01 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
