John is correct (of course!) This is a pretty common misconception, but it's perfectly acceptable for mains cords to be supplied with rewireable plugs in the UK, so long as the plug is properly fitted when the goods are supplied to the end user.
What is not acceptable, and I have had this happen to me in a major high street retailer (although I admit not recently) is for the sales assistant to hand you a rewirable plug as you check-out an appliance which has no plug fitted to the end of the lead! Nick. At 12:42 am -0400 27/10/05, Scott Douglas wrote: >Question for the list - has anyone ever heard of a requirement that >the plugs on the ends of an AC Mains cord for the UK "must be >molded"? This means both the IEC-320 at the one end and the fused >BS-1363 wall plug at the other end? > >I ask because we sent such a cordset to the UK and the reviewer >commented he thought the cordset unacceptable because the plugs were >both screwed together and not molded. Note that the plugs both have >appropriate EU safety agency markings on them. > >Thank you in advance for any comments. > >Regards, >Scott Douglas >[email protected] > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
