Huh....there is a Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets.... https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/PowerCord1.html
On Friday, April 5, 2024 at 6:08:31 PM UTC-7 Nick Andrews wrote: > If you want a permanently attached cord, you could cut the rectangular > end off an IEC cord and install it with the strain relief. > > The fuse holder should be easy to find. > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 3:51 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone who replied, here or privately. I have a lot to >> consider now. >> >> >> On Apr 5, 2024, at 12:13 PM, gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've had battles with some of the strain-reliefs in the past. If they >> dont break coming out, they often will when going back in so best to get >> some spares if you can. >> >> >> This one survived. It came out surprisingly easily. >> >> >> I'm not sure who adopted the IEC power connectors first, but they deserve >> a Nobel prize in my opinion. >> >> >> I've laid in a supply of the earlier cords with the funky connector. The >> ones uses by HP etc. They work well but they're getting pretty scare and >> it's really hard to find ones with the polarity "un-reversed". And then >> there are the sockets that have broken. The insulator is a flimsy piece of >> phenolic. >> >> The less said about CD jewel cases the better. The most in-your-face >> obsolescent thing ever foisted on the public. >> >> >> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >> "The Mac Doctor" >> >> https://www.astarcloseup.com >> >> “We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody >> understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible >> mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in >> our faces. I mean, who is running the science and technology in a democracy >> if the people don’t know anything about it.”—Carl Sagan to Charlie Rose, >> May 27, 1996 (Sagan's last interview) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CA23DFCF-91D6-4AC5-8E47-4BDCC93D7558%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CA23DFCF-91D6-4AC5-8E47-4BDCC93D7558%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a1a0a829-6d7a-49c5-94a6-5945eb26f310n%40googlegroups.com.
