Off another Pentax list...
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/10861/11885/Pentax-issues-product-recall-statement.phtml
22 October 2007 16:18 GMT - Pentax has issued a product recall
statement, saying that they have been made aware that a small
percentage of the three-pin plug cords
There's another list?
Annoying.. Limited to UK customers, fortunately. Hope there are not
not many of us impacted by all this.
2007/10/23, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Off another Pentax list...
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/10861/11885/Pentax-issues-product-recall-statement.phtml
It's a British recall. All British electrical goods
have huge honkin' three-prong plugs, big enough to
carry the current for a small city.
Rick
--- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but
didn't check my three
pin plug cord 'til this AM.
I find
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but didn't check my three
pin plug cord 'til this AM.
I find a two pin for the battery charger, but no three pin. Owner's
manual doesn't show such.(?)
Did I get shorted..again? ;-))
Jack
--- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Off another Pentax list...
Actually you probably won't be shorted...
Jack Davis wrote:
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but didn't check my three
pin plug cord 'til this AM.
I find a two pin for the battery charger, but no three pin. Owner's
manual doesn't show such.(?)
Did I get shorted..again? ;-))
Jack
I d'know? Story of my life. Rarely been shocked, however.
Jack
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually you probably won't be shorted...
Jack Davis wrote:
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but didn't check my
three
pin plug cord 'til this AM.
I find a two pin for
Thanks, Rick. I can breath again. (LoL)
Jack
--- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a British recall. All British electrical goods
have huge honkin' three-prong plugs, big enough to
carry the current for a small city.
Rick
--- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I saw this
Rick,
Their plugs are all that big because of the 220 volt service. None of
that puny 110 volt electricity for them. ;-) Regards, Bob S.
On 10/23/07, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a British recall. All British electrical goods
have huge honkin' three-prong plugs, big enough to
We have 220 volts a well and we have two tiny little metal plugs.
Weird... poor plugs... so many electrons... :D
2007/10/23, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Rick,
Their plugs are all that big because of the 220 volt service. None of
that puny 110 volt electricity for them. ;-) Regards, Bob
Odd, We're on 220-240V 50Hz here also, the plug only has the 2
standard pin connections without the separate earth:
http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5092099032894224466
(You can actually see where the 3rd pin would go)
Cheers,
Dave
On 10/23/07, Bob Sullivan
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To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Simply Shocking
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but didn't check my three
pin plug cord 'til this AM.
I find a two pin for the battery charger, but no three pin. Owner's
@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Simply Shocking
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:51:50 +0200
We have 220 volts a well and we have two tiny little metal plugs.
Weird... poor plugs... so many electrons... :D
2007/10/23, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Rick,
Their plugs are all that big because of the 220 volt service
From: Jack Davis
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but didn't check my three
pin plug cord 'til this AM.
I find a two pin for the battery charger, but no three pin. Owner's
manual doesn't show such.(?)
Did I get shorted..again? ;-))
Don't blow a fuse.
It's the mains cord that's
From: Bob Sullivan
Rick,
Their plugs are all that big because of the 220 volt service. None of
that puny 110 volt electricity for them. ;-) Regards, Bob S.
Yeah, they may have 220V electricity, but they only get it at 50 Hz.
Ours is not only thinner, it's faster ...
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John Sessoms wrote:
Yeah, they may have 220V electricity, but they only get it at 50 Hz.
Ours is not only thinner, it's faster ...
I'm afraid we'll end up agreeing that US electrons are Y, while European
ones are X.
Dario
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From: David Savage
Odd, We're on 220-240V 50Hz here also, the plug only has the 2
standard pin connections without the separate earth:
http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5092099032894224466
(You can actually see where the 3rd pin would go)
Cheers,
Put
The item in question is the British three-prong mains connector for
the battery charger. i don't even use the one Pentax supplies for the
US market ... I have a compact travel charger instead, and a drawer
full of compatible power cables for the standard battery charger. I
leave the one
You get less electrons with 220v, but they're more excited.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:51:50PM +0200, Thibouille wrote:
We have 220 volts a well and we have two tiny little metal plugs.
Weird... poor plugs... so many electrons... :D
2007/10/23, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Rick,
On 23/10/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:
It's a British recall. All British electrical goods
have huge honkin' three-prong plugs, big enough to
carry the current for a small city.
Rick's right. We pull 230v through our wires, 13 am max - and always
fused in the plug.
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Cheers,
On 23/10/07, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed:
Annoying.. Limited to UK customers, fortunately.
yeah, we're expendableto the french!!!
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I think the Germans have indicated they could live without you as well:-).
Paul
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 23/10/07, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed:
Annoying.. Limited to UK customers, fortunately.
yeah, we're
On 23/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:
I think the Germans have indicated they could live without you as well:-).
LOL
Actually I have a rather long list here
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Except that the rest of Europe manages 220 volt
current with normal-sized plugs.
--- Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick,
Their plugs are all that big because of the 220 volt
service. None of
that puny 110 volt electricity for them. ;-)
Regards, Bob S.
On 10/23/07, Rick Womer
Rick Womer wrote:
Except that the rest of Europe manages 220 volt
current with normal-sized plugs.
I always wondered why the Fire Brigade was so well-liked over there.
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220. I heard that the 220V models performance is dazzling. :-)))
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From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Simply Shocking
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:22
Did I get shorted..again? ;-))
That would be shocking ! ;+}
Kenneth Waller
http://tinyurl.com/272u2f
- Original Message -
From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Simply Shocking
I saw this recall notice a couple days ago, but didn't check my three
pin plug cord 'til
And here I thought it was because they're metric.
Kenneth Waller
http://tinyurl.com/272u2f
- Original Message -
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Simply Shocking
It's the labor laws in the UK. The electrons refuse
And here I thought it was because they're metric.
Kenneth Waller
http://tinyurl.com/272u2f
Certainly not! Her Majesty's Royal Brittanic electricity is
unashamedly Imperial*. We get our electricity by the pint.
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* as supplied by EDF (Electricite de France)
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