On 03/04/2017 18:03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 03/04/17 17:39, Tauno Voipio wrote:
>> On 3.4.17 14:05, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>> On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:51:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Golly. Anyone would think there were no agreed European and
>>>> international standards before the EU!
>>>>
>>> You either have a short memory, or didn't travel in Europe very much.
>>> Now
>>> there's just to one mains plug standard throughout Europe (except here).
>>> I for one, remember having to carry a range of mains adapters whenever I
>>> competed in model flying competitions in Europe. That situation eased
>>> once the PC became common and semi-standardised because they all used
>>> the
>>> same chassis power input plug and you could buy PC power cables
>>> everywhere. I fitted a PC chassis socket into the end of a 4-way
>>> extension cable socket and the problem was solved. However, since around
>>> 2000 I only need to take the one PC power cable: that one cable now
>>> works
>>> throughout the EU and the standard EU plug works everywhere in India as
>>> well.
>>
>> Martin, a question: Are they still selling appliances
>> and power plugs separately in the UK?
>>
> Not commonly, no. But you can still buy the plugs separately.
>
>
Things are now sold with an integral plug. I cannot recall when I last
saw a new item sold without a plug.

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