On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:55:25 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:14:50 +0100, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>
>> In comp.sys.raspberry-pi message , Mon, 3
>> Apr 2017 18:15:02, mm0fmf  posted:
>>
>> [In the UK]
>>>Things are now sold with an integral plug. I cannot recall when I last
>>>saw a new item sold without a plug.
>>
>> Integral is compulsory.  But the local Poundland has been selling
>> three-
>> way distribution boards with one metre of cable having wires crimp-
>> connected at the board end and fitted with a non-moulded plug
>> (apparently of reasonably good quality) at the other end.  That is the
>> cheapest way I know of getting a rewireable 13A plug from a local shop.
>
> A long while back I bought a 4-way extension socket and installed a PC
> chassis socket in its (enlarged) cable inlet. This made an excellent
> adapter for use anywhere with 240v mains because PC power cables were
> available fairly cheaply everywhere and anyway, I soon built up a
> collection to suit the various wall socket types around Europe.

P hope you used a chassis PLUG so that your cable had a SOCKET on the end
otherwise you would have a serious safety issue
(& yes I have seen someone wire a plug on both ends of a cable as an extn
cable_



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