On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:10:21 +0000, alister wrote:

> 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_

Of course: the one with the mounting screw holes and that the standard PC
cable plugs into is the only obvious one to use, regardless of the actual
connector configuration.

Don't forget: the object of this exercise was to allow me to power a UK
13 amp socket strip in Any Random Country by simply walking into a shop,
buying a PC power cable, and connecting it to my modified power strip, so
OF COURSE I used the correct chassis-side connector - nothing else would
have worked.


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