RE: UK Voltage

["Roger" <roger@xxxxxxx>]

Errrrrrm..... A European 2-pin socket??????? News to me.....

 

Hope you are not confusing the Italian CEI23-16/VII, socket (not 19mm centres) or the Swiss SEC1011 sockets - 19mm centres, but the Swiss did not get in with any standardisation on this one, but still with earths, although in the Italian case possible to force a Shuko plug into.

 

Otherwise you have the CEE7/4 (Shuko) or CEE7/7 sockets, both with earths.Yes the earth is either the strip on the side, or the pin sticking out, respectively.

 

But remember you can only buy pre-wired plugs in Europe (one good thing we adopted) so a two-pin plug is on a bit of kit that is double insulated.

 

The cables are fully rated for the type of socket too, so no need for a fuse.

 

My Swiss colleagues take great delight in being able to plug two-pin leads into 13A sockets, and have got it down to a fine art :-))))

 

But you are right, it is a mess... even I was unaware of the Italian Job until recently.

 

Roger

 

 

 

Easy... as long as the continentals will accept our 13A sockets :-)

 

The European 2 pin jobbie is a ludicrous design. A 2 pin unearthed socket can accept a 3 conductor plug as the design has 2 pins with the earth contacts on the side of the plug body.!

 

Handy as a quick way to remove an earth loop but not exactly a reliable method of ensuring that the user lives to a ripe old age without getting fried !!!!

Keith

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From: Roger [mailto:roger@xxxxxxx]

If we can just get some agreement on the power connectors on the wall....

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