Re: 110V equpipment with IEC sockets - How to protect against UK 240V mains

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
I've got a couple of American 110V UPSs.  Have your equipment
permanently plugged in to a UPS.  That way the UPS will reject 240V
as well as provide battery backup for your equipment.
One UPS is an APC boxed, unused 3000va rackmount.  The other, I
think, is 1000va Compaq.  Good price as I would quite like to sell
these 110V UPSs.
Regards
Andy the UPS man

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <lists@...> wrote:
>
> I have a few pieces of kit that work on US 110V - that I have
sourced
> via eBay.  I have a 110V supply here and all works fine. However
the
> sockets on the back of the equipment are standard IEC (kettle
lead)
> style and I just know at some stage I will plug a 240V lead into
one of
> them by mistake.  Has anyone any ideas how to protect against
this ?  I
> was hoping I might be able to source some mechanically different
sockets
> that I could swap with the equipment mounted ones that might
prevent me
> plugging a 240V lead in. (Perhaps by having rotated  pins through
90
> degrees or a centre peg and matching leads or something
similar ....  )
> . Hopefully they might panel mount the same.
>
> I suppose I could attach fixed leads with US style plugs as a last
> resort or something ...
>
> Kevin