One for the electrical experts

One for the electrical experts

This topic has 27 replies, 13 voices, and was last updated 1 February 2024 at 19:21 by Michael Gilligan.

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1 February 2024 at 18:11 #711203
old mart
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You can buy mains plugs with a cap which has an extension finger hole in it to make removing the plug from the socket easy.
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1 February 2024 at 19:10 #711215
Michael Gilligan
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Yes, I know that, thanks

… but they are not all that common, or particularly inexpensive, even now

Much scarcer at the time in question.

1984 according to this page:

https://www.draelectricals.co.uk/plugs-without-sleeved-pins/#:~:text=In%201984%20the%20British%20Standard,finding%20these%20plugs%20on%20appliances.

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1 February 2024 at 19:21 #711218
Michael Gilligan
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A quick plug <groan> for CPC Farnell … doing them for a very reasonable price:

https://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/pe01012/plug-13a-mains-easy-pull/dp/PL13411

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