5 Feb
2003
5 Feb
'03
11:03 a.m.
In Europe (where the standard comes from!), there are
two versions. As
I recall:
[...]
Be aware, however, that while there are few 6A
hot-condition cables,
there are quite a lot of 5A/6A cold-conditon ones; indeed they're the
most common here, being supplied with every Sun, PC, monitor, network
switch, and many domestic electronic devices. Don't chop a lump out of
the edge of one of those and expect it to handle 10A safely. Look at
the printing on the socket first.
I've had far too many problems with the normal moulded cables -- things
like marginally-rated cable (certainly not 6A), earth not properly
connected, live/neutral reversed, no strain relief, and so on that I now
refuse to use them (and am grdually replacing all the ones here).
I buy the loose re-wireable connectors and put my own cable on. This
seems to be only way to get it done properly.
The second version is a little larger, has the pins at right angles to
the pins in the 10A version, and is rated 16A.
If that's the one I think it is, it doesn't have 2 of the corners cut off
-- the connector is rectangular with rounded corners (all 4 the same).
What is the connector like the normal 'kettle plug' with round pins? I've
only ever seen it in the chassis socket/cable plug configuration.
-tony