26 May
2015
26 May
'15
10:26 p.m.
Right now, I'm cursing the guy who thought that the "cloverleaf" or
"mouseketeer" power receptacle was a good idea. I'm sitting here
looking at an HP ScanJet wondering if it would be worth the effort to
replace it.
Fer heaven's sake, what was wrong with the IEC connector?
If you mean the one that a mad friend of mine calls the 'figure of 12' (on the
grounds that the
2 pin one used on radios, etc, is often called a 'figure of 8') then I believe it
_is_ an IEC
connector, in the same standard as the more familiar 'kettle plug'.
The thing that annoys me about this connector is that a rewireable cable socket does not
seem to exist. Just moulded cables, which I dislike on the grounds I can't check that
the wires
are properly connected (and not just held on one strand). A rewireable 'figure of
8' does exist,
but the version I have seen doesn't have a proper cable clamp.
-tony