20 Jan
2009
20 Jan
'09
3:15 p.m.
On 20/01/2009 21:39, Tony Duell wrote:
That is an IEC 320 C7 connector (the original Telefunken design is
almost the same) rated for 2.5 amps, and it's very common even today.
It's often found on things like laptop power bricks, and digital camera
chargers. There's a slightly smaller and much less common version,
without the notches that lead to the "figure of eight" name, which is
IEC 320 C1.
There's one other in not-quite-common use; a C5 is kind of like the C7
but with a third pin -- the earth -- above where one of the notches
would be on C7. It's rated for 2.5 amps as well, and sometimes found on
laptop power bricks.
The common 3-pin plug (without a notch) sometimes quite wrongly referred
to as a "kettle connector" over here, is an IEC 320 C13 connector. It's
usually made of soft(ish) plastic. The version with the notch (which
everywhere except in the States is rated for higher temperatures but not
higher current, and is called a "hot condition" connector -- it really
is a kettle connector, amongst other things) is a C15 and is usually
made of hard plastic (for heat resistance), and the bigger rectangular
one is IEC 320 C19.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
>> I assume the input connector on the SMPSU is
either an IEC plug or
>> one of those figure-of-8 connectors, or at least something stnadard.
Figure-of-8?
I suspect you're probably talking about the same thing,
even though it doesn't quite look like most fonts' 8 to me. Here's a
'Figure of 8' is the common (although incorrect for many reasons) name
for the normal 2 pin main connector you find (found?) on cassette
recorders, radios, etc in the 1980s. I've seen it caleld a 'Telefunken
connector', although I suspect that name is dubious too.