21 May
2001
21 May
'01
9:37 a.m.
On May 21, 21:17, Tony Duell wrote:
Anybody who uses an (audio-type) DIN plug for a mains connection is
likely to be a candidate for a Darwin award :-)
I think Hans may be referring to a Schuko plug -- it's a DIN standard :-)
> > Or cut off the existing plug and fit a nice,
UK mains plug. Which I
would
do anyway, since like you I regard mains adapter plugs
to be the
invention of the devil.
Could we agree on a fine DIN plug ? :)) Often it's simpler (if the motor itself will run
at 50Hz) just to make a
different drive pulley.
Which is why all us computer collectors have a lathe in the workshop :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York