6 Feb
2011
6 Feb
'11
12:11 p.m.
On the subject of plugs and receptacles, quite a
number of
professional building contractors around here use 3-prong "twist-
lock" aka "Hubbel" connectors for their corded tools. ?One advantage
is that the plugs won't simply pull out.
Yes, extension cords at construction sites tend to take a tremendous
amount of abuse, getting run over, yanked, chopped, abraded, and
stolen. Twistlocks help.
They were quite common in comptuer data centers, but I
don't know if
that's still true.
Generally, yes. I think there is a move away from the older R&S style
connectors of the big mainframe era. Which is good for us, because the
latter are EXPENSIVE (especially the ones for 400 Hz power).
--
Will