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International plugs and sockets

Chris Pearson
As we leave the EU, with all its standardization, I am bound to wonder why plugs and sockets have not been subject to this process. It isn't even that we have our funny square pins and the rest have round ones. Type C (2 pin) is common, but earthed plugs are mostly type E or F. IEC site.


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    Overheating of the connections to the fuse in a BS 1363 plug is quite common. The fuse disapates some heat in normal use and if the spring clips are not good there is also heat from the contact resistance. In the worst case with thermoplastic bodied plugs the live pin, with or without the fuse, remains in the socket when the plug is pulled out. The attached report from the Electricity Safety Council shows some examples.





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    Overheating of the connections to the fuse in a BS 1363 plug is quite common. The fuse disapates some heat in normal use and if the spring clips are not good there is also heat from the contact resistance. In the worst case with thermoplastic bodied plugs the live pin, with or without the fuse, remains in the socket when the plug is pulled out. The attached report from the Electricity Safety Council shows some examples.





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