[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Andrew Back]

On (16:53 25/10/10), - Tethys wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Given the rubber plugs and sockets generally in use, it was not uncommon
> > to find a 13A plug forced into a 15A socket.
> 
> I was at a gig last year. The Finnish band in question hadn't
> brought any coverter plugs with them, so they just jammed their
> 2-pin Europlugs into the supplied BS 1363 3-pin sockets.
> 
> 	http://pics.astradyne.co.uk/ref/091108--plugs.jpg

Not ideal but it does look safer than:

http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2009/07/23/epic-kludge-photo-amateur-conversion/

I would advise against either.

Regards,

Andrew

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