[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Gerd Busker]

- Tethys wrote:
>
> 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
>   
This is why foreigners always carry a screwdriver.  You have to push the 
earth hole to move the live/neutral covers out of the way.

The real problem is of course that most continental circuits are fused 
at 16A so the plugs need have no protection device.  If you do that 
trick in the UK and have a short you are likely to fry the appliance 
cable instead of blow the fuse if there is a short.

Gerd.
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