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Old 21st Jan 2009, 3:45 am   #20
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Default Re: Old electrical fittings

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Originally Posted by Tractorfan View Post
When did you guys introduce the 10amp plugs & sockets you use currently (sorry) in Oz & NZ ?
The standard plug used today was introduced in 1938. My dad remembers some 'old' plugs floating around when he was younger - 40's and 50's - two round pins - but generally it was either the 3 pin plug we have now or operating off light fittings.

It has had some changes, most recently insulation on the phase and neutral pins, but the basic shape hasn't been changed for 70 years, so in living memory (mine at least) there hasn't really been much variety, just different brands/styles of the same plugs!
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