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Herald1360 · 18th Apr 2008, 1:07 pm

One place I worked had 240V outlets using normal 13A mains sockets and
120V outlets using something we called "Walsall" gauge sockets. These looked like ordinary 13A sockets except that the pins were at 90degrees to the normal ones and they were consequently not intermateable.

Maybe you could use American style outlets for your 120V- seems logical really given the ready availability of same and the likely origin of equipment using 120V!

Chris

18th Apr 2008, 1:07 pm	#27
Herald1360 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 16,535	Re: Isolation XFMRS One place I worked had 240V outlets using normal 13A mains sockets and 120V outlets using something we called "Walsall" gauge sockets. These looked like ordinary 13A sockets except that the pins were at 90degrees to the normal ones and they were consequently not intermateable. Maybe you could use American style outlets for your 120V- seems logical really given the ready availability of same and the likely origin of equipment using 120V! Chris Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Herald1360; 18th Apr 2008 at 1:16 pm.