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Originally Posted by Refugee
I once spotted a DJ with a bank of sockets from an old work bench powered by a length of twin and earth fitted with a 13A plug at each end. It was just waiting to go bang.
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Such an arrangement is known in some quarters as "a widowmaker cable".
I was involved with installing new PCs at multiple branches of a well known supermarket, and as all the power outlets were Electrak
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it was agreed that their electrical contractors would make up the correct number of cables for the PCs and screens with an Electrak plug on one end and an IEC connector on the other and send them to site.
In every case they had used IEC
MALE connectors, did they have to be told?