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Old 22nd Feb 2021, 7:11 pm   #8
Mooly
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Join Date: May 2011
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Default Re: Switched Plug failure

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Originally Posted by Keith956 View Post
When a decent MK plug is around £4 and these cheap ones are less than £1... you have to wonder what corners they cut in making them.

My pet hate is plugs with crosspoint screws, they always seem to be made of soft metal.
I've actually got a few of these and they are superb to wire up. The screws have a free spinning 'washer' under them (much more than a washer actually... I don't know the correct term) and you wrap the wire around the terminal post a few times and then tighten... really tighten and with no fear of damage to the stranded cable.

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