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18th Apr 2012, 9:28 pm | #142 |
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Re: Another unusual plug and some other questions
Here are a few I acquired from a recent house clearance.
1. Clix 2 pin 5A cotter pin type 2. Bulgin "Fuse Plug" 2 pin 5A DP fused (see post #110) 3. Agro plug, 2 pins one offset tube, marked + and - (DC?), pins same diam as 5A plug but pitch slightly bigger. 4. 2 pin 6A 250V early European?
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18th Apr 2012, 11:17 pm | #143 |
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I used to have several of the Clix 2 pin cotter type. Fond memories.
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Hi,just found these in Sisters shed .some look interesting.
1 x Henley Solon 25w 1 x British made ? Bayonet plug 1 x British made by Ashley Bayonet plug 1 x Rubber three pin round plug made by Walsall 5Amp 1 x 2 round pin 5Amp Clix two pin plug with Ediswan name on 2 x 2 round pin 5Amp Clix two pin plugs 1 x 2 round pin flat plug 1 x MK 5Amp 2 x Hubbell 5Amp 125v American/Austrailia me thinks 1 x S.K 16Amp 3pin round see through plug.may be south African. 2 x NOS 16Amp 250v round pin see through with a crocodile logo on the front. 1 x Large screw to bayonette adapter. 1 x Large rubber plug and socket. Hope they are of interest.Gezza |
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Like I said in a previous post somewhere, those would be the better "industrial" quality standard USA plugs for 15 amps/125 volts.
Not the sort of stuff you'd see in most mom & pop hardware stores (unless they are in a commercial/industrial district). It's the type of article you'd see at the end of an office cleaning lady's vacuum cleaner - we also have a bunch of them on extension cords for the workbenches at my job. They'd also be used at construction jobsites for homemade extension cords and power tools. You're more apt to find them at electrical suppliers. They're expensive too. I think like 10-15 dollars a pop. The female versions are more expensive, as always. A "regular" house-hold plug of that configuration would cost anywhere from $1 to $4, depending on brand, quality, where you get it, etc. Quote:
I have one of the "Crocodile brand" Snapper plugs in my collection -- found it on something in a second hand store here in the USA. How it ended up here, I have no idea. The more squat looking of the two is just simply branded as "The Plug", as you can see on the bar code label. That one I'm actually interested in. On these plugs, the two halves of the shell snap together and separate by poking a flat screwdriver into that center slot and GENTLY twisting until the catch springs free. Don't know if that would be allowed under BSI standards. Last edited by stephanie; 21st Apr 2012 at 5:50 am. |
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21st Apr 2012, 12:49 pm | #149 |
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Hi,
I've got one of those South African plugs. It's called a 'Lumex Snapper'. It's rated at 16amps and the cord grip is exactly the same as that used in the MK Safetyplug from the 80s. The cover hinges downwards. Cheers, Pete
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21st Apr 2012, 1:07 pm | #150 |
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Hi, it's me again.
You may be interested in these radio interference suppressors I've accumulated over the years. They were made by Belling-Lee, Aerialite & Dubilier plus an anonymous 2pin example. Most of them released smoke when I plugged them in which, I assumed, was from the ancient duff caps. This was long before I learned that caps could fail The Belling-Lee one has two wander sockets marked "Earth" & "Set Earth" and had two plugs marked likewise. I may still have them somewhere. The Dubilier one is made of rubber. Cheers, Pete
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Thanks again Guy's for the information.
That all fits as my sister often went to (Johannesburg Africa), don't know why she would want these over here as her house was fully british standard three pin flat plugs, and nothing else electrical was brought into the house from Johannesburg, unless when relations came to visit they brought them on portable appliances and forgot them. Here is a better picture of the two Snappers. Croc's don't bite.Gezza |
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15A BS546 is becoming somewhat marginalised in theatre lighting but still there. There was a time when I expected 16A BS4343 / EN60309 to take over quickly and completely, however the rapid increase in the use of intelligent lighting fixtures that must not be run from a dimmer has encouraged the use of 16A for 'hard power', while 15A survives for dimmed circuits. Although there are still UK brands of 15A plug and socket such as MK and Duraplug, these suppliers do not offer multiway adaptors. For a long time, 'Snapper' brand adaptors by Lumex have been imported from South Africa as a suitable alternative. Because these are made to South African (SABS) standard 164, they are rated at 16A although they are mechanically interchangeable with BS546 15A. Due to long established usage, the generic term 'grelco' survives, from Grelco, the archetypal but long defunct British brand. So if you ask a theatre electrician for a 15A grelco, he will probably hand you a 16A Snapper. Lumex also make a 3-way Snapper which by extension is termed a 'trelco'. Snapper is also becoming genericised to mean adaptor since it was for a long time the only widely available brand. Obviously Lumex make other products such as plugs under the Snapper name but we don't find many here, due to the continued availability of Permaplug, Duraplug etc. Lucien |
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22nd Apr 2012, 5:39 pm | #153 |
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Hi,
I will have a closer look at the "Anonymous 2 pin example". The holes may well be ventilation. A mate of mine was showing me some photos of his friends in Johannesburg, and I noticed 1960s brown MK 13amp BS1363 plugs in the background. So I assume South Africa uses those as well as the 16amp SABS164 plugs? Cheers, Pete
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I have been searching high and low for this plug/socket type - the one in your second picture, and have joined this forum specially to reply to you. Thank you for posting it. I remember as a child, round about 1960, moving into a new (old) house which had these sockets. I have never seen them since and have for a long time been trying to find out more about them, including their vintage. I have a feeling that my dad, shortly after having moved in, had all the sockets changed for obvious reasons - we'd have had to buy lots of plugs to fit and they probably were no longer available. Anyway, thanks for the post and pictures. Do you have any more information about these? |
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Then we got some new units that only needed a 13A supply, as they used large capacitors which charged up within a few seconds. |
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13th Dec 2012, 6:06 pm | #156 |
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30A round pin plugs and sockets are still available- they're an odd industrial size.
See here: http://www.lewden.com/sites/default/...ad%20range.pdf around p84 onwards. Looks like a 15A plug on steroids.
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13th Dec 2012, 7:45 pm | #157 |
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It states that those pictures are 1:1 scale, but the sockets I used were much bigger than the domestic 13A square pin or 15A round pin. Perhaps the diagrams are not all to the same scale, despite what it says.
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14th Dec 2012, 5:43 pm | #158 |
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I dont know if this one has appeared in this thread.
It is a 2 pin 5A, made by MK, and has two fuses, which, the cover states, can be between 1 and 5 amps. (Why fuse both legs?) |
14th Dec 2012, 6:15 pm | #159 |
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If, and only if, the appliance is wired between two phases of a three-phase supply.
Parts of the Continent used a three-phase supply of 127 volts (phase to earth), giving 220 volts phase-to-phase. Maybe 140 / 240 supplies were used in some rare industrial applications in the UK? A fuse in the neutral would create a potential death trap if it failed (or should that be "succeeded" ?)
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