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Peter Chant wrote:
I've got a Yamaha surround/DSP processor/amp that is likely 10-12 years
old (eBay purchase). It has a switched mains out with quite a low
rating. The plug for that looks similarly unobtainable and I don'r
recognise the socket. So it is a feature of some newer kit as well.

IIRC, it's called something like a Euro facilities plug. And as you said
made from unobtanium - even when the amp was current. I did eventually
find one for mine, though.

The 'far too many power switches' issue was solved by one of those smart
multiway mains leads that detects the current draw on one of the sockets.

But they're ugly things.

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