On 19/10/2016 19:32, Eiron wrote:
On 19/10/2016 11:47, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Somebody who keeps old stuff has told me that these little plugs used to
be made by Bulgin back in the 1960s, but of course not any more.
Probably cos they might well be a death trap for modern elf and safety
reasons

As some indeed were. Quad used to fit US style flat pin connectors as
outlets. Handy in that they took up little space on the rear panel.

One major problem is all domestic mains equipment has to come with a 13
amp plug fitted these days. And 13 amp sockets are rather large to fit to
an amp as a switched outlet.

Any mains outlet fitted to domestic equipment would have to comply to the
various regs - shutters etc.

Do the current regulations insist that the mains cable must be of
insufficient length?
Everything I've bought recently has had a mains cable that doesn't reach
from a standard
table height to a standard wall socket height. (Less than 80 cm.)

Modern building regs require higher socket levels. Presumably that is
what the manufacturers are working to.



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