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Originally Posted by duncanlowe
I have recently inherited a number of appliances from my parents with old but maybe not vintage plugs. These are current pattern 13A (BS1363) but without shrouded pins. Is it worth me keeping and photographing these?
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They are still safe to use.
The two main reasons I see for shrouded pins was to stop naughty kids at school putting a coin between the pins or someone who can't be bothered to find a screwdriver wrapping bare wires around the pins to power something that has not got a plug fitted.