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Old 6th Feb 2023, 9:14 pm   #22
Lucien Nunes
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Default Re: Rewireable 13Amp Plug Without Brass Earth Pin

The problem in this case is not so much that the plug might be inappropriately re-used, but that the very fact that it exists indicates that the company that supplied it falsely claim compliance with standards they conspicuously do not comply with. The same might be true of the appliance, where more serious dangers might lurk.

How about the fuse? If it has an ASTA mark, do you believe it? Wire trapped under the endcap? End surface not 'substantially flat?' How do you know it contains silica? I bet it's a fake. Subject it to a 6kA short-circuit test and see if it explodes.

When we find an IEC cordset with bogus approvals, sometimes the plug will be dimensionally inaccurate, the cable conductors undersize, the insulation too thin and/or the polarity reversed. Or some such litany of failures that follow from a blatant disregard for correct practice.
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