Industrial connectors (was RE: buzz...)

[Nic Blinston <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

>Those "ridiculously large" yellow plugs are designed not to
pull out
>accidentally and to carry the large currents that operating at low
>voltages demand and to do so for a long time without spot welding
>themselves together. They are also designed to resist impacts and - to
a
>certain extent - water ingress.

I used the blue (230V) 16 amp versions to replace all the pathetic 
connectors on garden appliances (lawnmower, strimmer, leaf vac...) so 
I could have a resaonably safe and secure way of letting SWMBO loose 
with electricity in a long garden. Also replaced the non-flexible 
flexes with blue 1.5mm2 Arctic cable so it can be wound on the cable 
reel when it's been left outside in a frost...!

Finally, before I put a new consumer unit in, this was a good way 
(using an RCD plug [13A square] to industrial socket) of ensuring 
that the outdoor stuff could ONLY be used via an RCD.

nic

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