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Ella Fox May 27, 2023

@kkarhan @siege ah but have you stepped on one of these? 😁

May 27, 2023

@tinyfluffs @siege The UK sockets are technically deprecated both mechanically and electrically and if you want a friggin' fuse, put that into the device at the back and have some good quality breakers instead...

All those #IEC connectors - espechally IEC60906-1 - are electrically, mechanically and otherwise far safer and more secure.

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Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw May 27, 2023

@kkarhan @tinyfluffs @[email protected] I disagree after building large equipment with many of these. The connectors don’t lock in place, and half of the time you end up troubleshooting because one of them has worked itself loose and needs to be reinserted a bit deeper to get contact again.

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Kevin Karhan

May 27, 2023

@doc @tinyfluffs @siege well, those connectors ain't designed with any retention locks or other mechanical fastening, which is a valid issue.

#IEC60309 doesn't have that issue (tho it's obviously quite bulky for what it is) and thus is the de-facto standard in Europe and espechally Germany for connecting industrial appliances...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60309