New plug top design
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Nice idea, will prove to be rather expensive to manufacture I would have thought. Its integrity & efficacy are the areas that spring to mind first. Probable for high end equipment such as the laptop etal. but as for day to day i doubt it
Interesting.
Not sure if it will get past British Standards or CE though, remains to be seen.
Notice in the video it shows blue for Live and brown for Neutral? Hmmmm....
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If L & N pins can swivel around, can they only swivel the correct way to maintain correct polarity? Also, how much load can the the contact that allows said plugs to swivel take , not 13A surely! So even if it did get BS approval, it would only be able to be an annex of the existing BS1363.
Not sure if it will get past British Standards or CE though, remains to be seen.
Notice in the video it shows blue for Live and brown for Neutral? Hmmmm....
Edit:
If L & N pins can swivel around, can they only swivel the correct way to maintain correct polarity? Also, how much load can the the contact that allows said plugs to swivel take , not 13A surely! So even if it did get BS approval, it would only be able to be an annex of the existing BS1363.
Never going to happen.
It cannot possibly meet the standard, as the 'back cover' folds as well, meaning it could be plugged in and energised without the back cover being in place.
It cannot possibly meet the standard, as the 'back cover' folds as well, meaning it could be plugged in and energised without the back cover being in place.
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I still think it's pretty cool. I'd definitely use it for all my music equipment. That is, if it actually works.
That's thinner than the MACbook, but where's the fuse? 
the fuse sits in the red fuse holer in the "handle"..
not it's not touchable..
the folding back can be a problem though.. not sure how they'll get round that....
not it's not touchable..
the folding back can be a problem though.. not sure how they'll get round that....
I was talking about BAS's solutionThat's thinner than the MACbook, but where's the fuse?
THat's not dangerous. It's almost a good idea.
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That is rather dangerous you should use spent matches!
Many items like lap tops use two pin plugs with adaptors when I travel abroad I remove adaptor and re-fit on return.
Red matches ? Shouldn't they be brown ? Harmonisation and all that.
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The basis of the idea of sound though, my laptop bag always worries me when there is a IEC lead with UK plug in it.
Damn things are a pain when it comes to putting them in latop bags so some sort of foldable plug would be great.
Maybe in need of a few tweaks to get it to comply & be safe etc but still a good idea.
Damn things are a pain when it comes to putting them in latop bags so some sort of foldable plug would be great.
Maybe in need of a few tweaks to get it to comply & be safe etc but still a good idea.
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