About a couple of weeks back, my parents picked up some things,including two extension leads, from outside a house down the road, with a sign 'Free to a good home'.
The two extension leads are (obviously) not factory manufactured/assembled.
They consist of standard 13A plugs, two core flex and two pin part connectors.
I only just thought about taking photos after I had disassembled the first connector, of which one of the wires was hardly in it's terminal and the other one just pulled straight away (held by about a couple of strands, and the cord grip holding the inner conductors by the insulation, both conductors emerging from the outer casing of the connector cover.
In both connectors, the wires were connected to the L&N terminals incorrectly (although I suppose this is 'Nit-Picking' really since after all, they are reversible connectors). In the 'Internal View' of the connector shown, you can see a faint N marking (just about) if you look carefully enough.
Mind you, in the mid 2000s when an elderly relative was moving home, upon clearance of her house, we were given another 'Home Made' extension lead with a standard 13A plug, orange 2 core flex BUT with a 13A single trailing socket on the end - i.e. a 3 pin socket on the 2 core flex, alright for the double insulated lawnmower etc but...
Thought I'd share this all with you but I am aware a lot of you must see/have seen these things many times over.
Regards
The two extension leads are (obviously) not factory manufactured/assembled.
They consist of standard 13A plugs, two core flex and two pin part connectors.
I only just thought about taking photos after I had disassembled the first connector, of which one of the wires was hardly in it's terminal and the other one just pulled straight away (held by about a couple of strands, and the cord grip holding the inner conductors by the insulation, both conductors emerging from the outer casing of the connector cover.
In both connectors, the wires were connected to the L&N terminals incorrectly (although I suppose this is 'Nit-Picking' really since after all, they are reversible connectors). In the 'Internal View' of the connector shown, you can see a faint N marking (just about) if you look carefully enough.
Mind you, in the mid 2000s when an elderly relative was moving home, upon clearance of her house, we were given another 'Home Made' extension lead with a standard 13A plug, orange 2 core flex BUT with a 13A single trailing socket on the end - i.e. a 3 pin socket on the 2 core flex, alright for the double insulated lawnmower etc but...
Thought I'd share this all with you but I am aware a lot of you must see/have seen these things many times over.
Regards