24v Plugs

[wreck-it-steve]

Hi,

I cam across some Gewiss 24v sockets and plugs and also a transfomer from screwfix with both 110v and 24v plugs on it....

What are 24v sockets and plugs used for? there are not power tools for them.

Thanks

 

[winston1]

24volt items, maybe lights.

 

[333rocky333]

for work in confined spaces. and tesco use them in there fridge ducts

 

[seasickstevie]

Interestingly googling 24v sockets comes up as only (I think) Italian

 

[JohnW2]

Interestingly googling 24v sockets comes up as only (I think) Italian

I suspect it's got a lot to do which what testing they choose to do, hence what they can 'claim' as the spec of the product. I would have thought that one would probably have to try extremely hard to design and manufacture a plug/socket that could not cope with voltages greater than 24V!

Kind Regards, John

 

[Robin0577]

24v Inspection lamps are very common (possibly a requirement?) in vehicle inspection pits. Usually used with either a purple CEEForm/Commando type plug or one of those 2 pin Duraplug LCPs as used on garden tools...

 

[ekmdgrf]

I would have thought that one would probably have to try extremely hard to design and manufacture a plug/socket that could not cope with voltages greater than 24V!

1,000,000V is > 24V and I'm pretty sure there's very few sockets that would happily cope with that.

 

[JohnW2]

I would have thought that one would probably have to try extremely hard to design and manufacture a plug/socket that could not cope with voltages greater than 24V!

1,000,000V is > 24V and I'm pretty sure there's very few sockets that would happily cope with that.

Now you're being silly - I'm sure that you know fully well what I meant!

Kind Regards, John

 

[mattylad]

HGV's.