help me wire this plug

[mrmole]

how do you wire one of these things up ? there is no hole at the bottom for the wire to go in or out of, no screws to fasten down the wire, and just some metal clips in the plug casing ? it looks like this - http://www.powerconnections.co.uk/images/2_3_wayadaptor.jpg

 

[johnny_t]

The old thread just disappeared, so in case you missed my last one....

You don't wire these up. You need to wire your equipment up to a plug, and then plug that plug into the sockets on here.

And then plug this into the wall socket.

And just in case....

A plug has pins, A socket has holes.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

how do you wire one of these things up ?

 

[Steve]

oh dear

 

[Gary0]

Excellent mrmole, love the sense of humour

 

[Adam_151]

You may well laugh, but I have heard of someone who made an extension lead by wrapping the cores of a piece of cable around the pins on one of those, wait, I'll try and dig up the post and quote it:

My best experience with the Idiot Catering Company From Hell:

ICCFH: "Do you know where I can plug this in" ('This' was one end of a 13A cable).
ME (Suspicious, this lot did not return the little form I had sent out): "Whats on the other end?"
ICCFH: "This"
ME: "That is a 13A, 3 way adaptor you have wrapped the two cores from your lawn mower cable around the pins of and taped in place..... Whoops it smashed when I threw it at the floor!"
ICCFH: "But... What are we going to do for power?!!!"
ME: "I can give you a 13A supply, what do you need to run...."
ICCFH: "Well we have two tea urns, a toastie maker and a floodlight...."
ME: That wouldn't have run on the bodge you showed me!"
ICCFH: "We took the fuse out because it kept blowing!"
ME: "You can have ONE Tea urn OR the light OR the toaster!"
ICCFH: "We will complain to the management!"
ME: "In this matter I am the management, and I wouldn't, you did not return the details form and it explicitly says that if power is required it must be negotiated in advance, event management will tell you to get stuffed!"
ICCFH: "But..."
ME: "Have a good festival...."

Thing is, I could easily have given them the distro and a suitable supply, **IF** the silly sods had filled in the damn form in advance, but I will not rework my power arrangements 20 minutes before the punters arrive just because some bloody cook cannot find his dick with both hands and a hooker to provide consluting services!

I have once seen the wonder that is a standard 240V tea urn hooked across 415V because somebody thought that blue was neutral (in the old scheme), it don't half go!

Sorry, raw nerve!

Regards, Dan.

 

[mrmole]

DOH.oh well. better not plan to be a spark then.............thanks for your help guys.

 

[Gary0]

Don't be scared off, do post again, made my day anyway