hong kong plug adapter

[333rocky333]

The japan plug reminded me

A relative showed me a light they brought on ebay.
This was the adaptor they give out.

Note
If he had used it the light would have had a 32 amp mcb protecting it.

The pins just rivet straight through!

 

[plugwash]

I recently saw a member of staff at uni figure 8 mains lead with a british style plug that did not appear to be fused. Worryingly the person using it seemed unconcerned about this even after I explained the likely size of the next breaker back.

And I regularlly see all manner of dodgy looking adaptors in use by foriegn students.

Another thing I find concerning is that the most common adaptor sold for visitors to the UK will not correctly earth schuko or french plugs yet I have never seen any warning of this on the packaging.

 

[dullSpark]

At my college there is a print drier for drying photographic paper which is constantly damp and only a Class 1 device, these are rare and expensive and apparently only available from Germany, thus they end up with a CEE 7/7 plug.

The drier is plugged in with a Schuko to BS1363 adapter, despite being fused, it is not earthed; yet the adapter and cable have a PATest sticker on them . I'm in half a mind to stick a good BS1363 plug on it when no-one is looking.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Plan B - stick a PAT fail label on it, and cut the plug off.....

 

[dullSpark]

'But it hasn't killed anyone yet!'

Sounds like a plan, I should like to meet the monkey who passed it though...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Maybe you will with Plan B (which as I'm sure you worked out, should be implemented anonymously... )