[OZAPRS] Chinese Mains Plugs

Ray Wells vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Sun Dec 23 08:51:42 EST 2007


   Tony Farrow wrote:

With the earth on top they are safer in the case when foreign objects
slip or fall onto slightly exposed appliance pins.  That is the
arrangement in the UK too.  Perhaps it is us in VK who are upside
down!?  Merry Christmas all.

Tony VK2AJF
  

   But only because we're in the southern hemisphere :-)
   Ray vk2tvc

On 22/12/2007, Ian ZL1VFO [1]<zl1vfo at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


The Chinese have their mains sockets upside-down relative to us
(Aust./NZ) Why, I don't know. I guess our retailers sell chinese
sourced products and the retailer's buyers who have a quick look at
the plug to see if it is the right shape see that it is, but don't
pick up on the fact that it's upside down. Either that, or it cheaper
to buy them that way without having to do a special manufactuering run
with the plugs the right way up...

Irritates me, too.

-Ian ZL1VFO




Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:10:13 +1030
From: Terry Neumann [2]<tfneumann at internode.on.net>


A lot of new gear (some of it APRS associated) I buy these days seems to
have gone for "upside down" plug packs or power cord plugs.   That is,


~Snip ~


Is there a  good reason for this innovation?  It there is one it eludes
me, but them I'm usually slow to catch on.


73
Terry


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