Hi John,
Regarding all singing and dancing mains plug interface products....
Several months ago a colleague returning from USA proudly presented a
"universal travel plug adaptor". Not the same one in your link, but a
different one. This design was based on sliding out the plug connection you
wanted. The only problem was you could slide out all three male power
connectors. A quick check with a continuity tester showed continuity
between the relevant pins. L+L+L and N+N+N. The only level of safety to
prevent electric shock is a single warning label warning not to extend all
the plugs at the same time. "but it has a large CE mark" I get in response.
Maybe I am missing something, but does having CE Marking somehow extend an
invisible shield around the product, akin to one or more levels of
protection?!? It makes me wonder what kind of dangerous products were being
released onto the market before the advent of "CE".
.. the sad part is that it wasnt April 1st.
Maybe the Compliance Magazine should have a, "But it has a CE Mark", as a
regular feature next to the banana skins section.
Enci.
At 17:42 02/06/2003 +0100, John Allen wrote:
>Hi Folks
>
>.......
>However, for the equivalent in mains plugs see
>http://www.nebulus.com/props/plug.html
>
>Personally I think it looks (insert your own - probably unprintable -
>comment)!
>
>God help anyone who trie to build or use one of these -> all the
>unplugged-in pins are likely to be Live/Hot (with a vengence)! - or have a
>missed some subtle point in the design?
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