In message <of2b774aca.a990abff-on80257474.002e26fd-80257474.002f1...@selex-comms.co m>, dated Thu, 26 Jun 2008, david.cole...@selex-comms.com writes:
>Am I alone in finding the number of wall warts supplied for the UK >market that have the plug part of the design upside down, irritating? > >The cable entry is then often at the top causing the wall wart to lean >out from the socket and any logo and labelling is also up the wrong >way. I think there is no official definition of 'upside down' in this context. But it's true that plug-transformers with the cable exit from the face adjacent to the earth pin are a relatively recent phenomenon. I wonder why they are designed that way. They can't be used with some 2- and 3-way plug adapters, but of course they are not normally a problem if used with extension boards. Maybe they are adapted, without sufficient thought, from designs using the reversible Schuko plug. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
