The rewirable plugs are used to replace the damaged plugs and/or accompanying unsuitable plugs,i.e., failure to pass thru the hole/tunnel of furniture. Comparing non-rewirable plugs with rewirable ones, the cost should be lower. Non-rewirable plugs are low cost and reliable (assembled by skill labour/automation). That is no reason not to supply non-rewirable plugs with consumer products. In reality, most of national mains plugs are non-rewirable plugs with consumer products although there is permissibly rewirable plug in existance.
Regards, Scott > On 12 Feb, 2016, at 4:08 am, John Allen <john_e_al...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > UK Plug & Socket Regulations specify that consumer-type products be supplied > with a BS1363-compliant plug or plug converter - but no requirement for > moulding on, thus wirable plugs are occasionally used and still available to > buy in shops (or at least some shops). > > John Allen > W.London, UK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Nute [mailto:ri...@ieee.org] > Sent: 11 February 2016 17:32 > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] Non-rewirable mains plug > > Hi Scott: > > > In North America, molded plugs are not required by law or standards. > > Most North America factory-supplied cords (on > equipment) are molded plugs. However, wirable plugs are commonly available > at electrical supply stores, hardware stores, and even some grocery stores. > > > Molded plugs are mostly automated assembly, so are lower cost and more > reliable than hand-assembled wirable plugs. > > I seem to recall seeing molded (non-rewirable) UK plugs. > > > Rich > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 8:19 AM >> To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG >> Subject: [PSES] Non-rewirable mains plug >> >> Most of national mains plugs are non-rewirable > except UK >> plugs. Are they required by law, applicable > standard or >> cost efficiency? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Scott >> > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <emc-p...@ieee.org> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <emc-p...@ieee.org> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
