Dear Rich, I fully agree on your view about molded plugs. Recently we had a discussion on a product come with a rewirable plug. We suggested to change to non-rewirable plug but the supplier replied to cost rise. We don’t see any point to have a higher cost and also considering the risk of rewirable plug, the use of non-rewirable plug is a wise decision for the sake of both cost and reliablitity.
Regards, Scott > On 12 Feb, 2016, at 1:32 am, Richard Nute <ri...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > > 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>
