New Electrical plugs for SA

[JerryMungo]

FFS! please tell me these are compatible with the clipsal 2 prong wall plugs I have already replaces years ago at considerable expense?!!

What do they look like? Why would you put 2 prong sockets around the house?

 

[spiff]

What do they look like? Why would you put 2 prong sockets around the house?

bought 3 pin / 2 pin wall plugs - got tired of 3pin > 2pin adapters

 

[JerryMungo]

bought 3 pin / 2 pin wall plugs - got tired of 3pin > 2pin adapters

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But those are exactly what you need. You're compatible with both - that's the new 3 pin on the right which is compatible with 2 pin plugs too. Good choice.

 

[chrisc]

The Swiss plug fits exactly into the new SA 3-pin socket. I have a power cable for an amplifier made in Switzerland (there is a female IEC plug at the other end) and it goes in easily and fits snugly

If you read the spec you will note that the SA standard calls for 250 volts 16 amps whereas the Swiss spec says maximum 10 amps. Seeing the pins are smaller than the existing round pins on an old socket, how is this achieved

Spec here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByOWB48N3hISVDhzb0ZKNTVKb0U/edit?usp=sharing

 

[chrisc]

FFS! please tell me these are compatible with the clipsal 2 prong wall plugs I have already replaces years ago at considerable expense?!!

Yes

 

[spiff]

But those are exactly what you need. You're compatible with both - that's the new 3 pin on the right which is compatible with 2 pin plugs too. Good choice.

Yes

great was concerned the holes won't line up

 

[chrisc]

Yes, the hole spacing is 19mm, same as all plugs sold in Europe

 

[spiff]

Yes, the hole spacing is 19mm, same as all plugs sold in Europe

thanks - back in 2006 I designed a range of plugs for a local company. must check my backups at work, they should still be there

 

[noxibox]

Also it looks fairly easy to unplug itself with a small amount of force.

Then you'd be using very low quality sockets.

This ANC government is trying to rape us financially every which way it can, without a cooking clue about what it is about.

Sure, the ANC is secretly controlling the IEC.

That plug and socket is crap... it cannot handle the current of some appliances used in SA.

Clearly it can.

But one thing no-one in SA is able to do is produce decent SA plug to Euro (two pin) adapters which hold the Euro plug properly.

Somebody must because I have many good ones.

Because parents are vigilant! The first thing my son did the moment he could crawl (and I have it on video) is crawl to a plug point trying to stick his finger in there! Suffice to say we safegaurded every plug since... These smaller pin plugs make sense from a safety point of view...

We chose vigilance over childproofing.

 

[JerryMungo]

We chose vigilance over childproofing.

Yeah, cos you're so much better at it than those ignoramuses.

 

[tRoN]

Very cool! My question is... how easy is it to wire your own plug? A bit tight in there IMO.

Only 2 switches for 4 sockets?
How does that work?

 

[JerryMungo]

Only 2 switches for 4 sockets?
How does that work?

One switch for two plugs lol

 

[Drunkard #1]

Then you'd be using very low quality sockets.

No, two 4mm pins (of which, 2mm is plastic insulation) at 19mm CCS is never going to be as sure footed as three 6mm (?) pins at 30mm CCS.

Sure, the ANC is secretly controlling the IEC.

The IEC designed the standard, they didn't decide to implement it here.

Clearly it can.

Most South Africans don't consider "just barely" acceptable. Who do you thing makes the strongest shovels on earth? And why does Lasher make shovels they way that they do? Because this is Africa, and we will load a socket until the circuit breaker trips. So, 30A constant or 50A peak. Can the plug handle that?

Somebody must because I have many good ones.

Nothing I've seen is as mechanically and electrically sound as our three pin plugs. Personally, I've resorted to crimping insulated female bullet lugs to some 2 core cabtyre and forcing that onto the pins.

We chose vigilance over childproofing.

I don't have (or want) kids, but that seems like a generally risky approach.

 

[ebendl]

Realized yesterday in Builders that I've seen them before. All of the styles on offer has at least one option with the new plug. But it is definitely not yet the norm.

Why don't the multiplug manufacturers start using these plugs instead of the normal two prong plugs?

 

[genetic]

Why don't the multiplug manufacturers start using these plugs instead of the normal two prong plugs?

Plugs and sockets based on SANS 164-2 will be available from April this year, says Campetti. However, products fitted with the new plugs — kettles, irons, fridges — could take a few years to arrive on retail shelves.

New standards take time to be implemented.

 

[JerryMungo]

Realized yesterday in Builders that I've seen them before. All of the styles on offer has at least one option with the new plug. But it is definitely not yet the norm.

Why don't the multiplug manufacturers start using these plugs instead of the normal two prong plugs?

Agree, Elles has no excuse... that said, they distribute other brands too... not sure how much they manufacture. I've seen elles repackaged snapper stuff for one.

 

[Arthur]

Anyone actually using these new plugs? I can't seem to find them at the local hardware.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Anyone actually using these new plugs? I can't seem to find them at the local hardware.

I've seen them a few times of late, but nope, nobody is using them.. I very much doubt this standard will catch on for at least another 5 years.

 

[Nerfherder]

Anyone actually using these new plugs? I can't seem to find them at the local hardware.

my cousin just renovated and all their plugs are the new standard.

 

[SykomantiS]

Came here for the Highlander puns. Am disappoint.