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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 1006136" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>Nope, they are NEMA 5-15P plugs, the bog-standard 3-pin US standard, they came off some metal clamp lights I got around 10 years back (which got lost in moving from lancashire to up here) directly from the US, kept the plugs for some reason after snipping them off to fit a UK plug, dunno what I kept them for, but can't find them at the moment annoyingly, but that said I have a friend over in Texas who's educated me in what they use there, the standard 2-pin, the polarised 2-pin, the 15Amp 3-pin, the 20Amp 3-pin (the latter of which requiring a "T-slot" wall socket to allow the 15A plugs to fit), the twist-lock, the dryer plug & the water heater plug (and in his previous house, the water heater plug was a very old style plug, which is now the 240v Australian standard!), aswell as how their split-phase system works with half the house on one phase, half on the other, and joined in the dryer and water heater plugs to create their 240v... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile we just plug it in and go... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p>I was surprised when I happened upon those Crabtree sockets to be honest, as the only US-style sockets I'd seen on ebay were the chinese deathdaptor styled ones (where you can plug everything into them, and later have them arc themselves into a nice cosy fire in the wall), or actual proper US sockets designed for US backboxes, so those are an oddity, but I still like to think they're intended for hotels that offer multiple sockets in their rooms (whether or not they're compliant is another issue for them and their insurers to deal with!!) for travelling guests who forgot their travel adaptors...<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>And just to keep someone happy:</p><p></p><p> [ATTACH]103979[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>An actual german (not Schuko) plug... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 1006136, member: 199791"] Nope, they are NEMA 5-15P plugs, the bog-standard 3-pin US standard, they came off some metal clamp lights I got around 10 years back (which got lost in moving from lancashire to up here) directly from the US, kept the plugs for some reason after snipping them off to fit a UK plug, dunno what I kept them for, but can't find them at the moment annoyingly, but that said I have a friend over in Texas who's educated me in what they use there, the standard 2-pin, the polarised 2-pin, the 15Amp 3-pin, the 20Amp 3-pin (the latter of which requiring a "T-slot" wall socket to allow the 15A plugs to fit), the twist-lock, the dryer plug & the water heater plug (and in his previous house, the water heater plug was a very old style plug, which is now the 240v Australian standard!), aswell as how their split-phase system works with half the house on one phase, half on the other, and joined in the dryer and water heater plugs to create their 240v... :) Meanwhile we just plug it in and go... :-rofl2 I was surprised when I happened upon those Crabtree sockets to be honest, as the only US-style sockets I'd seen on ebay were the chinese deathdaptor styled ones (where you can plug everything into them, and later have them arc themselves into a nice cosy fire in the wall), or actual proper US sockets designed for US backboxes, so those are an oddity, but I still like to think they're intended for hotels that offer multiple sockets in their rooms (whether or not they're compliant is another issue for them and their insurers to deal with!!) for travelling guests who forgot their travel adaptors...:) And just to keep someone happy: [ATTACH]103979[/ATTACH] An actual german (not Schuko) plug... :P [/QUOTE]
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