![]() If so, that practice is largely unknown here. An arrangement where the cord is screwed to both the appliance and the building? What are 'fixed cords?' Are you describing appliances that have power brought to them by directly connecting a length of some sort of flexible cord, without bothering to have a plug / receptacle anywhere. Speaking from the limited experience of an American, I'm just a little perplexed by your terminology. (It's still a rather doubtful proposition, though I don't know if you can even obtain new C9 cords anywhere.)Īt this rate, I wouldn't consider it unreasonable simply to force the everyday appliances (in 230V regions, anyway) to use the IEC inlets, and to disallow bundled cords. )Įven the long-neglected C9/C10 (6A, Class II, 70☌ it's the rectangular one with 2 parallel pins) might just see a new lease of life, as ideal for hair-dryers up to 1440W 240V. (I'm not sure if "by-the-book" inspectors would let it pass, but done competently, it can't be more dangerous than the flammable R-600a refrigerant used in current politically correct fridges. Incidentally, this is the repair I made to a F&P E331T after rodents chewed up most of it some months ago so far no further damage. Yeah, they're pretty much as versatile as Lego. C17/C18 (10A, Class II, 70☌): Double-insulated convection heaters (especially fan heaters), hair-dryers.C13/C14 (10A, Class I, 70☌): Convection heaters (including oil-filled column types), toasters, dishwashers, fridges and freezers, microwave ovens, and more.C7/C8 (2.5A, Class II, 70☌): Lamps (incandescent including halogen, and some magnetically-ballasted fluorescent types), portable fans, mains-operated clocks, blenders, etc.C5/C6 (2.5A, Class I, 70☌): Energy-saving lamps (especially with electronic drivers), soldering stations.Anyway, here are some example loads that could use the connectors, but haven't (at least not that I'm aware of): Granted, consumerism is a disaster either way, but continuing with the fixed (and bundled) cords isn't helping. Mind you, it's sad to see people ridiculing those (few) companies that choose not to continue with this rather wasteful practice, and had it been stopped in due course (which would have been the '80s or so), then we might have avoided (or at least minimised) the recent trend to stiffer cords in the interests of "economy". Given that copper supplies are running out, breaking from the tradition of including the cords in the appliance package is quite overdue (IMO). I already evaluated the possible reasons in this thread on Hardware Insights (my favourite technology review site to date, albeit a small one along with being a forum moderator, I have the role of QCing content on the main site), eight months ago. Martin Smith, Ph.D.Seriously, I can't think of a good reason for everyday home appliances to still be equipped with fixed cords today, 45 years and counting since the IEC (60)320 family was introduced.Ed Pooley - FSF Europe an Advisory Com mittee Zeljko Oreski - Internation al F ederation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations.Pascal Kremer - FSF European Advisory Committee Yasuo Ishihara - Honeyw ell Aerospace Ad vanced Technology.Alvar o Gammicchia - Europe an Cockpit Association.Bertrand De C ourville - Air Fr ance (retire d) ![]() Johan Condette - Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’ Analyses. ![]()
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