CH:

I used them to make some short adapter leads for plugging 220-volt appliances with Australian and BS-1363 (13 amp British plug) into my 110-220 step-up transformer which has a Shucko socket (it's one of those 200-watt bricks).

I wasn't very happy with the quality of the ready-made Chinese adapters (didn't hold plugs in firmly enough for my taste) sold here in New York so I decided to make one of my own using Australian and BS-1363 trailing sockets, a short length of 3-core flex and those plugs. More expensive...but safer, I think.

It is a flexible plug with the outer cover made out of PVC and the inner husk that contains the contacts made out of some hard black plastic. A screw driven through a hole in the side holds everything together.

I don't know if it's listed for outdoor use; the catalog didn't specify.

P.S. Why are trailing sockets always more expensive than their mating plugs??? [Linked Image]

[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 11-11-2002).]