Well, if you fitted that U.S.-style plug from Maplin, you might not even need the adapter. Quite a lot of the xfmr-isolated shaver outlets here will accept American, British, and Continental (Euro) plugs. Some take Australian as well, and some provide 110V as well as 240V.

There might be someone still making or importing the old 2-pin plugs, but they're not in any of the major manufacturers' catalogs anymore (3-pin BS546 plugs and outlets are still available, however).

Options for tracking them down:

(a) A second-hand/junk/thrift shop, where there might be a drawer full of old electrical plugs and switches. Just make sure the one you pick up has all its fixing screws etc.

(b) Garage sale - Ditto.

(c) Some electronics nut who has boxes of all sorts of things lying around! (Did I have someone in mind? Maybe... [Linked Image])

(d) An old back-street electrical dealer who has been there for decades and probably still has a box full out the back.

Going off topic a little, but sadly, these "old-time" shops are few and far between these days, and those that are left are often in what are now rather run-down parts of town that you might not think of visiting.

There's one in Great Yarmouth, about 20 miles from here, and he still has all sorts of new-old-stock items in the back. Funnily enough, a couple of hundred yards further up the road is another old-style shop for domestic appliance parts. Want a spare bag for a 35-year-old vacuum cleaner, or a replacement water pump for that 1965 washing machine? He probably has one, or knows someone who can get one.

It's not a nice part of town to visit these days, though I imagine that being in the very low-rent district is the only way that these shops have survived into this modern age. [Linked Image]


[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 05-13-2003).]