Welcome to the forum Chris.
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As djk mentioned, the metal outer on the plugs here used a scraping Earth contact, if you were lucky puuling the plug out you would get a tingle in your hand.
If your hand happened to be damp, look out!.
What exactly was the problem with these? Was it just poor earth contact as the plug was being withdrawn with capacitive leakage giving a shock?
