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#202138 - 07/20/11 12:45 PM Top wired 13 amp plug
Len New Member Registered: 07/20/11 Posts: 2 Loc: Stockport	Does anyone know if 13 amp plugs are available where the wire come out of the top of the plug instead of the bottom, like a lot of PSU's do
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#202190 - 07/21/11 05:20 PM Re: Top wired 13 amp plug [Re: Len]
Alan Belson Member Registered: 03/23/05 Posts: 1758 Loc: Mayenne N. France	All the BS1363 13A plugs I have ever seen have the outlet at the base. You could fit the socket [receptacle] 'upside down' in the pattress box if you wanted to though! Edited by Alan Belson (07/21/11 05:23 PM) _________________________ Wood work but won't!
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#202201 - 07/22/11 05:22 PM Re: Top wired 13 amp plug [Re: Len]
uksparx Member Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 37 Loc: Egremont,Cumbria,UK	As far as I know, BS1363 specifies that the flex/cord must enter the plug from the bottom i.e. a vertical position. That would mean flex entry from the top would not comply with the BS.
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#202210 - 07/23/11 05:59 AM Re: Top wired 13 amp plug [Re: Len]
Len New Member Registered: 07/20/11 Posts: 2 Loc: Stockport	As I thought. Thanks for the reply's guy's
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