Paul UK,

Common in hospitals to fit all the cleaning equipment with BS546 plugs so that contract cleaners are not tempted to use sockets supplying sensitive equipment in wards! Although very sensitive equipment usually uses keyed plugs (often locked into the socket and clearly marked)

I donno why you'd have a BS546 plug in the US though.

And yeah they are HUGE pins are as fat as your fingers! Looks like it was designed to connect up an entire house never mind a 15 amp vacuum cleaner [Linked Image]

Can you imagine.. oops! was that a ventilator! Thought it was the lamp

Doesn't the Danish socket look like a smiley face hehe

[This message has been edited by djk (edited 08-18-2003).]

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