Just look at these:
http://www.yuanky.com/p39-ya-swit-7316.htm

Note the creative use of a single ungrounded 2.5A Europlug to supply multiple BS1363 and/or BS546, NEMA and other outlets via an extension reel

Rather scary looking!


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Eastern Europe, perhaps?

Maybe countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa. I wouldn't be surprised that they're even for sale in PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan (even though Taiwan uses American style plugs).

If the wire gague is made big enough, wouldn't a Europlug be able to handle that amp load? Considering how under-rated and over-designed a lot of British and European plugs seem to be...

I noticed a certain plug design that they're featuring has been ripped off from an American manufacturer (or should I say marketer. The actual plugs are now made in Cooper's factory somewhere in Mexico ).....


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The test current of the Europlug is 10A if I remember correctly. But you loose the earth on the BS 1363 socket!

http://www.yuanky.com/p14-ya-swit-732.htm

Notice item 825

COMPLETE ripoff of MK's patented shuttering system.

Funny company. The homepage/catalogue is rather confusing. I sure hope the actual products aren't made to the specifications mentioned. (13A socket rated 10A???)

Those British circuit breakers looks rather American to me:
http://www.yuanky.com/cb-m3-60.htm

Talking of ripoff: YYL (MODEL HAGER C)RCD
http://www.yuanky.com/cb-yyl-rcd.htm

I bet a few just "happen" to be marked with "Hager" when they come off the line! What other reason would there be to have twenty different styles of RCD's?

Their American range looks better.
http://www.yuanky.com/yy-cb-GFC1.htm

But what does "Protection of mis-grounding of neutral line: less than 2MHz" mean?

Are double switches in a receptacle cover common in the US? (The switch to the right in the left picture)

Well...this is the knock-off Yuanky-brand plug I was talking about:



And this is Cooper Wiring Devices' "original"

[img]http://images.lowes.com/product/032664/032664325809.jpg?wid=158&cvt=jpeg[/img]

There's also a two-pin version.

Hmmm.....unless Cooper licenced the design to them also? Probably not.

Are those Cooper-manufactured plugs the old Leviton design? I have a couple of Leviton armored caps that look exactly like the one pictured.

I'd have to check, but I believe the Leviton fittings have the screws flat against the plug face. I know the Cooper ones are vertical to the face (Cooper uses the same face for their metal clad, rubber, and lexan plugs, and I have plenty of the last two around, as I almost exclusively use Cooper fittings)

There may be a little good news on resolving poor-quality imported electrical goods.
https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum14/HTML/000549.html

Great!