Competition for the most dangerous mains lead

[dennishoy]

Let's have a competition for the most dangerous mains lead.....

I'll start the ball rolling with this one from: Power Connections, Harlow, England.
The other end fits a car radio aerial socket quite nicely.

       

I've metered it out and 'live' is directly connected to the centre pin and 'neutral' to the outer ring. Any idea what it's for other than for killing people?

No real worry as you are protected by the 13A fuse in the mains plug.
I'll sleep safely once it's cut up and put in the bin.

[AlanBeckett]

Oh my word, that's the worst one I've seen so far.
I always check the Mains fuse, wire colours and which way round it's connected, even on Profesional equipment.

Alan

[ed731pdh]

And I always thought kit from the USA was bad enough, but the Euro pin plug is a good contender.

[Joe]

Makes those Bush 2-pin things look paragons of virtue.

- Joe

[dennishoy]

Safety issues now resolved...... and there was even something worth salvaging too.

   

[pwdrive]

Is that plug and lead legal?

Lawrence.

[Ed_Dinning]

Hi Folks, it was the lead from hair tongs, designed (obviously not) to remained securely attached and stop the mains lead getting excessively twisted and going BANG!. It will simply electrocute the user instead!

Ed

[dennishoy]

Thank you Ed; that makes sense now if it was one of those swivel things.
There must be some strong women around; don't mess with her !!
It might be safer to have a fixed lead and risk twisting it.

I suppose that is one of the delights of house clearance auctions - you never know what will turn up next.

[singlepentode69]

Yes correctly spotted from Ed these are used in two types of hair straighteners I repair quite a few at these and they fall out of there retainers quite a lot of the time and they are used on wet hair??

[Refugee]

I couple of days ago i refused to repair a pair of hair tongs due to there bad reputation.
In addition to this Mr twiddler had been inside.