Changing plugs
Oct 14th 2006, 12:00 pm
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Changing plugs
Excuse my ignorance but I need some help with changing plugs over! For a start where do you buy them? ive tried Coles, Woolies, DickSmith, KMart, Big W and all i can find are 10amp side entry for 8mm width. They will do for some things but not really keen on side entry and the 8mm is just not big enough for my UK power board I need to change over. it seems that now its strictly illegal to change them over you can't actually buy them anywhere. Anyone else had much luck?
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
Oct 14th 2006, 12:04 pm
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by sparkley23
Excuse my ignorance but I need some help with changing plugs over! For a start where do you buy them? ive tried Coles, Woolies, DickSmith, KMart, Big W and all i can find are 10amp side entry for 8mm width. They will do for some things but not really keen on side entry and the 8mm is just not big enough for my UK power board I need to change over. it seems that now its strictly illegal to change them over you can't actually buy them anywhere. Anyone else had much luck?
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
As for the law, if there is a fire caused by faulty self rewiring of your plugs, you may find that your insurance will not pay out.
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Oct 14th 2006, 12:05 pm
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by sparkley23
Excuse my ignorance but I need some help with changing plugs over! For a start where do you buy them? ive tried Coles, Woolies, DickSmith, KMart, Big W and all i can find are 10amp side entry for 8mm width. They will do for some things but not really keen on side entry and the 8mm is just not big enough for my UK power board I need to change over. it seems that now its strictly illegal to change them over you can't actually buy them anywhere. Anyone else had much luck?
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
It's a different wiring system over here, which I'm really not familiar with and I daren't ask my hubby (electrician) who keeps shouting at his course books
but don't worry about the lack of fuses in the plugs. I don't know the law over that way as to changing plugs, but some one will.
Oct 14th 2006, 12:14 pm
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by Wendy
We changed all our plug when we arrived. We bought some from K Mart and some from Bunnings.
It's a different wiring system over here, which I'm really not familiar with and I daren't ask my hubby (electrician) who keeps shouting at his course books but don't worry about the lack of fuses in the plugs.
I don't know the law over that way as to changing plugs, but some one will.
It's a different wiring system over here, which I'm really not familiar with and I daren't ask my hubby (electrician) who keeps shouting at his course books
but don't worry about the lack of fuses in the plugs. I don't know the law over that way as to changing plugs, but some one will.
Oct 14th 2006, 12:37 pm
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Re: Changing plugs
Bunnings is where we got ours from, they have a few different types and colours.
Oct 14th 2006, 12:52 pm
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by sparkley23
Excuse my ignorance but I need some help with changing plugs over! For a start where do you buy them? ive tried Coles, Woolies, DickSmith, KMart, Big W and all i can find are 10amp side entry for 8mm width. They will do for some things but not really keen on side entry and the 8mm is just not big enough for my UK power board I need to change over. it seems that now its strictly illegal to change them over you can't actually buy them anywhere. Anyone else had much luck?
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
Secondly, I need help with the whole lack of fuse situation. So the Aussie plugs dont have a fuse, ok, so how safe is it transferring my plugs over? Some of my appliances e.g. my hair straightners don't have an earth lead so will they be safe without a fuse?
Any help much appreciated. Adaptors are all well and good but i find the weight means they fall out of the wall socket pretty easily so want to change my plugs over asap!
Bunnings sell them in side & top entry. Available in white, grey or clear for normal or heavy duty cables as specfied on the packaging.
Socket circuit is protected by an RCD (earth leakage) so fuse is not required. Fuses in plugs are a relic of a time before RCDs.
Oct 14th 2006, 10:49 pm
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by Amazulu
Bunnings sell them in side & top entry. Available in white, grey or clear for normal or heavy duty cables as specfied on the packaging.
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That's 10 amp and 15 amp, for the non-sparkies.
Oct 15th 2006, 12:08 am
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by The Bloke
That's 10 amp and 15 amp, for the non-sparkies.
Oct 15th 2006, 7:05 am
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Re: Changing plugs
Moan for the day - why oh why are the Aussie plugs so hard to insert and why are they so close together that you can't plug some things in side by side?
One can't help thinking they were designed "just to be different"!
One can't help thinking they were designed "just to be different"!
Oct 15th 2006, 10:19 am
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by Wol
Moan for the day - why oh why are the Aussie plugs so hard to insert and why are they so close together that you can't plug some things in side by side?
One can't help thinking they were designed "just to be different"!
One can't help thinking they were designed "just to be different"!
Dec 1st 2006, 8:19 am
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TIP: Changing plugs
Handy tip for changing plugs.
Take a uk multiway (4 or 6 way) and plug all your uk plugs in like around the TV, DVD, Playstation, VCR, Stereo, and do the same for all your PC bits and bobs.
Then only change the multiway plug to Australia and not all the applicances!
Take a uk multiway (4 or 6 way) and plug all your uk plugs in like around the TV, DVD, Playstation, VCR, Stereo, and do the same for all your PC bits and bobs.
Then only change the multiway plug to Australia and not all the applicances!
Dec 1st 2006, 9:09 am
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by Wol
Moan for the day - why oh why are the Aussie plugs so hard to insert and why are they so close together that you can't plug some things in side by side?
One can't help thinking they were designed "just to be different"!
One can't help thinking they were designed "just to be different"!
.Think this is one occasion we def can moan about the quality.
Dec 1st 2006, 9:21 am
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by possoms
Dec 1st 2006, 9:49 am
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Re: Changing plugs
Originally Posted by annqldau
are the dark glasses to stop the flash after you wire it up wrong?
