Hi can anybody tell me what electrical plugs are fitted to appliances in oz thank you

Australian ones?

go to bunnings on arrival get a load of 10amp plug tops about 2.5 dollars each
and change them over. please dont use adaptors as they are bloody dangerous

also remember never to have your washing machine and tumble dryer on together...10amp doesn't go far....power cuts

why are the adapters dangerous? (as you can tell by that question i know NOTHING about this subject) is it best not to use them at all?..

Australian plugs can look like this


or this

that has cleared things up for me somewhat....

adaptors dont have an earth pin ( see picture enclosed ) and unless your equipment is double insulated
( usually marked with a square within a square ) then i wouldnt use one

why steve??

because if there should be a problem,
the circuit cannot de energise as the earth in effect is disconnected,
so in the event of an earth fault any the body / chassis that was made of metal could become live,

not good

You can get 3 pin adaptors, but most common are just 2 pin.

Stev'o is right when he says the adaptors are crap, also very dangerous in my opinion, hell for a few dollars whats the problem in changing to the accepted standard within Australia don't forget you may be here for the rest of your life.???

I've noticed bunnings plugs arent very forgiving if you have a large cable (ie one that is 3core double insulated) like the ones you get on kettles, vacuums, dryers... Anyone know where i can get plugs that can accomodate larger cables?

mark213,
You may want to look at the current demand for the larger cables, if the appliance is drawing more than 10 amp then you will require a larger cable maybe 2.5mm orange flex also if your drawing more than 10 amp you will have to have a 15amp GPO (Power point) installed with a 15 amp plug top they have a larger earth pin & are also more robust.

Pretty sure they dont pull more than 10A as this is a standard kettle, toaster, vacuum etc.... Problem is they all have 3-cores with quite a thick cable around it. I just recall having trouble trying to squeeze the cables in to the plug even for my electric toothbrush which is only 2 core and draws at most 100mA!!! Was wondering if there is plugs available that support slightly larger cables?

pull the black cord gripper out its only for real small cables

When you say dont use adaptors do you mean the travel ones?

I have read on hear that the best thing to do is to take lots of extension leads and then just change the plug on that !

What do you think off that?

will this be ok to do, dont want to put us at risk for a few dollars as you rightly said.