On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:25:05 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
) How did the missuse of the term 'Kettle lead' come about? (when I
first saw both I realised there was a difference and guessed for a
good reason)?

It may have started in broadcasting - at least that's where I first heard
it when IECs started replacing XRL LNE mains connectors - and falling out.
;-)

Ah, I used to work with kit (and would sometimes add to our servers
etc) a clipped version of the socket that stopped the plug falling out
... ;-)

All the best ..

T i m