On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:59:45 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
waxed lyrical about:

In article ,
wrote:
Thanks for that Dave,

they've got the Bulgin PX0770 at CPC
http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSea...sp?sku=CN01755

Yup - that's the one. You simply remove the earth pin - ok if the device
you're feeding doesn't need an earth like most CDs etc.

It says on the CPC page that the plug is no longer manufactured but it
appears that they'll still let you order it - I'd take a flyer on it
without checking the sizes as it's only about £2.50 but once they add
on a 'handling charge' it goes up to just under a tenner!!

I always manage to find plenty else to order to go above that handling
charge. ;-) FWIW I think I paid about a quid more than that for these ones
- possibly from Maplin.

There's a datasheet for the plug/socket available at
http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/41789.pdf so I can check the sizes
tonight (and look around for somewhere cheaper)

Buy several to put you over the 10 quid limit and punt the rest on Ebay?
;-)
snip

I couldn't find them elsewhere (probably because they're 'no longer
manufactured') so I've had to bite the bullet and order from CPC (a
tenner... grrrr!). Just have to hope that they can still supply it.

I tried your 'buy several' advice but the handling charge was still
being applied even when the ex-vat price was over £10 and I couldn't
see sense in pushing it up much further than that as CPC is expensive
for most of the items that I'd be likely to use in the short-term -
and if I buy stuff for the long-term they'll most likely get put away
so safely for the future that I'll never find them again :-)

Perry