Am 02.07.07 19.07 schrieb Spurious Response:
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:16:30 -0500, Wolfi wrote:

2 and 3 prong plugs and
receptacles not having strain relief... they don't need it. If one
remains within the specs for their use, the outlet/plug combo never sees
any particularly high mechanical stresses placed on it.
Having seen plenty of badly bent contact blades on vacuum, TV set, computer &
monitor, power drill and other shop devices' power cords, I strongly disagree.


What part of "if one remains within the specs for their use..." do you
not understand?

I don't know. Apparently those specs are either missing completely on those
devices' power cords I came across so far, or they are written so tiny, that
not a single one of their owners could read them either.

And, If I plug in that forementioned air compressors power cord and it comes
out of the socket again just by the weight of the cable pulling on it, which
spec applies for it then?

It just prooves my point that it is a poor system having all the weight/pull
on a cable being put on the electric contacts rather than to the largest
degree on the housing.