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Default Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:38:29 -0500, Wolfi wrote:

All three pins on the other end of an IEC power cord are flat blades.


You're talking about this IEC (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60309) power
connector, rated from 16A up to 250A @690VAC? ;-)
But it also uses round pins, not flat ones.



No, silly. He was talking about the STANDARD US 120V IEC cord used on
nearly everything made these days, from dongles to 70" FPDs.

http://www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/t...ugs.htm&ID=346