"Lobster" wrote in message
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I'm in the middle of wiring up a cable for an electrical hook up to be
used while camping in France. I have a French 3-pin plug bought there on
a previous visit, but in opening it up I find there's absolutely no
indication which of the two power pins is live and neutral. Doesn't it
matter?

I will be using the cable with an RCD device; won't that object and trip
out if the wiring's the wrong way round? Or is it a case of "suck it and
see" when I get to France, and if it's wrong, reverse the wiring?

Thanks
David

You can get the proper adaptor from a caravan shop or Towsure, but be
careful some sites in France use the same blue plug as our sites, I have 3
different adapters - two with the French plugs, one with reversed polarity
and the other as normal then I also have a short lead of male and female
blue plugs with the polarity reversed because 'yes' I have come across that
aswell! Its also useful having a blue plug with a uk three pin socket on the
end so you can plug a tester in to test for correct polarity or earth faults
before using the correct adaptor to hook up.
Steve.