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"Tim S" wrote in message
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Personally, if you really want a fixed Shuko (as opposed to the very good
suggestions here of using a travel adaptor or shuko-strip) I would
install it off the end of a switched fused connection unit, fused
correctly for the
application.

that's what i'll do, have it on a travel adaptor at the moment, but dont
like it, sticks out a lot, looks ugly, and after a few days the 2 plugs
seem to be hanging from the sockets... prolly me catching the wire
slightly.

the sockets in the games room are all at chest of shoulder height, so the
machines can be switched on and off easily and we dont leave one of them
on by mistake as would be the case if we had to crawl under the
desks/machines to get at a floor level socket (im prolly breaking regs
having the 13 amp sockets where i do anyway)

just it would look a hell of a lot neater to have a proper wall mounted
shuko socket or 2 next to the 13 amp sockets, as i plan to get another
pinball machine sometime, and the best ones come from germany,

also just noticed the travel adaptor i have in use dosent earth the shuko
socket, so i may as well have stuck a screwdriver in the earth hole of the
13 amp socket to open the shutters, and jammed the shuko's pins in the
power holes.

I'll just add to that, if using a switched fused unit, make sure that it's a
double pole switch, as the shuko is polarity-reversible (as pointed out by
everyone else). That will avoid an edge case of you thinking you've shut it
off, then fiddling inside your pinball machine and getting a nasty
surprise.

eg:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/93481/...-13A-DP-Sw-FCU

You'd have unplugged the machine in this case, of course, but, well, you
know...

Cheers

Tim