Tim Downie wrote:

Anyone else think that the illustrated plug looks a bit odd? The earth
wire looks thinner than the others and appears to be solid cored. In
fact, it looks like it's been photoshopped in afterwards into a picture

Indeed, having just magnified it, it does look faked. The shadow from
the earth being cast in a different direction to that from the fuse
being another clue.

of a two core wired plug. The live & neutral look to be tinned with
solder which I thought was a no-no.

Yup, not good practice.

At least they show the earth as a little longer than the others...



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Cheers,

John.

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