On 10 Oct, 22:27, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
cut the plug off the new one, feed the flex through the hole then, and
fit a new plug.

The flex is too short to do that already (it barely reaches the top of
the fridge as it is...

Dispose of the cut-off plug carefully.

Nah, give it to the kids to play with :-p

I've always been amused by the warning on this item in the RS
catalogue: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...ct&R=048920 1
"Warning
The free end of these cable assemblies must be terminated prior to
inserting the mains plug into a live socket"