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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I think I heard something about them being discontinued on H&S grounds
and the usual suspects do not seem to stock them.

Urban myth which pushed up the secondhand prices. ;-)

All the usual suspects stock them - RS Components etc.

They're safer than any other form of temporary connection like a connector
strip.

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*OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?

Dave Plowman London SW
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