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charles writes:
In article , tony sayer
wrote:
In article , charles
scribeth thus
In article , Andy Burns
wrote:
John Rumm wrote:

Sounds like you are trying to plug them into a socket that is not
RJ45... A RJ45 should be about 12mm wide, with 8 poles.

A usb type A plug will *just*` fit into an ethernet socket, but not
vice-versa , though I would expect someone who sets out to make up
their own cable to know the difference!

and a 'figure of 8' mains connector will fit over 2 pins of an XLR3!


How do you find that out;?...

known it for years. Granada tv banned figure of 8 mains cables for that
reason.

Old Italian telephone plugs looked like and fitted perfectly
into our 3-pin 2A BS 546 mains sockets.

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Andrew Gabriel
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