"Andrew Gabriel" wrote
| Also was interested to see that B&Q are selling, I think MK brand,
| round-pin plugs that aren't sleeved.
| BS546 plugs don't have sleeved pins.
| Contact is only made in the socket in the final few millimetres,
| and that combined with a minimum distance from the pin to the
| edge of the plug makes them IP2X (British Standard finger proof).
| The only special requirement is that the sockets must be shuttered
| for domestic use. Unshuttered sockets can be used in commercial/
| industrial situations.

That's the distinction I was thinking about, but confused plugs with
sockets.

Thanks

Owain