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G6KUI > INFO 18.07.02 17:22l 23 Lines 628 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Lights,lamps,plugs and sockets.
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Harry M1BYT wrote.....
}
} I recall 'plug' was often confusingly used to mean a 'wall socket' even
} amongst the professionals in the 60's, with the item which plugged into
} it being called the 'plug top'. Ask for a 'wall plug' and you might well
} find yourself handed a Rawlplug. All very confusing.
}
A "plug" is MALE, and a "socket" is FEMALE, but they both are connectors.
A plug shouldn't fit into another plug and a socket shouldn't fit another
socket.
It seems that the 60's was a very confusing time for some - they got the
male and female all mixed up !! :-(((
73, Pete G6KUI
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