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G0TEZ/TPK 1.83c Num 263 05-08-02T11:05:39 GMT: COLNE,Lancs:
Hello Allen.
I mentioned Clix plugs early on in this topic, you maybe missed
that bull, and how I got a severely burnt right hand from a couple that
had carbonised and flashed over.
I never saw a Clix plug in the UK after 1960 and good riddance.
For those who don't know, the Clix plug was a two round pin plug where
the pins were like split pins so that they could grip the ends of a mains
lead when pushed home. No need for screws. The problems were that, they
were not polarised making live and neutral interchangeable, they could
very easily fit into the bayonet convertors plugged in light sockets and
quite easily fall out again. They only consisted of two parts, a flat,
disc shaped section onto which the top dome shaped part, with it's single,
central hole,fitted. About two turns of thread and no cord grip.
The mains leads could easily come loose, causing arcing,sparking and shorts.
No in line fuses BTW.
All the above plus their very cheap, flimsy construction, made them an
accident waiting to happen.
I can only presume that they were made illegal by 1960 in the UK and
rightly so.
All the best *
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