BS1363 Plugs, should ferules always be used with them or is it just a nicety?
BS1363 Plugs, should ferules always be used with them or is it just a nicety?
So like many people of my generation, I was taught how to wire a typic UK plug falling under the BS1363 standard when I was younger and have seen so many people wire/re-wire the typical UK plugs over the years, yet very few if any use ferules with the wire cores, whether it be the uninsulated or insulted variety of ferule; yet pre-wired plugs normally have ferules or crimps on the wire cores, which I believe may be a requirement to get CE certification.
So my question is, should/must...
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by eveares
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BS1363 Plugs, should ferules always be used with them or is it just a nicety?
So like many people of my generation, I was taught how to wire a typic UK plug falling under the BS1363 standard when I was younger and have seen so many people wire/re-wire the typical UK plugs over the years, yet very few if any use ferules with the wire cores, whether it be the uninsulated or insulted variety of ferule; yet pre-wired plugs normally have ferules or crimps on the wire cores, which I believe may be a requirement to get CE certification.
So my question is, should/must...
Read more
by eveares
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum