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Dangerous: Male IEC lead
"John"

** Looking at the IEC female plug, with the earth pin uppermost,
then from left to right it is : Neutral - Earth - Active.
The IEC female plug is known as a C13.
It is " female " because it has sockets, not pins !!
That idiotic web page you found from some half witted compewter geek
got everything 100 % dead WRONG.
The imbecile who wrote it does not even know male from female.
IMPORTANT:
The IEC male socket ( aka C14) must NEVER be attached to the end of a AC
power cord - since that creates a 100% LETHAL male to male lead.
....... Phil

Re: Dangerous: Male IEC lead

Then you didn't look very close. 'L", 'N', and 'E' are shown,
exactly where Switchcraft molds it into their products. It is visible
on their EAC227, EAC327, EAC309,EAC315, and EAC311 drawings.
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Re: Dangerous: Male IEC lead
"aussiblu"

** The problem seems to be with the meaning of the terms " plug" and "socket
".
The common IEC C13 " plug " is a female connector - for obvious safety
reasons. It *plugs* into a mating socket which is male, since it has
pins.
The way most makers have long described connectors like these is to
completely AVOID the use of " plug " and " socket" .
Instead, the terms " line male" or "line female" are used for ones that
attach to cables & " panel male " or " panel female" for the ones that
mount on equipment.
This pretty much eliminates the ambiguity of " plug " and " socket " -
for most people that is.
There is no accounting for autistic IT geeks lacking even one scintilla of
common sense or it seems the basics of the "birds and bees" .
..... Phil

Re: Dangerous: Male IEC lead

Firstly it can't really be wrong since no connection details are given.
Secondly why would anyone trust Wikipedia anyway? Sometimes it might be
right of course, but knowing when it is frequently wrong is the problem. And
if you are already sure, why bother looking?
MrT.
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