Gunther: "HP Audio Oscillator" ????
PLEASE Be Specific, model number ? ==== HP and Office machine mfg. used a proprietary 3-pin Oval connector in 1950s and 1960s. The HP Audio Oscillators "bridged" this period --- so the connector changed -- deoendung on mfg. date. The Oval connector is sometimes identifued as AC-3G, and the plug as PH-163 There are TWO cable sets: Volex (Belden) P/N: 17280 10 B1 ; Belden P/N: 17952 (Reverse polarity, Line/Neutral swap)
--- STANDARDS : Beginning in 1970, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) released IEC 320
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as its first attempt to Globally standardize Appliance Power Connectors (on appliance)
A separate effort has been working to standardize the commercial AC power voltages and its power pkugs/sockets.
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IEC 60320 Appliance couplers for household and similar general purposes (Today's standard).
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Reference Chart
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