we got a cheaply imported george formby grill from TJ hughes, with a euro to british adaptor, earthed too. the only bad thing about it is that the flex sticks out from the wall, as opposed to being parallel to the wall.
plugwash said:jj4091 said:Not sure what you mean by a european plug under the uk one
i'm assuming it was one of these
anyway as others have said you should be fine just cutting off the plug and fitting a normal british one.
I beg to differ, there are suppliers i deal with on a day to day basis that sell amongst their other stuff, equipment which they go to great deal to specify that it doesn't comply with or has approval yet they still sell it, basically they advertise it as "not approved for use in the UK"sm1thson said:hmm, its important to be cautious, and definately dont chop the plug off anything in warranty because it will invalidate it, but i cant believe there has been an instance of an insurance company (in this country) not paying out because a faulty appliance had a DIY plug on it! plugs dont come under part p and changing them doesnt violate any regulations.
if youve not changed a plug before ask a friend that has to do it. make sure a 3amp fuse is used, all connections are tight, the cordgrip is used properly and the length of the wires is such that the live would get pulled out first and the earth (where present) last, if the cordgrip were to fail.
For some time now manufacturers have been selling appliances with moulded plugs on as there has been a drive to get away from the DIY practice of installing plugs to chop off a moulded plug and replace with a wired plug would definitely be classed as modification and negate any approval sticker on said appliance, does the fact that the equipment is no longer approved allow it's use in the UK? Interesting one that.sm1thson said:Yes. But here we are talking about a product that is approved for uk. Infact ghd are or were based in ilkley. And we are talking about changing a plug. I still dont belive there has been a case of an insurance company not paying out over a correctly replaced plug.
Thanks ,that's a first,not seen one of those before.plugwash said:jj4091 said:Not sure what you mean by a european plug under the uk one
i'm assuming it was one of theese
anyway as others have said you should be fine just cutting off the plug and fitting a normal british one.
Interesting in that it's utter b*llocks. But then the truth and tim west never were best friends.tim west said:...to chop off a moulded plug and replace with a wired plug would definitely be classed as modification and negate any approval sticker on said appliance, does the fact that the equipment is no longer approved allow it's use in the UK? Interesting one that.
tim west said:...to chop off a moulded plug and replace with a wired plug would definitely be classed as modification and negate any approval sticker on said appliance
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