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We had something similar years ago. I may have mentioned it once or twice on here.

Not me but my dad. Years ago when we moved into our first house with grass in the garden, my dad bought an electric lawnmower. It was a standard cylinder mower that had been converted to electric by bolting a washing machine motor onto it, fitting a couple of pulleys (one to the motor, one to the cylinder) with a fan belt connecting them together. There was no on/off switch but the weirdest thing was that the power cord came from the motor to a socket outlet that was mounted on the frame. The extension lead was a lead that had a three pin plug AT BOTH ENDS. He brought it home and told me to plug it in in the house, I warned him that the pins on the plug at his end would be live, he said something like “Don’t be effing stupid”, touched them and got thrown across the garden! He still used it for a while but remembered to plug the lawnmower end in first. Oh, and someone had to remain indoors to man the plug switch when it needed switching off.
 
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You'd be surprised how many hedge trimmers, lawn mowers etc I have seen over the decades with these two part plug/ sockets fitted the wrong way round.

Makes you shudder....
 
One has to wonder how this can happen. It's not as if it could have been done deliberately for some (cost-saving or whatever) reasons - it would have been just as easy to do it correctly. It seems simply that no-one involved in the manufacture 'had a clue'!
 
You'd be surprised how many hedge trimmers, lawn mowers etc I have seen over the decades with these two part plug/ sockets fitted the wrong way round.

Makes you shudder....
Been a few on here too, I had one a short while ago where the pair of connectors were purchased from a 'shed' and assembled incorrectly, I was amazed how they jumped into action and checked their total stock across the country.

Starts at #17 https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/repairing-lawnmover-cable.434565/page-2#post-4226095
 
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One has to wonder how this can happen. It's not as if it could have been done deliberately for some (cost-saving or whatever) reasons - it would have been just as easy to do it correctly. It seems simply that no-one involved in the manufacture 'had a clue'!
I have no idea but the fact that all 3 are the same, someone obviously thought it was correct.
 
Clearly someone that has not got a dicky bird as to how electrical things work.

I know, lets all report it, might help get it removed quicker :)
 
One has to wonder how this can happen. It's not as if it could have been done deliberately for some (cost-saving or whatever) reasons - it would have been just as easy to do it correctly. It seems simply that no-one involved in the manufacture 'had a clue'!
I presume the light comes from the factory with a short flex and either no plug or a foreign plug. I googled what I could read of the label and found what appears to be the same light with a moulded schuko plug https://www.stagelamps.co.uk/store/led-par56-short-black. If quizzed about the plugs and sockets safety regulations the distributors will probably say the lights are "not intended for domestic use".

The customer then fits a plug or connector to suit their setup. In larger orgs this will be done by someone who hopefully has some level of electrical training, but there are lots of small bands, magicians, DJs and so-on out there who aren't going to have any specific electrical staff.

Why use the connectors backwards? maybe it was ignorance, maybe it was a deliberate ploy to stop people taking the leads. I have certainly got the impression that there are some in the entertainment industry with a somewhat cavalier attitude to electrical safety.
 
I presume the light comes from the factory with a short flex and either no plug or a foreign plug. .... The customer then fits a plug or connector to suit their setup.
Yes, I imagine that's the most likely scenario.
In larger orgs this will be done by someone who hopefully has some level of electrical training, but there are lots of small bands, magicians, DJs and so-on out there who aren't going to have any specific electrical staff.
All true. However, I would suspect that a significant proportion of sane people with no electrical training would probably see that there was a danger in doing it as it was done!
Why use the connectors backwards? maybe it was ignorance, maybe it was a deliberate ploy to stop people taking the leads.
Yes, both are possible.
 
I presume the light comes from the factory with a short flex and either no plug or a foreign plug. I googled what I could read of the label and found what appears to be the same light with a moulded schuko plug https://www.stagelamps.co.uk/store/led-par56-short-black. If quizzed about the plugs and sockets safety regulations the distributors will probably say the lights are "not intended for domestic use".

The customer then fits a plug or connector to suit their setup. In larger orgs this will be done by someone who hopefully has some level of electrical training, but there are lots of small bands, magicians, DJs and so-on out there who aren't going to have any specific electrical staff.

Why use the connectors backwards? maybe it was ignorance, maybe it was a deliberate ploy to stop people taking the leads. I have certainly got the impression that there are some in the entertainment industry with a somewhat cavalier attitude to electrical safety.
Well I'll say all showtec products are available with moulded 13A plugs, however Thomann in Germany are always a good price... It would have been easier to purchase shuko extension leads at the same time and replace with a 13A plug:D;)
 

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