[PSUBS-MAILIST] How to wire a plug?

[Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles]

Hmmm... sounds silly but maybe plug it in using a travel adapter?

:)

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 6:25 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Yes, I am going to ask how to wire a plug....
>
> Maybe some electrical guru can assist in this issue.
>
> Here in Guernsey, we get a lot of stuff from mainland Europe.  Which
> come with a 2 pin euro plug, that doesn't fit with our UK sockets.  So
> you just chop the plug off and fit a 3 pin UK one.  Done it hundreds
> of times.  Standard thing.
>
> I bought this bandsaw from Austria.  Chopped the plug off and wired up
> a UK one.  Doesn't work.  Either just doesn't switch on or trips the
> main breaker.
>
> I thought maybe it was wired reversed as with the euro plugs, you can
> put them in either way.  No different.
>
> With the euro plug, the earth is not connected if you force it into
> the socket like your not supposed to do but everyone does.  So I
> thought maybe there was a fault with the machine and with the earth
> connected on the UK plug, it was tripping the breaker.  Tested with no
> earth.  No different.
>
> Basically it will ONLY work with the Euro plug it came with forced
> into the uk wall socket.
>
> Wall socket tested with other appliances, all ok.
>
> I asked the guy in the workshop next to me who is a professional
> electrician.  After he had mocked me for not being able to wire a
> plug, he looked at it and was utterly baffled.
>
> See pics.  Ignore the temporary wiring bodge, I was putting it back
> together temporarily to prove a point.  I was super careful.
>
> Any ideas anyone?  Seems really odd.  I
>
> Regards
> James
>
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