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#3231924 17-May-2024 16:42

kiwijunglist: maybe this. +- shave.

https://folders.co.nz/products/240v-line-mains-power-plug

No, the cover on those ones would just fall off if any part of it was removed. Those type of plugs are terrible at having the plastic cover pull off when you remove it once they age somewhat. Cutting into it would make it do that right away.

Really the correct solution would be to get a PDU with IEC plugs on it and then use IEC male to female cables, but I guess the OP didn't know of the spacing issue when buying this and the Chinese sellers sold it as an AU plug because they are close enough in their opinion.

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#3231933 17-May-2024 16:58

Mehrts:

Would it not be easier then to replace the PDU with an Aus/NZ styled one with the correct outlet spacing?

It's for home use, so at just under 2 grand for a new one.. No..

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#3231934 17-May-2024 17:06

Oh and re the earlier comments around shank insulation. Not that I think shank insulation is particularly important.. I have hundreds of older cords/devices without the shank insulation and it's never been an issue, but it's the physical size of the plastic moulding being like that first pic that I was looking for, not the lack of shank insulation.

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#3231936 17-May-2024 17:11

Yeah I reread your original post. I was confused as to what part you needed narrower, sounded like the pins. And yes the insulation is obviously almost never going to be an issue, until it is, and then it's probably a big deal. I'd still try take the regular round plugs to a belt sander or similar.

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#3231939 17-May-2024 17:19

These are the ones i did find on Aliexpress, they have the right shape, but then have these little bits jutting out. If I can't find what I'm after I'll probably end up buying some of those and slicing along the red lines, cutting what's hopefully just a bit of redundant plastic off.

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#3231978 17-May-2024 20:52

richms: I assume any cable with that plug on it is copper clad aluminium with about 0.2mm^2 area and bin them after I found one that came with an external drive chassis got warm when running a PC.

Was talking to a sparkie today who mentioned that roughly 50% of his work involves replacing electrical things that have melted or carbonised. I also seem to recall him mentioning that it's lucky this stuff acts as inadvertent fuses or the damage could be much higher further down the track.

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#3232002 18-May-2024 00:32

Lias:
Mehrts:

Would it not be easier then to replace the PDU with an Aus/NZ styled one with the correct outlet spacing?

It's for home use, so at just under 2 grand for a new one.. No..

What’s so special about your PDU that replacing it is more than $200?

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#3232063 18-May-2024 11:09

MadEngineer:
Lias:

It's for home use, so at just under 2 grand for a new one.. No..

What’s so special about your PDU that replacing it is more than $200?

It's a Smart PDU, or in APC parlance "Switched". Mine's an older older model, but here's the cheapest APC equivalent.

Even if I moved away from APC to a lesser brand, the cheaper smart 1U 8 outlet PDU's are still $800-1200 range.

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#3232088 18-May-2024 14:03

Lias:

Oh and re the earlier comments around shank insulation. Not that I think shank insulation is particularly important.. I have hundreds of older cords/devices without the shank insulation and it's never been an issue, but it's the physical size of the plastic moulding being like that first pic that I was looking for, not the lack of shank insulation.

The lack of shank insulation, is a clear indication that the plug isn't compliant with the standard required to sell legally here. As such (unless you can find somebody illegally selling them locally), you will need to buy them from overseas.

All NZ compliant plugs seem to have fairly large coverage over the plug, so I assume this is part of the standard too, so you are not going to find what you want in mainstream retailers in NZ

I'm not ripping into you here. They are not illegal to posses, just to sell.

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