EHU connectors

Chuns

Chuns

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I'm a great believer in being able to find anything on the internet, but this one has stumped me. Maybe I am using the wrong search terms.

What is the technical name for the type of plugs (and sockets) extensively used for EHU in camping, boating, and industry? Anyone tell me, please?

Thanks, and happy New Year to all Funsters.
 
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Try a google of. 16A plug,. or socket
 

IEC 60309 309 IP449 2P+E, 6h​

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I never knew there were so many………o_Oo_Oo_O
 
Maypole and IP44 seam to be common terms .
I googled " electric huck up cable"
 
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chuns said:
I'm a great believer in being able to find anything on the internet, but this one has stumped me. Maybe I am using the wrong search terms.

What is the technical name for the type of plugs (and sockets) extensively used for EHU in camping, boating, and industry? Anyone tell me, please?

Thanks, and happy New Year to all Funsters.
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Try toolstation on screwfix ask for 2P+E, male and female, then get some good cable (3core) and make one to your preferred length
 
Ceeform 16Amp single phase 230v. They come in a multitude of sizes, colours, no of poles, current capacity and voltage. Blue is usually 230v 3 pole for single phase rated at 16, 32, 64 or 128A. Yellow for 110v. Red 3 phase etc. Just to add to the confusion, they come in differing IP (water resistant) ratings. You just need the standard 16amp 230v blue single phase. These confusingly also come in all black and all white.
 
The pic of the example from T88lstation reminds me to say that these are NOT waterproof they are only IP44 ( Look up the various grades of IP if you like)
In particular the slots, where the rotational clips are easy to see, can allow water into the terminal area. Others can leak around the cable entry area as it can be a cable grip/ clamp rather than a seal.
Thats why you shouldnt have joints in EHU cables
Just be aware
Mike
 
They are called Schuko.

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Mike800966 said:
Sorry Lenny, IP44 is just one of the dust and water standards. In fact one of the lower ones
Mike
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Just to keep you happy I've changed the "the" to an "a".
Oh boy you are picky today, if you had read my post in the Context it was intended you wouldn't have needed to comment as it was to point out that IP44 is not an electrical plug or socket.
 
Often called commando plugs and sockets
 
Sorry Lenny, you are usually completely correct and I have to admire the accuracy and help that you have given everyone in the past.
I always thought of them as BS4343 16amp 2p+e from back in my tool hire days when I never thought I would have a motorhome!
Didnt mean to be picky but if anyones interested there is a whole grade of water and dust standards
Mike XX
PS Happy New Year!
 
Thanks everybody, and thanks for information where they can be bought, but I have dozens of them. Somehow I expected there to be a generic name for them, seeing as they are in such common use.

But then an alternative thought occurred - when we talk of something on the end of the toaster's cable, it is just a 'plug'. If we were in a another country, and were looking at a toaster and its cable, it would have what the locals called a 'plug', but it would of course be a different plug from ours. They would call the one we had in our hand an "English plug". The exception to this is the Schuko plug, which tends to referred to by that name.

It is interesting that somebody new to motorhoming would have to ask for the "special" plug for an EHU cable.

Jim could give a prize for the best name suggested for it. My entry is "EHU plug". Yawn.

happy New Year, all.
 
Mike800966 said:
The pic of the example from T88lstation reminds me to say that these are NOT waterproof they are only IP44 ( Look up the various grades of IP if you like)
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Yes they are waterproof. In so far as the term 'waterproof', which is not a technical description, means anything
IP44 means 'proof against water splashes from any direction', which translates to 'rain proof' or 'weatherproof'.

They are not proof against power hoses or immersion in water, so they should be kept out of puddles. There is a version of this plug/socket that is IP67 - proof against immersion up to 1 metre depth for less half an hour. It has rubber seals and a twist-lock cap.
 

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