Alternatively, you could use a three pin plug with a built-in thermostat, available from electrical retailers.

Laws changed included bunk beds, cooker design, microwave controls, the use of plastic in kitchen equipment, three pin plugs and many more.

The other method of theft is committed by using a device having a three pin plug, which is inserted in the socket affixed on the electricity switch board of a house.

Electrical appliances were fitted with 2-pin plugs and quasi-UK three pin plugs (which meant they were compatible with BS 1363 or BS 546 sockets, but the plug itself did not comply with the British Standard).

It takes seven hours to recharge, using a conventional three-pin plug.

A three-pin plug is on the underside of the butterfly.

This is also the case for Australian three-pin plugs.

The three-pin plug is a fine British thing.

There’s no jet lag, everyone speaks English and even the three-pin plugs are the same.

So I merrily went about plugging things in, marvelling at the solidity of the three-pin plug.

Most power sockets in New Zealand accept flat three-pin plugs or similar adapters.

Only use properly fused three-pin plugs.

The 29-year-old design student from South Korea knew the device would look a lot less sleek after the inclusion of a chunky British three-pin plug.

AgServices suggested three-pin plugs with timers be used that would automatically switch off equipment at the wall resulting in long-term savings.

The three-wire flex has to be fitted to a three-pin plug for safety reasons because irons must be earthed to keep it safe.

So you've been weighed down with lots of similar-looking three-pin plugs and lengthy black cables chaotically knotted in your luggage.

Also, there's no need to pack adaptors as Mauritian power sockets take three-pin plugs and the power supply is 240 volts.

The back panel is equally straightforward: detachable three-pin plug power cord socket, then a pair of output sockets for speaker connection.

The Caseys, Listri says, live in a “state of ambitious indigence”, without help from modern-day inventions such as the water boiler and the three-pin plug.

Electrical power in New Zealand is rated at 240 V, which may cause additional wear on your appliances, and wall sockets only take three-pin plugs.

Extension Cords: Extension cords must be properly wired using modern approved three-pin plugs and sockets.

Mainland China three-pin plugs cannot be converted with a British standard adaptors, which are commonly sold in Hong Kong.

Raychem Frostguard cable now comes in a range of lengths from 2m to 25m, fitted with a three-pin plug that can be plugged into any nearby socket.

The main design innovation is, where you'd expect to see a dangling light, a dangling flex with a three-pin plug socket, so you can charge your laptop whenever.

The design of the standard British three-pin plug, known as the BS 1363, has not changed since its introduction in 1947, shortly after the Second World War.

You can plug the Ampera into a domestic supply using a three-pin plug, but you should get your wiring checked out before you blow every fuse in the street.

We kept our pounds and ounces, feet and yards, three-pin plugs, right-hand drive and our position of splendid isolation, sailing into each new day an hour ahead of mainland Europe.