two-pin plug

Earthed sockets are designed to be incompatible with two-pin plugs.

Never put a two-pin plug in a three-pin socket.

However, carry a continental adaptor as most sockets take two-pin plugs.

Note that power outlets only accept flat three or two-pin plugs, depending on whether an earth connection is fitted.

This sounds relatively straightforward but is confused when you find a two-pin plug and a five-pin socket!

She'd found the power point and an adaptor that fed a two-pin plug, and her fingers were tapping frantically at the keyboard once more.

Appliances marked 'Double insulated - do not earth' have a two-wire cord and two-pin plug which can be plugged into a normal power point.

These were clearly recognisable as two-pin plugs and sockets, but with no indication as to pin size or spacing, they were sold as pairs.

For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it `THIS WAY UP'.

Clever wiring Flash dash "These wires were then joined to two-pin plugs which link into corresponding sockets on the wiring loom.

There are ten pairs of letters and the two-pin plugs at each end of a piece of wire are plugged into the letter sockets given, i.e.

The cable is fitted with a two-pin plug, the card has four connector pins - make your second call to the technical support service (or read our Fax Box).

In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta, there is a two-pin plug and socket for use with electric shavers and toothbrushes.

They must accept UK shaver plugs complying with BS 4573 and also Europlugs and American two-pin plugs.

Europlugs are also not compatible with the similar looking BS 4573 (UK Shaver) two-pin plugs although some sockets are designed to accept either type of plug.

Crompton and Company introduced the first two-pin socket with protective shutters in 1893, the Edison Swan Company was also manufacturing two-pin plug and sockets in the 1890s.

It is more usual to find shaver supply units meeting BS EN 61558-2-5 which include an isolation transformer and usually accept multiple two-pin plug types including BS 4573, Europlug and Australian.

There is a specific requirement in the standard to ensure that Europlugs and other two-pin plugs may not be used with BS 1363 sockets It shall not be possible to operate a shutter by inserting a 2-pin plug into a 3-pin socket-outlet.

Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom have square three-pin plugs but, in general, all other EU countries have two-pin plugs. These may vary but you should be able to use your appliances, such as hairdryers and shavers, anywhere.

For example, one end of the Connecting Cord MC-17S plugged into the seven-pin socket as shown in Figure 6 (right) to enable the triggering of a second camera, which was connected to the two-pin plug at the other end of the cord.