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[ipf]

'13 amp Plug top' for me, too. There can be all sorts and types of plugs......including them what hold the water in me bath....

edit..^^beat me to it.
OK.....for sticking in your ears.

 

[davesparks]

The term 'plug top' is correct when referring to a 13A mains plug.

Not any more it isn’t, that terminology was changed many years ago.

 

[DPG]

Not any more it isn’t, that terminology was changed many years ago.

Hasn't become wrong - it's been just shortened over the years, like photo, bus and phone. Nobody one day said 'right lads, it's not plug top any more'.

 

[GeorgeCooke]

If it is a plugtop what is it on top of?

 

[DPG]

If it is a plugtop what is it on top of?

I give up? Was that in a Christmas cracker or something?

Have a check on Google - you will see they were orignally (and still are by many) referred to as plug tops.

 

[GeorgeCooke]

Because many refer to them wrongly does not make it right.

 

[DPG]

Because many refer to them wrongly does not make it right.

It is not wrong, although I agree it isn't used much these days. I suggest you read some old books on electrical engineering, installation, etc. It is the full name for a plug. It never meant the top cover of a plug!

 

[DPG]

A quick Google check shows that at least Farnell, Tool Station and Amazon still refer to them as plug top, amongst others.

Don't know why I'm banging on about it really, I wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't criticised someone for using correct terminology originally.

 

[Dave OCD]

I fitted literally dozens of plug tops in the 1st year of my apprenticeship, all MK and they had 'Hospital Property' embossed on the cover in red, didn't stop one or two going missing over the years though.

 

[DPG]

Just fitted an MK plug top (complete with proper knurled screw terminal tops) to a 1970s ghetto blaster. Lovely quality. The plug and the radio!