Weird and wonderful finds

[Rockingit]

I often come across the weird (to U.K.) and wonderful on my travels. Last night in a venue in Romania I found these interesting specimens which another knowledge space has decided are DIN56905 from the 70's, common for Eastern Europe / Communist block. Basically a universally polarised connector so it didn't matter which way you laid the cable. The other fascinating thing about that venue were the bullet holes that pock-marked the outside of it from top to toe from the '89 uprising!!

Pics in next box as they're on my phone....

 

[Rockingit]

 

[James]

I quite like that from a design point of view, doesn't matter if you reel your extension from the supply or load end.
I presume the Earth is the outer case of the pins, a bit like a co-axial connector.

 

[Rockingit]

I quite like that from a design point of view, doesn't matter if you reel your extension from the supply or load end.
I presume the Earth is the outer case of the pins, a bit like a co-axial connector.

No CPC!

 

[James]

No CPC!

Ah, Lol

the soviets did kind of think of their comrades as disposable.
anyway, why waste copper on a cpc, it’s only used when there is a fault and obviously nothing in Russia could be faulty!