Ash
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hey, I'm still a student doing the level 2 2330 so pardon my ignorance.
A small speaker system just got delivered to my house today. I unpacked it all and saw the plug was a 2 pin plug:
http://www.leadsdirect.co.uk/images/technical/Euro%202%20pin.jpg
At first I was annoyed that it wasn't English, then I thought, why don't I just rewire it. Then it struck me, before I chop this off, is it going to have an earth? The wire itself looked too small to have an earth. My question is, why does it not have one, and according to this website
The other thing I also noticed, is it won't have a fuse inside?
So if I rewire it, I guess I just wire the line and neutral and forget the cpc?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are Europe and America not that over-cautious about their electrical appliances?
A small speaker system just got delivered to my house today. I unpacked it all and saw the plug was a 2 pin plug:
http://www.leadsdirect.co.uk/images/technical/Euro%202%20pin.jpg
At first I was annoyed that it wasn't English, then I thought, why don't I just rewire it. Then it struck me, before I chop this off, is it going to have an earth? The wire itself looked too small to have an earth. My question is, why does it not have one, and according to this website
I was under the impression everything needed to be earthed?A 2 pin Euro plug. Note that this has no earth connection, and may not be used on any appliance that needs to be earthed.
The other thing I also noticed, is it won't have a fuse inside?
So if I rewire it, I guess I just wire the line and neutral and forget the cpc?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are Europe and America not that over-cautious about their electrical appliances?