Unidentified Power Socket
11 Apr 2005Ironically found on an UPS… but enough of the bad puns. Does anyone know what this connector is?
It’s marked as being 20 amp, but it’s only got three cores in a sort of quasi-3 phase connector (I think there’s a word/brand for that which I should know but don’t) which is missing two cores. The closest thing I’ve found is a forum posting (second post from bottom on page) which claims these are used for single-phase staging/event gear at least in the UK (they use the same voltages as Australia, I think), with 63A, 32A and 16A varieties available (connectors are physically different sizes, and coloured blue to mark them as single phase, as opposed to the conventionally red/orange 3 phase connectors). I assume that the Clipsal labelling of the socket as 20A simply refers to the maximum socket load rather than what the device behind the socket is happy driving… but maybe not.
Anyone seen these things before?