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Advice in case I'm wrong re wiring a plug.

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I finally the right plug for the job, but just want to be sure the the 2 wired extension cord goes in the left and right connection, nothing in the middle. Please confirm.

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9 minutes ago, giddyup said:

I finally the right plug for the job, but just want to be sure the the 2 wired extension cord goes in the left and right connection, nothing in the middle. Please confirm.

Confirmed.

Leave the middle without any connection.

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1 minute ago, KittenKong said:

Yes. The middle is the earth (ground).

Thanks, I thought so, but better safe than sorry.

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Also make sure that the outside isolation is intact until the small bracket which closes it. See picture

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Yes, yes, yes ????

 

And don't forget to thread the cover onto the cable before you do the connections :whistling:

"I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"

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and don't forget to put the male connector on the appliance and the female on the extension lead

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:
23 hours ago, giddyup said:

I finally the right plug for the job, but just want to be sure the the 2 wired extension cord goes in the left and right connection, nothing in the middle. Please confirm.

Confirmed.

Leave the middle without any connection.

 

 

is your advice normally to intentionally omit the "ground" ??

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15 minutes ago, atyclb said:
23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:
23 hours ago, giddyup said:

I finally the right plug for the job, but just want to be sure the the 2 wired extension cord goes in the left and right connection, nothing in the middle. Please confirm.

Confirmed.

Leave the middle without any connection.

is your advice normally to intentionally omit the "ground" ??

Many cables and many wall outlets in Thailand don't have ground.

The OP wrote about 2 wires = there is no ground wire.

 

When I googled for a picture with the isolation above I saw a picture that someone connected the ground wire together with another wire on one of the main pins. That is obviously wrong and very dangerous. That is why I mentioned above - just to be sure.

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9 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Many cables and many wall outlets in Thailand don't have ground.

The OP wrote about 2 wires = there is no ground wire.

 

When I googled for a picture with the isolation above I saw a picture that someone connected the ground wire together with another wire on one of the main pins. That is obviously wrong and very dangerous. That is why I mentioned above - just to be sure.

You are correct, there are only two wires in the extension cord, no earth wire, so the middle terminal is left open.

14 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Many cables and many wall outlets in Thailand don't have ground.

The OP wrote about 2 wires = there is no ground wire.

 

When I googled for a picture with the isolation above I saw a picture that someone connected the ground wire together with another wire on one of the main pins. That is obviously wrong and very dangerous. That is why I mentioned above - just to be sure.

 

 

reasonable. i usually use grounded cables or add one if original doesnt have

36 minutes ago, atyclb said:

 

 

is your advice normally to intentionally omit the "ground" ??

Two wire extension cable most likely for a double insulated garden tool.

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1 minute ago, atyclb said:

 

 

reasonable. i usually use grounded cables or add one if original doesnt have

That only works if all your power outlets are grounded as well, and there's actually an earth wire buried in the ground somewhere.

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Just now, Fruit Trader said:

Two wire extension cable most likely for a double insulated garden tool.

Electric mower.

If you want a way to remember (US standard), looking at a male plug head on, when ground is down white is right.  White being input low. Standard wiring in the US is black, white, green.  The 220 equivalent is brown, blue, green.  

 

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Electric mower.

Better have a circuit braker as well. Hopefully you already have.

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15 hours ago, hugocnx said:

Better have a circuit braker as well. Hopefully you already have.

Yes, I do, and plug wired successfully and working fine. Thanks to all for the advice.

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