[Steve Eddy]

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Where's the fuse/switch connected to in the unit?

I don't know. But since the cords can be connected to any other unit with an IEC, the issue remains the same.
 
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[IPodPJ]

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Mate I took a look at your first picture, are you sure you didn't balls it up? You're measuring neutral there.

 
It doesn't matter which contact is being measured.  Live must go to live, neutral must go to neutral, and earth must go to earth.

 

[Steve Eddy]

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Mate I took a look at your first picture, are you sure you didn't balls it up? You're measuring neutral there.

Yes, you're right, it's neutral. My bad.
 
But the salient point is that it's still tied to IEC hot and IEC neutral is connected to mains hot.
 
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[Steve Eddy]

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U.S. plugs are wired differently.  This has been said numerous times already.  And it doesn't matter which contact is being measured.  Live must go to live, neutral must go to neutral, and earth must go to earth.

 
No, what he means is that the probe is on the neutral blade, not the hot blade as I had said in my post.
 
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[Steve Eddy]

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I think this is what he trying to say in simple terms. Correct me if I am wrong.
 
 
        2                                    2
1              3                   1                 3                is correct
 
 
 
        2                                     2
1              3                   3                   1              is wrong
 
 

 
That's correct.
 
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[deadlylover]

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Yes, you're right, it's neutral. My bad.
 
But the salient point is that it's still tied to IEC hot and IEC neutral is connected to mains hot.
 
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No it's not.
 

 

[IPodPJ]

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No, what he means is that the probe is on the neutral blade, not the hot blade as I had said in my post.
 
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Yeah, I noticed that afterwards.  Still doesn't matter though.  L to L, N to N, E to E.
 

 

[IPodPJ]

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No it's not.

Yes, it is.  These are U.S. PLUGS.  Not AU/NZ PLUGS.
 

 

[qusp]

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Mate I took a look at your first picture, are you sure you didn't balls it up? You're measuring neutral there.

he is indeed, but it doesnt matter what the words say, its switched. there is no continuity between neutral and neutral, but there is continuiity between neutral and hot
 

 

[deadlylover]

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Yes, it is.  These are U.S. PLUGS.  Not AU/NZ PLUGS.
 

 
That would explain a great many deal, I didn't know they/we switched it around.

 
In which case, they've ballsed it up.
 
Edi: My Australian cord checked out fine by the way, but from the looks of things, they have not done the US ones properly.

 

[IPodPJ]

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That would explain a great many deal, I didn't know they/we switched it around.

 
In which case, they've ballsed it up.
 
Edi: My Australian cord checked out fine by the way, but from the looks of things, they have not done the US ones properly.

 
Whenever making a power cord for a certain country, it is important to know the wiring scheme for that country.  It is also important to have a liability insurance policy if one sells power cords.
 
 

 

[ldtboyl]

Oh my, why did I read this thread. I feel like an illiterate kid right now *searches for dummies guide on electrical wires on Google*

 

[rroseperry]

Thanks, I see I'll have to use some Google-fu about wiring too.

 

[Steve Eddy]

 
HA! Google-fu. I like that.

 
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[Beefy]

 
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^Could you translate that for the electrically illiterate?

Many appliances switch and safety-protect the hot wire only. Imagine a correctly wired toaster - when the toaster is turned 'off', the hot is effectively disconnected right where the power enters the unit. Nothing inside is live, until the circuit is completed by pushing the bread down.
 
Now imagine an incorrectly wired toaster with the hot and neutral swapped. The whole inside of the toaster is live, and the circuit could easily be completed by you touching the inside of it.
 
This is why I use double-fused IEC inlets in my projects. You never know when somebody is going to make complete balls of something upstream of your work.