Being registered.............

[Midwest]

Asides from being entirely irrelevant to the thread, he actually doesn't.

Oh dear.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I think politics, religion and gender should be kept out of all threads and posts.

 

[UNG]

I think politics, religion and gender should be kept out of all threads and posts.

So how would we describe male and female plugs and sockets then

 

[partplonker]

So how would we describe male and female plugs and sockets then

aren't sockets always female and plugs always male, so the sexy qualifier is redundant?

 

[pc1966]

aren't sockets always female and plugs always male, so the sexy qualifier is redundant?

Not always, as some treat plug as the cable bit and socket as the fixed bit, and either can have pin (male) or receptacle (female) style connections.

Also you get some hermaphrodite connectors as well, but only one I know of (having used them years ago) was the obsolete General Radio type:

GR connector - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And you get some that can be either the screwed on bit, or the one being screwed on as your fancy takes you, sometimes referred to as "genderless" such as the old-ish (and very expensive) APC7 sort:

APC-7 connector - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[7029 dave]

I still call 20mm couplers "socket"

 

[partplonker]

Not always, as some treat plug as the cable bit and socket as the fixed bit, and either can have pin (male) or receptacle (female) style connections.

Also you get some hermaphrodite connectors as well, but only one I know of (having used them years ago) was the obsolete General Radio type:

GR connector - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And you get some that can be either the screwed on bit, or the one being screwed on as your fancy takes you, sometimes referred to as "genderless" such as the old-ish (and very expensive) APC7 sort:

APC-7 connector - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yeah, anything goes in Band I, but I can't think of anything Band II where that isn't the case? Otherwise you'd have a plug with live, touchable pins!

 

[UNG]

I still call 20mm couplers "socket"

Do you use male bushes with them

 

[7029 dave]

Do you use male bushes with them

yup

 

[pc1966]

Yeah, anything goes in Band I, but I can't think of anything Band II where that isn't the case? Otherwise you'd have a plug with live, touchable pins!

All that matters is you can't touch that, as MC Hammer put it. Usually that means the source of power is connected to the female part, and its diameter (and related insulation) is below finger penetrating size.

You could have a male pin with surrounding insulation sheath tube that makes it untouchable, but for mains use you are down to using the usual suspects (country-specific, or the more global IEC & commando style, etc).