Discuss; Plugull - The removable plug attachment - any good?

[NDG Elecs]

Plugull

The plug-removal attachment that makes ‘pulling the plug’ easy!

www.jmldirect.com

I feel that given the longer length of the earth pin it will actually stress the plug and the socket. British plugs can be a bugger to pull at times, but I don't think this is the answer..

 

[Midwest]

Can’t see that making it any easier to pull the plug. Bit like the problem Boris had.

 

[PEG]

This is because,only the rightful king of England,can withdraw the sacred plug...?

 

[littlespark]

Another innovation that no one knew we needed from JML!

Look out in your local garden centre for the little advertising tv screens, video on loop, showing how easy it is to pull a plug out using one of these pieces of crap.
But two pack, only to get them home and find it. Doesn’t. Make. It. Easier!

Using that thing, you’re physically pulling down on the pins. We’re going to get a lot of work replacing sockets that have become loose.

I’m sure there’s something else on the market that is more horizontally placed and wraps round the side, or glued to the back of the plug??

 

[Pete999]

Plugull

The plug-removal attachment that makes ‘pulling the plug’ easy!

www.jmldirect.com

I feel that given the longer length of the earth pin it will actually stress the plug and the socket. British plugs can be a bugger to pull at times, but I don't think this is the answer..

Would be better to have a plug with a ring or grip on the back of the top cover like some of the plugs for people with poor dexterity.

 

[pirate]

By an amazing coincidence yesterday I was sifting through a box of electrical stuff donated to the Men's Shed branch near me, and I came across a packet of "plug-pullers" by Kleeneze...remember them?
Basically, a plastic ring and a flat base, moulded plastic, with a self adhesive pad to stick on the front of the plug. Also in this box were several 13A plugs with these devices attached, and they can be dated by the fact that these plugs didn't have insulated L and N pins. I tried to pull the "pullers" away from the plugs but they were solid! Seems like the adhesive lasts! Pity I didn't take any pics...

 

[westward10]

This sort of thing has been around for years, a bit unsightly but they serve a better purpose.

BG PT13HW 13A Fused Plug With Handle - WhiteDefault Title

13A FUSED PLUG WITH HANDLE - WHITE Indoor Use Only White Fitted Handle 13 Amp Fuse

www.sparkswarehouse.com

 

[R-fur]

Anything that stops the plug from being fully inserted cant be good.

 

[Marvo]

These things or at least variations of them have been around for decades.

These are the type that are available local to me....they're for the 16Amp 3-pin plugs we have but there's similar for the 13A UK plugs as well.

I think they serve a purpose for old people and maybe arthritis sufferers who don't have much strength in their fingers but the one's you've highlighted will tend to pull the plug out skew and only allow one finger to be used.

 

[davesparks]

These are the type that are available local to me....they're for the 16Amp 3-pin plugs we have but there's similar for the 13A UK plugs as well.

As far as I know your 16A plugs are identical to our 15A BS546 plugs, they copied the standard and added an extra amp.

 

[Marvo]

As far as I know your 16A plugs are identical to our 15A BS546 plugs, they copied the standard and added an extra amp.

Yes you're right. Our plugs are the old unfused BS456 round pin plugs (covered by the local regs SANS164-1 and SANS164-2) and I'd guess they're a throwback to the days of British involvement in SA. I'm also not sure where the extra Amp came from but I prefer them to the BS456 plug that is a killer when you stand on one that's laying on the floor pins-up whilst you're stumbling through the darkness heading for the bathroom in the middle of the night.

 

[Strima]

These devices stop the plug from being fully inserted which may in turn lead to poor connections and overheating.

 

[Marvo]

I'm not sure about the type in the OP above but the type sold here are very thin, maybe 0.5mm or even less. They don't make any significant difference to the depth the plug goes into the socket.