What do you call the plug with no name?

[telectrix]

all depends on the plug. if it's a qualified plug, call it "mate". if it's an apprentice plug, call it "Oi You"

 

[Charlie_]

Just watch you don’t sit on one, you might end up with a butt plug!

 

[Andy78]

Just watch you don’t sit on one, you might end up with a butt plug!

 

[Doomed]

'C' form or commando

 

[Chris1234]

24v is Pink

 

[MJPD29]

Commando, never heard of anyone referring to them by anything else either

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Within the events industry, it’s always a ceeform, although not all domestic sparks are familiar with this, or indeed 7909, however all sparks are familiar with them referred to as commandos.

 

[DPG]

Where did the 'Commando ' name originate from? Anyone know?

 

[westward10]

MK called them Commando plugs/connectors.

 

[DPG]

Cheers!

 

[Lucien Nunes]

It's MK's trademark and well known now, but I don't recall them having much market penetration in the earlier days of IEC309. I wonder how high their profile is outside the UK? It would be ironic for an internationally standardised design to be best known by the local manufacturers' names. The USA knows them as 'pin and sleeve' which is a rather broad description, but distinguishes them from plugs with flat prongs or blades which have always been more common there.

Schuko is also a trademark, owned by an association rather than any one manufacturer. The name is known globally, and is pretty much the only standard name for that type of plug in dozens of countries. You can ask for a Schuko plug in Spain, Iceland, Hungary or Switzerland, all of which have very different languages, and you will be understood. The word 'Schuko' is a contraction of 'Schutz-Kontakt' meaning earth contact, but this is incidental to non-German-speakers.

Perhaps we could do the same for 60309. We should think up a catchy name and popularise it, form an association, then once the name starts to gain traction we sell licences to manufacturers who want to market their 60309 product using that name.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Emails from event organisers often refer to them not by name, but by size/flavour - e.g. 63/3, 63/1, 32/3, 32/1, 16/1. Some believe there's a 64A variant, presumably because 2x32=64... but no one's ever requested a 128

 

[lozarus]

out on events it was ceeform all day long. shows the different terminologies in different areas!

 

[Strima]

In telecoms it is Commando, doing events it was Ceeform, it did get confusing at times...

 

[Andy78]

Perhaps we could do the same for 60309. We should think up a catchy name and popularise it, form an association, then once the name starts to gain traction we sell licences to manufacturers who want to market their 60309 product using that name.

I vote for "nubbin plugs" due the the locating nubbin on the plastic moulding to ensure correct insertion.

 

[Spoon]

Well if we can call them any names we want, I vote for "Tarquin Fin-tim-lim-bim-lim-bin-bim-bin-bim bus stop F'tang F'tang Ole Biscuitbarrel"

 

[Pete999]

Well if we can call them any names we want, I vote for "Tarquin Fin-tim-lim-bim-lim-bin-bim-bin-bim bus stop F'tang F'tang Ole Biscuitbarrel"

Or who gives a ----!!!!!!!!What an odd thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andy78]

 

[Pete999]

Stupid is more apt, what a waste of members time to keep this forum going IMO

 

[pirate]

I think you'll find it is the members who are keeping this forum/thread going, Pete...we all like some odd-ball time, after all...