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7 responses to “I saw this last night; if you travel and have a IBM or Toshiba laptop, you will want one. HT @harrym”

1. 2012/01/20

   alecm

   …or was it @jamescronin – I forget!

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2. 2012/01/20

   Stephen Wing

   A quick search for Kettle to Clover Leaf should find them, although searching for C14 to C5 adaptor will probably get more relevant results. Looks like both ebay or Maplin can supply them

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   1. 2012/01/20

      alecm

      http://www.maplin.co.uk/c14-to-c5-adaptor-224231?c=froogle&u=224231&t=module

      Yay! Until I saw one I’d never have thought they existed 🙂

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3. 2012/01/20

   Clive

   I was going to say, yes – I got a couple from Maplin.

   It’s worth bearing in mind that you’ll be far less well protected fuse-wise if you use one of these instead of a dedicated cloverleaf lead. Then again, everyone on the continent uses them with nothing except the consumer unit’s 16A breaker protecting them…

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   1. 2012/01/20

      alecm

      Why would a fused kettle lead be less protection than a fused clover-leaf lead with equivalent amperage fuses installed?

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      1. 2012/01/21

         Clive

         It wouldn’t. However, a UK-plug-to-C5-outlet lead will (or, at least, should) have a 3A fuse whereas a UK-plug-to-C13-outlet lead will have 10A.

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4. 2012/01/21

   Pete

   I have multiple laptops needing a C5 (cloverleaf) input which i have to swap round due to a lack of cables.

   What i would like is a UK lead with multiple C5 outlets. Has anyone seen anything like this?

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