Cheap PVC plugs making the rounds again at Screwfix

Discussion in 'Electricians' Talk' started by fire, Dec 20, 2018.

  1. fire

    fire Well-Known Member

    Oh dear, Screwfix trying hard to keep the profits up and cutting corners with bad plastic plugs sold under the Diall brand name. Very few ever think about the fact that a fuse will get hot if not overloaded enough to disconnect but the over current condition occurs above it's rated value.

    It might be cheap and it might be fine for the most part in certain situations but come on is increasing the risk of this really worth the saving?

    https://www.screwfix.com/p/diall-13a-fused-plug-white/5751h?activeTab=rr

    pvcplug1.jpe
     
  2. Coloumb

    Coloumb Screwfix Select

    Well what's the back story to this? Did some one wrap silver foil around the fuse? Is that your plug? Why would anyone use a plug for a load above it's rated value?
     
  3. fire

    fire Well-Known Member

    There is no back story to my post, this is what happens when an appliance develops a fault and pulls more than the fuses rating but not enough to actually cause it to go open circuit, no foil on fuse, just a standard 13Amp fuse.
    I needed a plug to do a job and this is the type of plug sold from Screwfix the other day.

    Used it temporarily until i could source a better plug the next day.
     
  4. Coloumb

    Coloumb Screwfix Select

    I really don't get the point your trying to make. If the appliance has gone faulty it's hardly the plugs fault it melted.
     
  5. wiggy

    wiggy Screwfix Select

    I think the OP is just trying to plug something :rolleyes:
     
    Last edited: Dec 20, 2018
  6. wiggy

    wiggy Screwfix Select

    He won't get any good leads on here
     
  7. fire

    fire Well-Known Member

    well a quality plug would not melt like this and avoid setting the house on fire yet a plug in cheap plastic housing would.

    I am surprised you could not see that...

    Never mind, i sourced a better plug already, better safe than sorry and of course it is not the plugs fault but a house fire could have been prevented if the materials the plug was made from did not melt and combust.

    Just raising awareness.
     
  8. Hans_25

    Hans_25 Screwfix Select

    You should make a video of this and put in on youtube with the title "Just Warning", which is shortened to JW...
     
  9. retiredsparks

    retiredsparks Super Member

    Used these for last 35 years on everything which takes a load.
    Never had a failure.
    MK646.JPG
    RS
     
  10. peter palmer

    peter palmer Screwfix Select

    Screwfix sell a lot of naff tat, you learn what to stay well away from.
     
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  11. Allsorts

    Allsorts Super Member

    If you look at most plugtops - both sealed and screwed - which come already fitted to leccy appliances these days, they appear to me to be all thermoplastic; they have that 'soft' feel to them. Ergo I would assume they'd all melt given an overheating internal bit like that.

    I doubt they'd actually combust, tho' - I'd hope they'd all be made of non-whatsit stuff, tho' I don't know. Mind you, not happy about the terminals inside being exposed like that.
     
  12. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    It's called a plug RS, well done you :):)
     
  13. Magicspark

    Magicspark Active Member

    Specifically an MK plug top. I would also agree with RS, that I’ve never had a problem with them as they seem to be better quality.
     
  14. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    I expected nothing more.
     
  15. Allsorts

    Allsorts Super Member

    I've never had a problem with any plug, so I'm afraid I cannot contribute any evidence to the superiority of the MK model.

    However, the presumed superiority of RS as a human being is in no doubt.
     
  16. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    And Magic is backing him up so that's always a mark of quality.
     
  17. Coloumb

    Coloumb Screwfix Select

    Presuming plugs are made to the required BS, I can't see a problem what ever you buy.
     
  18. Risteard

    Risteard Screwfix Select

    Lots of things are made to the same British Standards. That doesn't mean that the quality is identical.
     
  19. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Just when you think you have run out of idiots Thicky Dicky turns up o_Oo_O
     
  20. Risteard

    Risteard Screwfix Select

    I am highly intelligent but it's flattering that you have missed me.
     

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