Kettle leads..

[delzep]

Looking for 2 of them with the notches. Tried charlie shiels with no luck. Anywhere else?

[Bubbles]

The HBC have them, but they're pricey...

[Taf]

Have plenty of them, but without the notches.

[Shane Phelan]

I got mine in an electrical store on Talbot street, cant remember what I paid but it was far cheaper than the brewing shop.

Weirdly the guy in the shop didn't know about the notch so make sure to double check that they have one.

[Greg2013]

Local recycle centre delzep? 

[delzep]

I got mine in an electrical store on Talbot street, cant remember what I paid but it was far cheaper than the brewing shop.

Weirdly the guy in the shop didn't know about the notch so make sure to double check that they have one.

Whereabouts on talbot st?

Do b&q sell them?

[newToBrew]

wallace in waterford is where I got mine - not much help if your inside  the pale - but if your really stuck I can get them and post em to ya ?

think they were @ a fiver a piece - not sure - its been a while   

[ColinC]

wallace in waterford is where I got mine - not much help if your inside  the pale - but if your really stuck I can get them and post em to ya ?

think they were @ a fiver a piece - not sure - its been a while   

Where in waterford is this Wallace place? I'll be in Waterford over the next couple of weeks & could pick them up for Delzep.

[Greg2013]

I could hit Waterford in the morning and get those if someone tells me where wallaces is?

[newToBrew]

Find city square shopping centre - its the only shopping mall in town centre Wallace is across the road - they do bric bracc - electric spares - touch up photos

City squares easy to find and from that you can't miss  wallaces

It s directly across from the river island entrance

[Greg2013]

I know the place you mean now, used to be a couple of old dears selling farmhouse butter near there ages ago.

[newToBrew]

Dropped in earlier when I was in town they hadn't got them in stock - didn't say when he'd have em in again - said they were @ 7 quid

[Partridge9]

Looking for 2 of them with the notches. Tried charlie shiels with no luck. Anywhere else?

Delzep -

This is a C15/C16 IEC cable - its like the common C13/C14 IEC cable, but is rated to 120C rather than 70C ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector#C15.2FC16_coupler )

Do you really need the 120C rating ?

I have to say I have been guilty of cutting notches into the C13/14 cables before.

I can give you a couple of the standard C13/14 if you want them.

[Metattron]

 : A C13 was not designed for this purpose.  It is not rated for this type of use and should not be used.  Also, it is not just the connector but the cable itself that should be able to carry the correct load for the duration of the boil.  I know some of you may have been using pc leads for years, but check the cable and it will probably be a heavy duty cable.  A cable for a pc with a 1000W+ power supply, which used to be common, would be heavier than a cable for a pc with a 200W supply, which is now common.  PC suppliers will bundle a cable suitable for their needs, not yours.  If you buy a cheap lead and burn your house down, will you turn to your wife and say " At least we saved €5 on the leads" ?  You need a C15 connector for a kettle element, and it need to have a lead capable of carrying the load for an hour or more.  That is why they come up with these standards, to protect you, not to rip you off.  Do we really want the type of press that could be generated when some poor bastard burns himself and says he was told by someone here that it would be fine?  Sorry for the rant but I don't want to sit back and let someone get hurt. 

[Padraic]

: A C13 was not designed for this purpose.  It is not rated for this type of use and should not be used.  Also, it is not just the connector but the cable itself that should be able to carry the correct load for the duration of the boil.  I know some of you may have been using pc leads for years, but check the cable and it will probably be a heavy duty cable.  A cable for a pc with a 1000W+ power supply, which used to be common, would be heavier than a cable for a pc with a 200W supply, which is now common.  PC suppliers will bundle a cable suitable for their needs, not yours.  If you buy a cheap lead and burn your house down, will you turn to your wife and say " At least we saved €5 on the leads" ?  You need a C15 connector for a kettle element, and it need to have a lead capable of carrying the load for an hour or more.  That is why they come up with these standards, to protect you, not to rip you off.  Do we really want the type of press that could be generated when some poor bastard burns himself and says he was told by someone here that it would be fine?  Sorry for the rant but I don't want to sit back and let someone get hurt.

I fully agree! I don't know what the words all mean but I know that a pc cable is hardly going to contain more than the minimum safe amount of copper required for its purpose.

In other rant news, stop hacking kettles and pay the extra couple of € to get yourself a sealed kettle element from your electrical supplier!