[AusNOG] IEC 10A High Temperature cables

Noel Butler noel.butler at ausics.net
Wed Nov 10 14:14:34 EST 2010


On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 10:22 +0800, Justin Twiss wrote:
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> Hey all,
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> Any thoughts on legality of wiring up a PDU cable with an IEC 10A high
> temperature plug on one end and an IEC 10A standard socket on the
> other? (for connecting a HP Procurve 54xx chassis to an APC PDU)
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> Some input has suggested this is illegal (and would require a 15A
> socket on the PDU end) but before I arrange the appropriate hardware
> and skillset to make the cables, I thought I’d ask the list to see if
> anyone had any knowledge in this regard (or whether plugged in the
> high-temp plugtop Procurve hardware into a standard IEC 10A PDU
> previously and how you’d gone about it)
> 



If you were a registered electrician you'd already know the answer.
Yes it is illegal for you to touch anything 240V related. But that's
Australia for you, where even making an ethernet lead is illegal* unless
your a registered cabler :)  I'm just waiting for the new law preventing
the average person from even flippin the light switch, since we are
nanny stated in everything else.


*: unless your never going to use that lead in any part of any network
that accesses  the telecomms network or any internet based system.


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