These aren't as outright horrible as others mentioned, but I still have some doubt about their legitimacy:
- WJ plug 1.JPG (94.92 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- WJ plug 2.JPG (82.91 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- WJ C13 1.JPG (66.56 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- WJ C13 2.JPG (85.13 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- WJ C13 3.JPG (31.45 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- The "LTSA" designation, as I understand it, refers to a light-duty flex (H03VV-F, or H03VVH2-F in the case of "LTSA-2F"); for ordinary-duty (H05VV-F), it should be "GTSA" (or "GTSA-2F" for H05VVH2-F).
- WJ flex.JPG (98.1 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- WJ versus Phino 1.JPG (152.21 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- WJ versus Phino 2.JPG (138.31 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
This one, if I recall correctly, came with a Palsonic TV set some years ago. The design of the plug appears to be copied from
Phino (which can also be found rebranded "
Powermaster", like the off-white cord shown here), although the C13 end is dissimilar. It just about survived a 10A load, although the plug pins got
very hot. It's quite a stiff cord, as were two I had with the same plug but in H03VV-F and with a different C13 end. I've now cut it apart to recover the copper (27 grams of it, between the 3 cores)…
- Hou Ta 1.JPG (82.1 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- Hou Ta 2.JPG (102.4 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- Hou Ta (TriAce) flex.JPG (30.9 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
I don't know what device this one came with. It seems OK under load (some warmth at the ends, but not dangerously hot). The connector designs actually match those shown on the website of
Hou Ta, so maybe it's just a real cord of less-than-stellar quality.
- The text positioning is a tad sloppy (being partly cut off by the frame), but no catastrophe there.
- Fan-Jet plug 1.JPG (35.37 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- While no date code is visible, I'm willing to believe it dates from before 2005 (when insulated pins became a requirement of AS/NZS 3112).
- Fan-Jet plug 2.JPG (50.94 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- Fan-Jet C13 1.JPG (70.36 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- I don't recall seeing that logo on the really bad ones.
- Fan-Jet C13 2.JPG (76.85 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- Fan-Jet flex.JPG (22.94 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- The openings are a bit wider in the Fan-Jet, so I'm still not sure if this is safe.
- C13 ends (Fan-Jet vs. I-Sheng).JPG (21.73 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
- Having stripped the end of this cord, it has the correct IEC colors and (at least in the earth) 20 strands of 0.18mm copper (working out to about 0.5mm², not officially approved for 10A but can just about hold it with good ventilation).
- Chung Kwang 544001 flex.JPG (37.23 KiB) Viewed 27885 times
And a not-so-dangerous Fan-Jet cord (one which actually survives 10A, even if it gets quite warm)? The "(star)544001" might even be a standard of sorts, having seen a few cords from different manufacturers with that same code. (The design of the really dodgy "Fan-Jet" cords is nothing alike, for the record.)
Information is far more fragile than the HDDs it's stored on. Being an afterthought is no excuse for a bad product.
My PC: Core i3 4130 on GA‑H87M‑D3H with GT640 OC 2GiB and 2 * 8GiB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz, Kingston SA400S37120G and WD3003FZEX‑00Z4SA0, Pioneer BDR‑209DBKS and Optiarc AD‑7200S, Seasonic G‑360, Chenbro PC31031, Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3.