Old Spanish 3-pin socket
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Hi there,
Our dishwasher died :( The landlady has very nicely replaced it, but the new dishwasher has the new EU 2-pin plug and the socket is an old 3-pin spanish plug...I don't want to change the socket, just get an adaptor, if possible...is that possible? If so, where from - we have been in 5 different shops now :(
Thanks!
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I don't know if it is same thing but if it is the larger 3 pin type plug these were commonly used for high use items such as cooker and ovens and the pins are not the same length so that the live always lines up correctly.
If I were you I would change the plug on the dishwaher and put the live on the correct pin.
You can buy these plugs in Leroy Merlin or tke the plug from your old dishwasher if you still have it.
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As Faro says, the easiest thing to do would be to cut the plug from the old appliance and connect it to the new appliance.. Although, it is not difficult (normally) to change the wall socket, which is what I would do..
Spanish plugs can be plugged in either way so negative and positive don't normally apply in Spain.
Sometimes one can get a shock from an the casing of an appliance, if that case turn the plug over so the pins 'go in the opposite holes’.
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That's not necessarily correct as some items only have a singe pole switch and others a doube pole switch which is why it is important to have the live correct.
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In Spain there is no convention on which pin is live and which is neutral, thus one can put a plug into the socket with either of the two pins in the live or the neutral. The only exemption is with a three pin plug, which can be ‘controlled’ as to which is connected.
It is completely different from the conventional UK system where there are three pin plugs which ensure which way an appliance is connected, that is, you cannot plug the live pin into the negative socket.
However, that said, this has nothing to do with the question which was posted on this thread as the poster said they had a two pin plug on the
appliance and thus it could be connected either way.
This message was last edited by johnzx on 11/11/2011.
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