Can you help me tidy up this socket

[TonyT]

Let me think.  Cut the plug off and fit a normal 13 amp plug with no extra strain relief.. a bog standard plug..

[Adsibob]

The plot thickens… the reason it is such a bulky plug is that it is actually a European two pin plug that is housed within a three-pin adaptor. Any issue just cutting the European one off and wiring it with a three pin one? Won’t there be a wire missing?

 

 Sorry for the stupid questions, electrics really not my forte.

Edited July 25, 2023 by Adsibob

[ProDave]

1 hour ago, TonyT said:

Cut that plug off and fit a normal 13 amp plug

+2

 

Are we a nation that has forgotten how to fit a 13A plug?

 

When I was younger and had a small house, I had a bit of OCD and every single plug in the house was exactly the same type.

[Adsibob]

21 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Are we a nation that has forgotten how to fit a 13A plug?

I can do it and have done it before, but not come across a situation where I’m rewiring a Euro plug as a UK one. Also, hasn’t realised this plug was unusually bulky because of the adaptor housing when I first started this post - apologies everyone.

[Adsibob]

24 minutes ago, ProDave said:

had a bit of OCD and every single plug in the house was exactly the same type.

Query which particular type you favoured.

Edited July 25, 2023 by Adsibob

[ProDave]

2 minutes ago, Adsibob said:

I can do it and have done it before, but not come across a situation where I’m rewiring a Euro plug as a UK one. Also, hasn’t realised this plug was unusually bulky because of the adaptor housing when I first started this post - apologies everyone.

No different to any other cable, if it's only 2 core, you ignore the earth pin.  Making it less bulky is a good reason to change it.

[joe90]

Or one of these……https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adaptor-Toothbrush-Q4U-adapter-European/dp/B07J67BC5W/ref=asc_df_B07J67BC5W/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=214877336784&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15092670560470794894&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045641&hvtargid=pla-699342675574&psc=1

Edited July 26, 2023 by joe90

[dpmiller]

cheat the earth shutter and just shove the 2-pin straight in.

[Adsibob]

Problem solved by new plug:

 

much easier and quicker than I thought!

 

 Having specified the exact locations of the sockets, I thought I was starting to go mad when the previous socket didn’t fit!