[PLUG] NEMA cord madness

[Coffeen Otis the Corgi]

I love it

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 6:56 PM Russell Senior <russell at pdxlinux.org> wrote:

> I have my own stash/pile, so I'm not a taker, but for clarity, perhaps
> specify the connector ends:
>
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320
>
> --
> Russell Senior
> russell at pdxlinux.org
>
> On 6/9/25 19:50, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > For more than FIVE decades, I've purchased (and later recycled)
> > electronic gizzies with standard 3-pin NEMA sockets on them.
> >
> >    _____
> >   /  o  \
> > | O   O |
> >   -------
> >
> > I saved the "3 prong wall plug to NEMA plug" cords after the
> > unrepairable electronic gizzies died.  I never lost the habit,
> > and now have about 60 more cords than I will ever need.
> >
> > DOES ANYONE WANT SOME?  Pickup in eastern Beaverton.  I don't
> > drive, so I don't deliver.
> >
> > Otherwise, the cords go to Surplus Gizmos in Hillsboro, which
> > will know how to recycle them.  I'm keeping the oddball ones
> > (very short, very long, right angle, extender, etc.)
> >
> > Keith L.
> >
> > P.S.  Perhaps this belongs in PLUG-TALK, but many of you
> > have Linux machines with NEMA sockets.  Or pets that chew
> > cords to get you off the computer.
> >
>
>