Can anyone identify this plug

[Old Timer]

Can anyone point me to one of these please, it is in one of my slide in batteries, I could strip down the battery to get it but there is still a reasonable amount of life left in the battery. I need it to be able to make up a patch lead from kettle plug to this two pin socket. Or maybe someone has an old battery about to be dumped with one in.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

It's the same fitting as a panel mount kettle plug that you can get from Maplin. I'd change it to the UK type so that you can use a standard kettle plug:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IEC-Male-Chassis-C14-Kettle-Socket-Plug-Connector-Power-Mains-Switch-Computer-/151293063606?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Cables_Leads_Connectors&hash=item2339c4f1b6

 

[KirstinS]

I've spent a good half hour looking for the same socket - I'm usually pretty good at locating stuff online

I've totally failed, sorry to say

D8veh has an easy way round that though

 

[Old Timer]

Thanks, yeh I`m usually pretty good at searching out fittings myself, I have this fitting on my Aurora for the original battery and also both of my Alien conversion kits.
I could put a Kettle chassis socket in but that would prevent me from using the aurora battery that still has a fair bit of life left. I could use the worst alien conversion battery and remove the male fitting which would allow me to make a short patch lead up for use with the Li-poly and then remove it for the Aurora battery.
Shame alien have finished, they probably had some duff batteries laying around.
If i can`t find one I`ll probably have to drill a hole in the controller housing and solder in a short second lead to a separate kettle plug socket at the side.
Of course there will come a time when any of my batteries that use that fitting will be dead and a kettle plug substitute in it`s place will be the answer.
I don`t want to go to the trouble of fitting a switch so the new kettle plug patch will be live when the aurora battery is in situ but that`s not a problem.
There must be a hell of a lot of these unusual 2 pin sockets in use so it`s strange that we can`t track them down.

Thanks for looking lads.

Dave

 

[Old Timer]

Thanks, yeh I`m usually pretty good at searching out fittings myself, I have this fitting on my Aurora for the original battery and also both of my Alien conversion kits.
I could put a Kettle chassis socket in but that would prevent me from using the aurora battery that still has a fair bit of life left. I could use the worst alien conversion battery and remove the male fitting which would allow me to make a short patch lead up for use with the Li-poly and then remove it for the Aurora battery.
Shame alien have finished, they probably had some duff batteries laying around.
If i can`t find one I`ll probably have to drill a hole in the controller housing and solder in a short second lead to a separate kettle plug socket at the side.
Of course there will come a time when any of my batteries that use that fitting will be dead and a kettle plug substitute in it`s place will be the answer.
I don`t want to go to the trouble of fitting a switch so the new kettle plug patch will be live when the aurora battery is in situ but that`s not a problem.
There must be a hell of a lot of these unusual 2 pin sockets in use so it`s strange that we can`t track them down.

Thanks for looking lads.

Dave

I stripped down the oldest battery and made up a patch lead with the built in chassis plug, works fine (is it the only one of it`s kind in existence
Just some thoughts, the battery components , fittings ,wiring etc etc are very well made and the soldering and quality of the cabling is very good. What a pity that such a very well made item has such a short life span considering how well made it is and the cost of replacements or equivalents. I`m used to electronic equipment in as much as my radios and something put together as well as that if it were a transmitting radio could last a lifetime almost.