/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/uk-bs1363-plug-failuresBelow I have a shared a couple of videos that were recommended to me on Youtube, from one of the electrical channels on there covering safety issues around badly manufactured IEC style leads. Both are from John Ward who is a well established vlogger en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/uk-bs1363-plug-failuresMon, 01 Apr 2019 01:22:51 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c558d00f-fca5-41b0-a85e-d9734c6ea92cshabaz1<p>For overseas purchases usually I&#39;ll just junk any supplied mains cables and even the mains adaptor if I can, no matter what they look like, but the average consumer won&#39;t have spares lying around (nor be aware that not all can be trusted) : ( The one in the video is definitely next-level in terms of mediocrity - quite astonishing : )</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=6790&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/uk-bs1363-plug-failuresSun, 31 Mar 2019 21:09:06 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c558d00f-fca5-41b0-a85e-d9734c6ea92cneilk1<p>That was pretty scary! <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-c558d00f-fca5-41b0-a85e-d9734c6ea92c/contentimage_5F00_4751.png:16:16]</span> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;ve never seen anything as bad as that either!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for sharing those</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Neil</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=6790&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">