Where to get a French socket in the UK?

[Diver300]

I recently bought one of these:-

http://www.reflow-kit.com/images/product_large/RK-10010_320.jpg

and the oven that goes with it.

The controller is rather large, and the adaptor that goes with it is:-

**broken link removed**

(although I have been using a slimmer one).

With the original adaptor, the whole lot sticks out from the wall by 150 mm and is very wobbly.

If I could find a French socket, that would be down to 80 mm and the body of the reflow controller would rest on the wall. The whole thing would be much more secure.

Any ideas how to obtain one in the UK?

 

[SYE]

Is there some reason why you can't simply cut the end of and rewire it using a three pin U.K. plug

 

[Diver300]

Is there some reason why you can't simply cut the end of and rewire it using a three pin U.K. plug

I could easily do that with a cable, but the reflow controller has the Schuko plug built into it, like a big wall transformer.

https://uk.farnell.com/productimages/farnell/standard/42347225.jpg

It is like that, only deeper.

Any suggestions?

 

[SYE]

Sorry, I had assumed there was a cable coming from the controller.

What about something like This

 

[Diver300]

Well your search abilities obviously exceed mine. I've been looking on RS for ages!

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Well your search abilities obviously exceed mine. I've been looking on RS for ages!

To be honest, the RS website is fairly crappy for finding things - the paper catalogues are MUCH, MUCH better.

 

[Diver300]

I usually buy from Farnell. They don't charge postage and the website lets you chose multiple options when selecting.

 

[SYE]

To be honest, the RS website is fairly crappy for finding things - the paper catalogues are MUCH, MUCH better.

That's true, although the paper catalogues are MUCH, MUCH heavier

 

[Diver300]

Well I bought one of those sockets from RS. I've fitted it in a dual wall box with a fuse switch. Here are the photos. It's much more secure than when it is in the adaptor it came with. The last photo shows what that monstrosity looked like.

I would have prefered a French socket, instead of the German type as I think that the reverse earth pin is better, but the front of the controller has a German type anyhow.