This is how to wire a French plug CEE 7/6
This is a standard French socket CEE 7/5
It is a polarised connection which means you can only insert the plug in one direction
The pin sticking out is the earth and the other two holes are for the live and neutral
The convention in France if the earth is at the top, is that the neutral is on the left
and the live is on the right
the same as a UK socket, but there is no guarantee that that will be the case and
the live and neutral might be swapped over.
Circuit protection in France normally consists of a residual current device (RCD) and also a circuit breaker on each radial
The circuit breaker is two pole and disconnects the live and neutral in the event of a fault
This is unlike the UK where often only the live side of the circuit is disconnected
in the event of a fault.
This is a French plug, in this case it's got a handle and you can see it's got two pins for the live and neutral and a hole for the earth
Lets have a look inside. We have got the cable strain relief and three terminals. The centre one is the Earth
and we have a neutral and the live. Compare that to a UK plug. This is a UK plug.
The main difference inside the UK plug is that it has a fuse which you don't have in a French plug.
To wire this up, first look at the side of the actual plug as it has
instructions about the stripping lengths for the conductors in the cable
So we have 30mm of the outside insulation stripped off and then
8mm from each wire.
I have the overall insulation stripped off by 30mm and I need to take
off 8mm from each conductor.
First I need to feed the cable through the body of the connector plug
The Earth is in the center and it doesn't really matter which way around you wire the live and
the neutral, but convention dictates that the neutral be on the left and
live on the right
Tighten up the cable strain relief and reinstall the cover.
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