For security, they are attached to a base with flexible cords.
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The BS 1363 plug has a fuse which is suitably rated to protect the appliance's flexible cord from overload.
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The flexible cord always enters the plug from the bottom, discouraging removal by tugging on the cable, which can damage the cable.
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The original series 600 plugs and sockets were designed to be equally suitable for fixed wall mounting or for use on flexible cords.
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A "'portable cord "', which is also known as portable cordage or flexible cord, is a cable with multiple conductors used for functions requiring flexibility.
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Fitted with a flexible cord, the components become interconnection cords to be used for connecting appliances or for extending other interconnection cords or power supply cords.
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Four-wire flexible equipment connection cords have red as the fourth color; unlike older European practices, color-coding in flexible cords is the same as for fixed wiring.
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Cord sets are detachable from both the power supply and the electrical equipment, and consist of a flexible cord with electrical connectors at either end, one male, and one female.
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However, to ensure that this protection has a rating matched to the appliance flexible cord fitted to the plug, a fuse rated between 1 A and 13 A is incorporated into each plug.
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The use of flexible cords with plugs at their ends and sockets ( jacks ) to make temporary connections dates back to cord-type manually operated telephone switchboards ( if not even earlier, possibly for telegraph circuits ).
