New electrical item with only EU plug

StarshipUK

I bought a brand new electrical (computer related) item from a UK company. It has arrived with a EU plug on it and no UK plug.


I thought there was UK law\legislation what said that products sold for domestic use in the UK needs to be supplied with a UK plug (unless its a shaver) but cant seem to find it. Does such legislation exist?

agrinnall

I don't know but the electric toothbrush that I bough recently only had an EU plug on the charger. Luckily I had a spare EU to UK converter, but I did wonder the same as you.

Aylesbury_Duck

It does. Contact the retailer and ask for the correct version in exchange.

StarshipUK

Bathroom equipment like shavers and toothbrushes (with a bathroom\shaver plug) does not count apparently from what i have managed to find.


My item is not bathroom related.


Only thing I have found is this: https://www.pat-testing-training.net/articles/non-uk-plug-adaptors.php but no specific evidence to backup the claim:
New Equipment:

All domestic electrical appliances sold in the UK are required to have a BS1363 plug or conversion plug fitted

Aylesbury_Duck

agrinnall wrote: »

I don't know but the electric toothbrush that I bough recently only had an EU plug on the charger. Luckily I had a spare EU to UK converter, but I did wonder the same as you.

An EU plug or one designed to fit in a shaver socket? All electric toothbrushes I've ever bought have the latter.

neilmcl

agrinnall wrote: »

I don't know but the electric toothbrush that I bough recently only had an EU plug on the charger. Luckily I had a spare EU to UK converter, but I did wonder the same as you.

I doubt it was an "EU plug" rather than a 2-pin shaver socket plug as most electrical items designed to be situated in the bathroom usually have.

neilmcl

StarshipUK wrote: »

Bathroom equipment like shavers and toothbrushes (with a bathroom\shaver plug) does not count apparently from what i have managed to find.


My item is not bathroom related.


Only thing I have found is this: https://www.pat-testing-training.net/articles/non-uk-plug-adaptors.php but no specific evidence to backup the claim:
New Equipment:

All domestic electrical appliances sold in the UK are required to have a BS1363 plug or conversion plug fitted

Who is the seller and are your sure they're based in the UK?

shaun_from_Africa

StarshipUK wrote: »

II thought there was UK law\legislation what said that products sold for domestic use in the UK needs to be supplied with a UK plug (unless its a shaver) but cant seem to find it. Does such legislation exist?

Here you go:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1768/made


Specifically sections 8 & 10 relate to the type of plugs that should be fitted.

agrinnall

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

An EU plug or one designed to fit in a shaver socket? All electric toothbrushes I've ever bought have the latter.

neilmcl wrote: »

I doubt it was an "EU plug" rather than a 2-pin shaver socket plug as most electrical items designed to be situated in the bathroom usually have.

Well, it's a 2 pin plug that fits into an EU to UK converter as would an EU plug, but you may well be right that it's technically a shaver socket plug. I don't have a shaver socket so I can't test it at home, although I'm not sure I'd want the charger in a watery environment anyway.

unforeseen

What did you actually buy?

unforeseen

agrinnall wrote: »

Well, it's a 2 pin plug that fits into an EU to UK converter as would an EU plug, but you may well be right that it's technically a shaver socket plug. I don't have a shaver socket so I can't test it at home, although I'm not sure I'd want the charger in a watery environment anyway.

Europlug and shaver plug are 2 different beasts.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/BS_4573_shaver_plug_compared_to_Europlug.jpg