[PSUBS-MAILIST] How to wire a plug?

[James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles]

Yes, I am going to ask how to wire a plug....

Maybe some electrical guru can assist in this issue.

Here in Guernsey, we get a lot of stuff from mainland Europe.  Which
come with a 2 pin euro plug, that doesn't fit with our UK sockets.  So
you just chop the plug off and fit a 3 pin UK one.  Done it hundreds
of times.  Standard thing.

I bought this bandsaw from Austria.  Chopped the plug off and wired up
a UK one.  Doesn't work.  Either just doesn't switch on or trips the
main breaker.

I thought maybe it was wired reversed as with the euro plugs, you can
put them in either way.  No different.

With the euro plug, the earth is not connected if you force it into
the socket like your not supposed to do but everyone does.  So I
thought maybe there was a fault with the machine and with the earth
connected on the UK plug, it was tripping the breaker.  Tested with no
earth.  No different.

Basically it will ONLY work with the Euro plug it came with forced
into the uk wall socket.

Wall socket tested with other appliances, all ok.

I asked the guy in the workshop next to me who is a professional
electrician.  After he had mocked me for not being able to wire a
plug, he looked at it and was utterly baffled.

See pics.  Ignore the temporary wiring bodge, I was putting it back
together temporarily to prove a point.  I was super careful.

Any ideas anyone?  Seems really odd.  I

Regards
James
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