alan smith wrote:
> Good questions.
>    =

>   1. Locking is pretty important, as in its not life critical, but....inc=
onvient if someone happened to unplug it..ie...revenue lost.  If not lockin=
g, needs to be pretty hard to just pull out by accident.
>    =

>   2. Its external, exposed to the user so a pluggable terminal block or A=
MP MTA series are not acceptable.  No exposed wiring.
>    =

>   3. an outlet, so needs to be female on the PCB side and male on the cab=
le side.  AWG I am thinking will be 18AWG cable, rubber type sheathing....l=
ike a small appliance extension cord.
>   =

Small cheap, PCB mount locking and rated for external mains use as an =

outlet is a difficult set of criteria.

nuterik powercons are locking, suitable for external mains use, fairly =

small and come in both inlet and outlet variants but afaict cannot be =

PCB mounted and are rather pricey (cpc want =A31.66 for the chassis =

connector and =A33.40 for the cable connector).
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