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It also means that the unit has had modifications done to it that increase it's dependability going forward. I believe one of the most important things that can be done to a QRX 8001/9001/999 are the circuit board connections between boards. I honestly don't recall the details, but I am sure there are mentions about it here in the annals of QQ as well as on sites that offer restorations of these beasts
What a beautiful old receiver !
I've twice had modern gear crap out after only 8 years. It depends as much on the quality you start with as age I believe.
I've always often wondered about the accessory power outlets on the back of internationally sold units. If a unit is sold to the UK, Europe, Australia ect., then the North American/Japan style outlets would be somewhat useless, unless supplied with some kind of adaptor cable.
A lot of the equipment in the UK uses 'kettle leads', haven't come across any which have additional 'kettle' sockets anymore.
No, most kit comes with fixed cables and plugs already attached, or kettle leads. Though when I've bought from amazon I've had stuff turn up with USA or various European plugs, and an adaptor socket-plug for the UK, all very wobbly in the wall-socket!
Your UK visit must have been a long time ago, it's been legally required for 13A plugs to be fitted for several decades. I remember being taught how to change a plug, it was a required life skill.
Why the term "kettle plug" or "kettle leads"?
The size of those "kettle plugs" looks like they would be good for 30 or 40A at least!
Because originally the rest of Europe all had different plugs. It took them decades to standardise and even then it's only 2 pin that's standard and the pins bend a little to accommodate different spacing for live and neutral holes in different countries. Earth pins still vary across much of Europe.
Because the first place the IEC end appeared in the UK was on electric kettles. That's the "hot" version with a notch in it to signify the high temperature version, the picture @DuncanS posted is the standard version.
You wouldn't want a piece of 120V equipment plugged into a 240V line. There actually is a plug designed for North America made for 240V. It looks the same as the 120V version but the puongs run horizontal instead of vertical.
And then there's the 240V heavy mains plugs for North America that you could club someone to death with...
Yes but they are used on heavy appliances like electric clothes dryers 30A and electric kitchen stoves 40A. Appliances that are wired in and left until they need replacement. Years ago they would have simply been direct wired.
My 9001, like all of them, has 2 such outlets and of course they are a US plug. I wanted to use 2 x AC Infinity USB cooling fans that only power on when the 9001 is on. So I needed a generic AC (USA plug) to USB adaptor, which was harder to find than I thought. AC Infinity had what I wanted but it was not available here unless one paid for shipping that cost even more than the adapter itself.
