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Securing Your EHU Lead When Out And About
On the WC site I've suggested a method of securing an EHU lead to your Moho and for completeness thought I'd include it here.
1. Remove either the plug or the socket from your EHU flex
2. Pass the flex through the middle link of a short length of chain or other steel ring through which the plug and/or socket cannot pass. (The chain or ring should preferably be welded link type and galvanised)
3. Reattach the plug or socket that you originally removed from the flex. You should now have a free-running chain or ring on your flex
4. The chain or ring can now be taken close to an anchor point on your Moho and padlocked in place. (The tow eyes are a good location for padlocking)
I'm aware that this isn't thief-proof but is a reasonably cheap an easy deterrent to casual scroats. Not many carry insulated cutters and unwiring a live flex isn't for the faint hearted.
I hope this saves someone having to buy a replacement EHU cable. If anyone wants help rewiring their flex along these lines I'm happy to help at any WC or MH event. I may even have some free chain to bring along should you want a short length but let me know beforehand!
Colin :smile::smile::Slightly_Smiling_Fa
On the WC site I've suggested a method of securing an EHU lead to your Moho and for completeness thought I'd include it here.
1. Remove either the plug or the socket from your EHU flex
2. Pass the flex through the middle link of a short length of chain or other steel ring through which the plug and/or socket cannot pass. (The chain or ring should preferably be welded link type and galvanised)
3. Reattach the plug or socket that you originally removed from the flex. You should now have a free-running chain or ring on your flex
4. The chain or ring can now be taken close to an anchor point on your Moho and padlocked in place. (The tow eyes are a good location for padlocking)
I'm aware that this isn't thief-proof but is a reasonably cheap an easy deterrent to casual scroats. Not many carry insulated cutters and unwiring a live flex isn't for the faint hearted.
I hope this saves someone having to buy a replacement EHU cable. If anyone wants help rewiring their flex along these lines I'm happy to help at any WC or MH event. I may even have some free chain to bring along should you want a short length but let me know beforehand!
Colin :smile::smile::Slightly_Smiling_Fa