25-01-2024, 08:47 PM
Dick Smith used to sell just the plugs and you could wire them on yourself, I know because I bought some in the past.
I thought Jaycar might have them as well, but they only sell the C13 etc now: https://www.jaycar.co.nz/iec320-240v-fem...t/p/PS4006
Even element14 and RS-Components don't seem to have the C7, not even Digikey has them, although they do have products listed in the category of C7 connectors, they are not - which is strange.
I'm sure there are plenty of surplus NOS plugs lying around in basements in various countries, but I expect the demand for such a thing is so low that any large scale retail stock of them is nonexistent.
If you really wanted just the plug itself to attach to an existing cable - it appears you'd have to get it from China: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005227300985.html
(and cross your fingers that the contacts are made from something better than dross-plated pot metal, and that the plastic housing can withstand temperatures above ambient!)
(Well - it's probably not that bad - but if you did get them - buy a few and practice soldering very quickly, because the plastic on the Chinese-sourced plugs is usually NOT high temperature rated at all, when it really should be.)
I thought Jaycar might have them as well, but they only sell the C13 etc now: https://www.jaycar.co.nz/iec320-240v-fem...t/p/PS4006
Even element14 and RS-Components don't seem to have the C7, not even Digikey has them, although they do have products listed in the category of C7 connectors, they are not - which is strange.
I'm sure there are plenty of surplus NOS plugs lying around in basements in various countries, but I expect the demand for such a thing is so low that any large scale retail stock of them is nonexistent.
If you really wanted just the plug itself to attach to an existing cable - it appears you'd have to get it from China: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005227300985.html
(and cross your fingers that the contacts are made from something better than dross-plated pot metal, and that the plastic housing can withstand temperatures above ambient!)
(Well - it's probably not that bad - but if you did get them - buy a few and practice soldering very quickly, because the plastic on the Chinese-sourced plugs is usually NOT high temperature rated at all, when it really should be.)