Moulded cord sets for household and light-commercial equipment. IEC 60320 connectors on one end, the plug your market requires on the other, on PVC or rubber cable to the right national type.
Scope, stated first. We build domestic and light-commercial cord sets: appliances, power strips, chargers, lighting, IT peripherals, vending and small equipment. We do not build industrial rubber cable assemblies, welding cable, EV charging leads or three-phase power distribution. If your application sits above household current, say so at the start and we will tell you straight that it is outside what we make, rather than quoting and quietly sub-contracting it.
The connector on the appliance end identifies the coupler. It is not a preference; the current rating and temperature class are fixed by the standard, and the wrong one is a safety problem rather than a style choice.
| Coupler | Rating | Temperature | Typical equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| C13 | 10 A / 250 V | 70 °C | Desktops, monitors, printers, PDU, test gear |
| C15 | 10 A / 250 V | 120 °C | Kettles, toasters, appliances that run hot at the inlet |
| C5 | 2.5 A / 250 V | 70 °C | Laptop adapters, small chargers, the "Mickey Mouse" lead |
| C7 | 2.5 A / 250 V | 70 °C | Power supplies, radios, the figure-eight lead |
| C19 | 16 A / 250 V | 155 °C | Server and rack PDU, higher-draw IT equipment |
| C14 inlet | 10 A / 250 V | 70 °C | Panel inlet on the appliance, mating half of C13 |
Straight and 90° low-profile variants are available on C13 and C5, which matters in wall-mounted and rack installations where a straight plug fouls the enclosure.
The same appliance ships to six markets with six different supply cords. This is the table that decides the part number.
| Market | Plug | Standard | Typical rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | NEMA 1-15P, NEMA 5-15P | UL 817, NEMA WD-6 | 125 V, 15 A |
| Canada | NEMA 1-15P, NEMA 5-15P | CSA C22.2 No. 21 | 125 V, 15 A |
| European Union | CEE 7/16 Europlug, CEE 7/7 Schuko | EN 50075, CEE 7 | 250 V, 2.5 A / 16 A |
| United Kingdom | BS 1363, fused | BS 1363-1 | 250 V, 13 A |
| Australia / NZ | AS/NZS 3112 | AS/NZS 3112 | 250 V, 10 A / 15 A |
| Japan | JIS C 8303, two flat pins | JIS C 8303 | 125 V, 15 A |
| China | GB 2099, Type I | GB 2099.1, GB 1002 | 250 V, 10 A / 16 A |
| Switzerland | SEV 1011, Type J | SN 441011 | 250 V, 10 A |
| India | IS 1293, Type D | IS 1293 | 250 V, 6 A / 16 A |
| South Africa | SANS 164-1, Type M | SANS 164 | 250 V, 16 A |
| Brazil | NBR 14136, Type N | NBR 14136 | 250 V, 10 A / 20 A |
Plug patterns change by regulation, and the approval body differs even where the shape is the same. Confirm the destination and the approval mark your importer needs, and we build and document against that rather than against a lookalike.
The cable designation encodes voltage class, insulation and flex rating. Buying a cheaper designation than the application needs is the most common way a cord set fails at the destination.
| Designation | Voltage class | Construction | Where it is used |
|---|---|---|---|
| H03VV-F | 300 / 300 V | PVC, light duty, 0.5–0.75 mm² | Small appliances, lamps, chargers |
| H05VV-F | 300 / 500 V | PVC, medium duty, 0.75–1.5 mm² | General appliance and IT cords, the workhorse |
| H05RR-F | 300 / 500 V | Rubber, medium duty | Tools and appliances needing flex at low temperature |
| H05RN-F | 300 / 500 V | Rubber, weather resistant | Outdoor and damp domestic use |
| SVT | 300 V | Thermoplastic, thin wall, 18 AWG | North American small appliances |
| SJT | 300 V | Thermoplastic, junior, 18–16 AWG | North American appliances and IT equipment |
| SPT-2 | 300 V | Parallel two-core, 18–16 AWG | Lamps, seasonal lighting, small appliances |
Jacket colour, conductor count and finished length are per order. Temperature rating of the plug and the cable has to be compatible with the appliance inlet, which is where a C15 inlet paired with a 70°C plug becomes a warranty problem.
A power strip usually does not take a coupler. The supply cord is moulded to the wall plug at one end and left as prepared conductor at the other, ready to be terminated inside the strip during its own assembly. That makes the second end a specification item rather than a part number.
We supply that cord with the trailing end stripped to a stated length, conductors tinned, ferrules fitted, or terminated with the ring or spade terminal your assembly uses. Inner conductors stay identified by colour, and the strip length has a tolerance you can set against your own fixture.
A strip with USB outlets is usually sold next to charging cables, so the same buyer tenders both. We build the other half of that order as well: USB charging cables, USB-C and USB-A, from 60 W up to the 240 W assemblies that need an E-Marker in the connector.
One thing worth settling early. The cord is approved as a component; the finished power strip carries its own approval and its own standard. Tell us which one your strip is built to and we will match the cord rating to it, rather than supplying a 10 A cord for a 16 A product.
UL 817 covers cord sets and power supply cords, with CSA C22.2 No. 21 for Canada. Retail and e-commerce channels increasingly ask for the report, not just the mark. UL or ETL both work where the standard is named.
EN 60320 for the coupler, EN 50075 for the Europlug, and the national plug standard for the wall end. VDE or KEMA approval carries the most weight with European buyers, and the certificate is per configuration.
CCC for China, PSE for Japan, KC for Korea, SAA or RCM for Australia, BIS for India, INMETRO for Brazil. Each is a separate filing with its own holder, so confirm who is named on it before assuming it transfers to your part number.
How we handle this in practice. We do not put eight approval logos in the footer of this page. We build against the standard your drawing names, source couplers and plugs from suppliers who hold the relevant listing, and ship their certificates with the order. Where the approval has to be filed in your company's name, we will say so at quotation, because that is a different process and a different cost.
Not with one plug. The wall end is market-specific, so a product shipping to the EU, UK and US needs three supply cords or a detachable cord with three variants. The appliance end can stay the same, which is the reason C13 and C5 exist on so many products.
Yes. BS 1363 plugs carry a fuse as part of the standard, and the rating has to match the appliance rather than the plug's 13 A maximum. Tell us the appliance rating and we fit the correct fuse, and state it on the label.
Within domestic limits, yes. A custom overmould or a cord boot that matches your enclosure is a tooling item, and the tooling is yours. What we will not do is reshape a plug pin geometry to fit a housing, because that changes the approval.
Straight cords are what we run in volume. Coiled and retractable assemblies involve a different process and a different tooling base, so treat those as a separate programme and raise them early rather than as a variant on an existing order.
Length is measured from the plug face to the end of the connector or the stripped end, and the tolerance is stated on the drawing. For retail packaging, length tolerance and jacket print position are what make a cable look wrong in the pack, so both are inspection items.
Send the destination country, the appliance rating and the connector you need. We come back with the cord designation, the plug standard, the approval route and a price.