Ghd hair straighter plug faulty, repair?

name123

Does anyone know if ordinary plug can be put on ghd?
Plug is faulty.
Some not told me that there is shop in Galway that repairs ghd, any one know where?
Thanks

GY A1

What plug is on it now or whats wrong with it,
Some probs can be fixed handy

SpaceTime

I don't have enough hair to need one of these and I'm a bloke, but I've fixed one.

They've a continental 2-pin plug inside a larger permanent adaptor that screws on over it.

You can simply cut the continental plug off and fit an Irish one without any issue. There's nothing magic about it.

GHD just don't make a version specific for Ireland and Britain so they just put on that adaptor plug onto the continental plug instead.

That being said, it's more likely it's a problem with the cable than the plug. And from what I've just googled they're easily replaced too.

http://www.ghd-repair.co.uk/ghd_cable.html

name123

SpaceTime wrote: »

I don't have enough hair to need one of these and I'm a bloke, but I've fixed one.

They've a continental 2-pin plug inside a larger permanent adaptor that screws on over it.

You can simply cut the continental plug off and fit an Irish one without any issue. There's nothing magic about it.

GHD just don't make a version specific for Ireland and Britain so they just put on that adaptor plug onto the continental plug instead.

That being said, it's more likely it's a problem with the cable than the plug. And from what I've just googled they're easily replaced too.

http://www.ghd-repair.co.uk/ghd_cable.html

thanks for that. Was afraid to cut of the plug Incase was different type of plug.

aido76

The plug on the GHD is like this.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/25a-euro-two-pin-to-uk-three-pin-adapter-white-mw44x

The cables on the GHD's do give trouble so it might be the cable. I have changed a few using these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GHD-MK3-POWER-CABLE-CONNECTOR-3-1b-HAIR-STRAIGHTENERS-REPAIR-ghd3-4-0-4-1-SS-/120985639636?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:IE:3160

It's not too bad to do. There are videos online.

SpaceTime

Unless you're dealing with a transformer plug that steps the voltage down like on a mobile phone charger or electric toothbrush, it will just be a standard cable.

All appliances sold in Ireland would have EU Harmonised cables.

You're going to see a lot more appliances with CEE 7 (continental) plugs with an adaptor fitted over it though. This is permitted by the electrical regulations and it cuts costs as they don't have to produce versions for the weird islands with the funky enormous plugs.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if we ultimately change to the CEE 7 system entirely. There's very little advantage to our system other than being compatible with the UK.

The Euro system is perfectly safe as long as it's not an ancient installation.

It's totally impractical for small portable devices like phones, laptops etc as everything has the same enormous plug whether it's a moble charger or a 3kW tumble dryer! Where as in the rest of Europe and the US small, low power appliances can have small, neat 2 pin plugs and heavier appliances get bigger plugs. However they all fit the same sockets.

Our system was designed for the days when the only portable appliances people had was a vacuum cleaner or 'electric fire'...

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So, unless it's a cable fault just cut the plug off and fit an Irish one. Check what type of fuse is in the adapter plug and just whack it into the new plug.


Before you cut anything though :

Make sure it's not just a blown fuse in the adapter plug before you start and make sure that the Europlug is securely seated inside the adapter.

Just unscrew the screw on the face of the plug and it will open. Make sure the 2 pin plug inside is firmly in position with the contacts.
Close it and tighten the screw again.

You can swap the fuse by just prising out the fuse holder on the face of the adaptor and it's exactly the same as any other plug fuse.