I bought a 10m Type 2 cable in advance of my M3 turning up.
Thought I'd plug it into my Pod Point, just to test out the fit and how much it'll stick out from the house when plugged in.
On unplugging, I luckily noticed that the plastic point from on of the pins in the cable's connector had snapped off and was now stuck inside one of the points inside the Pod Point connector.
I turned off the Pod Point at the RCD and managed to fish the plastic point out with some tweezers. If I hadn't noticed and tried to plug in again, the point would have been pushed in deep and I'd not have been able to get it out again.
Either this is a very fragile design, having clip in plastic points, or this particular cable make isn't great. Whichever, it's worth checking everything on your cable is nice and solid before you use it for the first time, I should have inspected mine more thoroughly.
Thought I'd plug it into my Pod Point, just to test out the fit and how much it'll stick out from the house when plugged in.
On unplugging, I luckily noticed that the plastic point from on of the pins in the cable's connector had snapped off and was now stuck inside one of the points inside the Pod Point connector.
I turned off the Pod Point at the RCD and managed to fish the plastic point out with some tweezers. If I hadn't noticed and tried to plug in again, the point would have been pushed in deep and I'd not have been able to get it out again.
Either this is a very fragile design, having clip in plastic points, or this particular cable make isn't great. Whichever, it's worth checking everything on your cable is nice and solid before you use it for the first time, I should have inspected mine more thoroughly.
