This IS a tough one. There's less difference on the male AC parallel spade end, but do look for a plug that has big, thick spades with large, all-brass screw-clamp contacts.
The IECs were a different story until recently. Used to be that most of us tolerated the flimsy, solder-only thin contacts in the Schurter IEC320 4700.0603, or spent $$$ on Marincos or Hubbell or Furutech.
Just recently Schurter completely redesigned their IEC320 (now called the 4781.0100) into a GREAT connector with heavy screw-clamp terminal blocks and thick spring-clamp terminals! Finally. So building affordable PCs is now easier than ever. In my opinion, however, the quality of the cable itself is overwhelmingly more important than the connector once a certain level of minimal criteria are met.
Email me for details if you want. Cheers.
Ern
The IECs were a different story until recently. Used to be that most of us tolerated the flimsy, solder-only thin contacts in the Schurter IEC320 4700.0603, or spent $$$ on Marincos or Hubbell or Furutech.
Just recently Schurter completely redesigned their IEC320 (now called the 4781.0100) into a GREAT connector with heavy screw-clamp terminal blocks and thick spring-clamp terminals! Finally. So building affordable PCs is now easier than ever. In my opinion, however, the quality of the cable itself is overwhelmingly more important than the connector once a certain level of minimal criteria are met.
Email me for details if you want. Cheers.
Ern