Wattgate Connector Measurements

Eric, this is EXACTLY the point I was trying to make.  The point of maximum contact on the Wattgates is all wrong.  Blows me away that this stuff makes it to market.  I do not have a degree in engineering--but I could have designed a plug far superior to this design.

Good research on your part.

I see that the plug didn’t work out for you, but the thesis you wrote was beautiful! Nice work, A+, the plug not so much I guess that gets an F

Did you compare the result of Wattgate, Connex and the stock Luxman plug into the Luxman C18 socket? Can the Wattgate plug in all the way?

Is it possible to post this thread on DIYAudio site? images/drawings are more easy to upload without require URL.

Hey @imhififan 

The Wattgate can't plug all the way into anything in my house.  Now that I know what to look for I can say it just  won't hit the bottom. What I'm feeling is the pin grip mechanism keep it from accepting the full width of an IEC pin.  That's probably why the body is so long.

The Luxman C18 socket feels wrong with every connector.  I mean, the Connex and generic brands make contact and seat, but I can feel that they just don't seem to grip until late when I compare to all the other IEC outlets I have running around the house.  This is what got me to make a new power cable with custom ends in the first place and down this rabbit hole.

I can confidently say that with my test connector and a couple of other IEC inlets every cable I tried feels better than the Luxman's.

So I'm really dealing now with two separate issues, one of which is what's weird about the Luxman, and another about Wattgate's grip mechanism acting as a block to full insertion.