Does Your Cord Reel (Really) Live Up to International Standards?

Contact: Lisbeth Harpsoe, lisbeth.harpsoe@ametek.com HORSHAM, PA, USA – Today’s electrical equipment manufacturers increasingly are selling their products to end users worldwide. Some manufacturers have been known to attempt to “reconfigure” a cable or cord reel on their equipment for international use by assembling a different plug on the end of the cable. End users, however, may not be aware that the process of changing a USA cord reel to a European cord reel, or vice versa, very often is not done correctly, and the cord reels they buy may not be up to international standards, even