Right-Angle Figure-8 Power Lead 10m | AU 2-Pin Mains to IEC C7 | Cable Up

A 10.0 metre figure-8 mains lead that is right-angled at both ends — the Australian wall plug turns flat against the socket, and the figure-8 (IEC C7) connector turns flat against the appliance. Where a straight lead forces the cable to stick out and bend, this one lets it run flush and disappear.

What it is for

The reason a right-angled figure-8 lead exists is clearance. If a television is on a wall bracket, a straight plug and a straight connector are usually the two things stopping it sitting flat. The same problem shows up behind furniture, in a cabinet, or anywhere the appliance is pushed hard against a wall. Both ends turning through 90 degrees can recover several centimetres at each end.

It suits any device that takes a two-pin figure-8 inlet — wall-mounted and desktop televisions, PlayStation 4 Slim and PlayStation 5 Slim, Xbox Series S, printers, monitors, soundbars, radios, DVD and Blu-ray players, cameras and battery chargers.

Why the 10 metre

Ten metres is the rung for power that is nowhere near the appliance — a ceiling-mounted projector reaching back to a wall socket, a television on a bracket with the nearest outlet around a doorway, a monitor at the end of a long workshop bench, a display running the length of a shop counter. At this distance the usual alternative is a short lead plus an extension cord and a double adaptor: three connections and two more things to fail, where one moulded lead is tidier and safer. The right angles do the most work on a run this long — with both ends flat against their surfaces the cable can be run along a skirting board, around an architrave or through a cable tray without a bend at either end fighting it, and nothing sticks out behind furniture pushed back to the wall.

Check the connector before you order

A figure-8 connector has two round holes side by side, in a shape like the numeral 8. It is not earthed and has no third pin. If the socket on your appliance has three holes arranged in a triangle, that is a different connector and this lead will not fit it. Comparing the socket on your device against the photographs takes a moment and saves a return.

This lead replaces the two-pin figure-8 cord supplied with the appliance. It is a mains lead, not an adaptor, an extension or a converter.