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Locking Power Cables

Locking Power Cables · by World Cord Sets

Stays plugged in.

Locking IEC power cords for racks that can't afford an accidental unplug.

Lock Finder

Which locking cord fits your rack?

1 Where must it lock?
  • Locks at the PDU

    P-Lock

    Two spring tabs, the P-shaped clips on either side of the plug head, click into the latch slots of a P-Lock-ready outlet as the plug seats; pull on the cord and the tabs bear on the outlet, not the pins.

  • Locks at the PDU

    P-Lite

    The P-Lock latch on one side of a low-profile C14 plug head whose other side is recessed, so a fingertip reaches the tab between neighbours on a fully loaded PDU.

  • Locks at both ends

    V-Lock

    Schurter's V-Lock cord-retention system: the plug and the connector each carry a spring latch, marked with the yellow V, that clicks into the notch of a V-Lock outlet or inlet.

  • Locks at the equipment

    A-Lock

    Spring fingers inside the connector grip the pins of any standard C14, C16 or C20 inlet as it is pushed on. The plug is a standard, non-locking plug, so the PDU side does not matter.

  • Locks at the equipment

    S-Lock

    SSEMCO's rotary lock: a quarter turn of the grey collar on the connector body drives internal pins that pinch the inlet's pins. Fits any standard C14 or C20 inlet; the PDU side does not matter.

  • Locks at both ends

    Dual-Lock

    SSEMCO's D-Lock: a P-Lock plug for a P-Lock-ready PDU outlet and an S-Lock rotary connector for any standard equipment inlet, on one cord.

  • Locks at both ends

    Z-Lock+

    Zonit's Z-Lock Plus. At the PDU a low-profile locking nut, tightened after the plug is seated, clamps the plug in any standard C13 or C19 outlet. At the equipment a spring latch inside the connector grips any standard C14 or C20 inlet.

  • Locks at both ends

    Z-Lock

    Zonit's original two-ended lock. The cords we stock carry Well Shin's locking plug (WS-003) and auto-locking connector (WS-003A): a red slider at each end, the plug gripping inside any standard outlet, the connector gripping any standard inlet.

    End of life. Z-Lock+ is the current version.

  • Locks at the equipment

    IEC Lock

    Scolmore's IEC Lock: a latch inside the C13 connector grips the earth pin of any standard C14 inlet. The plug is a standard C14.

Compatibility table

Every mechanism against every PDU outlet type and equipment inlet.

Locks, seats, or not made for it. The same rule the finder uses, on one page.

Open the table

Same cords, same East Windsor warehouse, same people as worldcordsets.com. This site keeps to the cords that lock.

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