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IEC Power Cords – Compatibility Guaranteed

There is only one kind of electricity, and that is electricity. It can be generated in an incredibly wide variety of ways, and the number of different ways in which it can be transmitted between places is equally diverse. But electricity is electricity. In light of that fact, it seems strange that we’ve found so many ways to facilitate its transmission between places. There are too many different varieties of cords and cord sets to count. They vary widely depending on geographical location, and

The issue has its origins in the genesis of electrical engineering. Because discoveries about the properties of electricity and the means by which it can be generated and transmitted were made in different places by different people, those different people engineered their own preferences into their inventions. Since that time, the extent to which the world relies on electricity has increased dramatically, and in order to take advantage of functioning electrical infrastructure, standards-setting institutions sprang up. They helped to ensure that enough standardized equipment was available to consumers and to industry. The International Electrotechnical Commission which first convened in 1906, is one of many such agencies. Their standards are applied in the construction of IEC power cords, which are power cords whose designs are compliant with the standards set by the IEC.

Power cords that are compliant with IEC standards can be relied upon to be safe as well as compatible with other IEC-certified equipment. Though the configurations of given IEC-certified equipment vary, within given IEC standards compatibility is always guaranteed. Organizations like the IEC continue to help make our electrical infrastructure as highly functioning as possible.