Replacing two old pin sockets

[Chris Hodges]

Very common in pubs etc. A mate of mine used to carry a cable with a 2A plug and 13A socket for charging his mobile off them.

[david lang]

[DJC]

Just what I need, a 4 pin socket to connect a fan with a live plus switched live connection.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Do you mean Walsall gauge where all the pins are at right angles to a normal 13 amp?. The BBC used these for tech supplies.

Neutrik Powercon? A very good connector for industrial use, but not too pretty for the home.

I'm not sure what you find wrong with 2 or 5 amp round pin shuttered sockets?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Are you using normal GLS lamps in the fittings? If so, you can load the dimmer up to its maximum. However, some other types of lamps - candle for example - may mean you have to use a dimmer of twice the nominal load.

Then that's fine.

I think it was thought they might be fed from the ring since they are floor outlets - in which case an FCU would be needed.

Or near any wholesaler.

[Andy Wade]

No, MK have long done their own version of a non-standard 13 A plug & socket. They use a different shape earth pin - a T-shaped extrusion, rather than rectangular bar.

They are on the web site:

the plug, and one example of a socket.

[DJC]

[a.n.other]

Why not do it properly and connect to the ring main?

[Andrew Gabriel]

It's difficult to see what the two halves of that sentence have to do with each other.

[manatbandq]

Read the question! It's a lighting circuit where all the sockets are controlled by one switch. How many ring mains are like that?

MBQ

[David Hansen]

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:29:41 GMT someone who may be "DavidM" wrote this:-

Just one more thought, to add to all the others. Socket outlets should be installed to avoid likely mechanical damage. That means placing them so that they are not liable to damage by vacuum cleaners. A little above the skirting board would fit the bill.

2A and 5A round pin socket outlets (and plugs) are available from suppliers and fit the bill nicely.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

A flush mounted even plastic socket will stand quite a whack without breaking. Surface mount [spit] is a different matter.