13A Plug tops with neon light

If you are desperate for an unswitched one, and can't find one new or used, not without the bounds of possibility to fit a neon or LED to the plug of your choice.

That approach is my fallback, was just hoping there might be something a bit more SWMBO friendly around. It's just for a wallwart socket on a corner table in the living room.

Try to find a replacement power supply that uses an IEC C13 or C7 connector, so you can hide it underneath?

Strange isn't it? Seem to be rather rare, even on a google image search, as if someone scrubed them out. Perhaps they went out of favour when users found that long time the neons died?

Anyway, I found these when I did "BS1363 neon"

A pack of eight for £8.94, I'm sure someone else will have an offer for singles.

See how they come ready labelled, like if they've just passed PAT.

It's a new branding applied, like 'CE'!

ITYM "Oh, thanks, I hadn't spotted that!"

HTH

Cheers

reduce the current.

NT

I am not an expert : please can you tell me how to connect the plug and the neon.

For thin wires it's visible at the cord exit. A separate plug with neon al so has its uses.

No, I mean it's stupid.

NT

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Heh. Maybe he could predict the date my cat'll finally drop her sprogs.

If it helps, I saw the beginnings of a documentary where someone fed their moggie after midnight, got it wet and it had lots of babies. Very efficient delivery too.

Could try that? ;-)

Cashless wager, I predict tomorrow evening, 8pm

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A different type of moggie. I hope.

If somewhat violent.

Oh, I dunno. I've given up trying to predict it. Adam's seen pics and he thinks it'll be another week :)

She made me laugh last night. I was letting her out of the room, opening the door. She usually dashes through ahead of me as soon as the gap is big enough but this time the door got stuck on her bulge. The more her claws scrabbled frenziedly on the tiles, the tighter the door became. This went on for a while before I managed to gently pull her back and open the door wide enough. Daft thing.

No, they are plugged into a switched extension lead.

- Mike

Thanks that's what I've been looking for.

- Mike

I'm not trying to be pompous, but if you have to ask how to do it safely you should probably not be doing it yourself. It has to be done so as to avoid short circuits and bits of the thin neon wire sticking out of the plug, also heat resistant and mechanically satisfactory. It's doubtful if anyone should be modifying a plug, but I think I could do it safely if I had to. I would want to be fairly certain no-one would ever rewire it - perhaps it's simply best not done!

I asked because a) I cannot see it is necessary at all and b) how would it actually be done - because I just cannot see a way of doing it which I would find acceptable.

You say you could do it : how would *you* do it (as the original proponent seems to have disappeared)

I trust it will be quite safe from a small child pulling out any wires which disappear in to the plug some how.

Over to you.

Or perhaps you, like me, think it is a stupid idea which you would never attempt.

It seems perfectly reasonable. Obviously best if the plug mouldings are designed for the purpose, but a robust one should safely tolerate minor modifications. The neon bulb will have thin flying leads cut to exactly the right length and covered with heat resistant sleeving. The neon and resistor probably best placed above the neutral pin, and a slot for the live connection filed next to the hole for the earh terminal screw in the plug top. A translucent plug top would be best, otherwise a hole filled wth a glued in piece of transparent plastic shaped so it cannot come out either inward or outward. As safe as the original if carefully done. After all, you can get the same thing as a nightlight, but with no flex fitted.

It's clear neither of you know what you're doing on this one. Which is fine, but to criticise someone that does seems a bit foolish.

NT

Why not just get a small LED mains panel light fitting complete. Wire it to the plug and heatshrink etc to the iron mains lead.

If you are using a specific plus designed for the purpose then that is not what we were talking about.

How do you modify the plug to permit the wires from the neon in to the plug?

Indeed: which is a professional product - not a bodge.

So where do the neon and resistor actually sit on the plug?

There is a difference between doing necessary diy and making a good job of it and doing unnecessary diy and making an abortion of a pig's ear.

Would you really f*ck about like that for the sake of a couple of quid?