13Amp socket with USB Charger

After already paying significant money for (eg) the Focus with built-in satnav rather than not.

Some of the inbuilt ones sold by TLC offer 5v @ 5.1 A - shared

"Most" people can't be @rsed to indicate on roundabouts, but that doesn't mean it should be encouraged.

Still, no-body's perfect.

USB spec is 20v? Since when?

since those chinese capacitors went fizzzzzzzzz

Owain

It's usb pd (power delivery). Compatible devices can negotiate current/ voltage levels with the charger, up to 100W. My HTC 10 gets a bit sulky when plugged into a charger that refuses to talk to it.

Timber framed buildings should use intumescent steel back boxes.

They aren't switcheable (the ones I've seen), so small power consumption is guaranteed. And if ever you have your circuits mega'd, they'll probably be fried.

Surely an essential reason to buy some new hifi technology, that also has a USB charging outlet built in :-).

The next Labour government would probably 'harmonise' on German-style Schuco sockets.

Hmm.. Having just taken down some internal studwork walls (timber frame house) I can say that the socket back boxes were embedded in glass fibre insulation.

Have you seen any that do?

That won't stop a fire once flames reach the studwork.

Owain

Hmm.. again:-)

I light a log burner most mornings at this time of year. Nice little conical pile of mixed thickness sticks, small logs selected from the basket inclined in a tepee. Full draught from the grate and then.. at least 30 seconds of the creme brulee torch to be sure of not having to start over.

I don't see the let through energy of a 32 amp MCB being anything like this. Glass wool burns/melts but only under a sustained hot flame.

For Toyota it's about $250 per update, which (for some) comes on a DVD you insert in the head unit. Some of the ~2007 ones have a dedicated DVD nav unit (ie the maps are read off the DVD when navigating, they aren't copied elsewhere). Given the price, the DVDs are widely counterfeited. It's easier for more recent cars, but this gives you an idea what it's like 10 years down the track.

Things like Android Auto have the potential to be more sane - the car is a screen and peripherals for a phone. In principle that means you can easily upgrade the phone as technology improves. There's also CarPlay (Apple) and MirrorLink (Nokia, Samsung, Sony) doing similar things. All of these are a bit too new to see what happens when they go stale after a few years. (at the very least, having competing standards means you can't easily switch phone vendors)

Theo

Congratulations on the most tortuous thinking on here since WhiskyDave broke up for the holidays.

Interesting. Mate has a timber framed house bought new which I've done some work on, and the boxes there are all ordinary ones. Usually nailed to a stud with clouts.

Whatever for. There's nothing wrong with the plugs we already have.

They are arguably rather better than any alternatives. Which are few and far between, given our final ring system.

But I'd expect a Labour government to know and understand this - unlike some contributors to what is meant to be a DIY group.