How not to fit a socket.

[Mike Tomlinson]

One for Adam's collection. Spotted in a pub in Liverpool.

[Scott]

Clearly an anti-theft precaution. Anyone wanting to steal it would need two different screwdrivers.

[damduck-egg]

I did wonder if possibly it had been used for drug dealers to hide stuff in at some time while dealing and someone decided to make it a little more awkard to access.

G.Harman

[Brian Gaff]

I could not see this of course, but the comments reminded me of some things which I encountered in the Canary Islands back in the 80s. Two pin sockets with the earth lead dangling terminated by a little choc block. The plug was basically one where the wires are just poked into holes in screw in pins. No shroud and fingers of wire hang out around the edges. This was a bedside light and the lead was not long enough so somebody had soldered the ends of two cables together to make it longer and wrapped it in cheap pvc tape. the earth was left unconnected , no not even into the choc block.

Then there was the fridge socket, a kind of American looking one with earth as a strip on the side of the plug, but the socket it went into had obviously been broken at some time, and it was glued together with what looked like Evo Stik and the crack was opening up as you inserted the plug so the earth strip never made contact to anything. I do sometimes wonder how any British holiday makers survived. Brian

[Bert Coules]

A double socket secured - sort of - by four tightly-fitting woodscrews, one in the centre of each edge, their heads only just gripping the faceplate. Though curiously, the usual fixing screws are also in place. Better safe than sorry?

[tabbypurr]

No backbox I bet. M3.5s just in there for show, probably glued in.

NT

[Tricky Dicky]

Back box probably still there but come loose off wall hence the four screws holding the faceplate to timber cladding.

Richard

[Dave Plowman (News)]

You don't see those Crabtree sockets around much these days - beautiful design. You can switch them off with a foot - but not on.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

More like the back box fixing to the T&G has not worked. Very common with bodgers.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , damduck- [e-mail] escribió:

A nice idea, but it's in a very public place.

[ARW]

I hope that is not an euphemism for a 12 inch penis.....

[ARW]

Pure class. A brass scratched socket with red paint on it and 4 PZ2 screws.

I thought that the Aigburth Arms was closed?

[Scott]

But not by Sun readers :-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

That socket is about 40 years old - they changed the design round about then. Much to the chagrin of many architects who loved the old one.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I don't cater for fantasy. ;-)

[Scott]

Or use it as a rule :-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

But the ordinary plate fixing screws are still in place? And are likely longer ones as they look to be chrome rather than antique bronze?

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , ARW escribió:

Not quite that meffy :) The Ship and Mitre on Dale St.

[damduck-egg]

The outside seating is definitely a good example of DIY.

G.Harman

[ARW]

What is antique bronze? Is it something that looks like it needs a polish:-)?