How's this for DIY special?

Still you could join the IEE * which an electrician cannot. So you could potentially sit on the comittee which regulates what the electrician can do.

Mr F.

Miaow, saucer of milk for table nine please. FFS I wish I hadn't bothered! Still, some of the comments made it worth while. I feel the standard of debate within this forum is on the decline though. Yes I am old School [49 asolutely prehistoric] I remember wooden back boxes, 3/.029 3/.036 etc etc .1's. 3 core and ECC when it was red white and blue. TRS and floorboard saws. Hot potted Pyro and Copperclad...and the days before t'internet where people had to keep their puerile comments amongst their 'limited group' of friends and not pontificate across the 4 corners etc etc etc. Getting bored now

How do you get the wires to stay in the plug top? Don't you have to wire into the plug body, where the pins are?

You never did get round to telling us what the job call entailed?

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It's commonly known as a plug because that's what it is. You have a plug and socket, not a "plug top" and plug.

We kept you entertained for a few hours at least.

Mr F.

Well if you want to single handedly remove all synonyms from the English langauge (and presumably replace your final plug with socket or, better, socket outlet).

Christian.

Mr Fizzion wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

See if you can find "pattress" there; you couldn't have lasted 5 mins in my job without being familiar with it

mike

Interpretation error then. I construed "those who see themselves as the last defenders of standards in English/Engineering" as the ones who would want, logically, to call the article in question a "plug" and not a plug top" and "the face of reality and common usage" to refer to the usage of "plug top" - because it is in very common use in the electrical trades. IYSWIM.

"Clive Dive" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mygate.mailgate.org:

I think your summing up is right.

My school is not as old as yours but all you quote is familiar; fondest memories of terminating pyro in Malaya......

But at least I've learned how much credence to give to one or three of the posters

mike

Just shows that the Internet is not infallible; the term has been around for 40 years to my own knowledge.

Ah yes, interpretation (on my part) I felt that the last defenders of standards in English /Engineering were quaint and old fashioned for so doing! I see you felt the opposite hence the confusion. If we are not careful we will be on to metric/imperial soon, you mark my words! ;o)

Thats easy, we use a large amount of NASA technology,lubricate with elbow grease and pass over to the situation assessor. We then take the nearest pedant and use his noggin to beat the wires into place,presuming said pedant has not interim exited his domicillary portal in search of a life

Carpe diem; cogitus ergo descendus

Don't give the government ideas.

Well, the way the ones in my local B&Q were wired definately wasn't. Plug-plug extension lead for an electric mower.

Owain

The 1930s electrical book I have is insistent that "plug" is what is screwed to the wall, and "plug top" is what is attahced to the appliance.

The term "socket" is for the brass things inside the plug.

Owain

... whiskers on kittens?

Wosserdiffrence then?

Owain

Try "britney nude", you'll get even more..... :o)

Copperclad?

Shortage of Cu in early 70's. BICC brought out a cable consisting of Copper coated Aluminium. All cable sizes had to increase for equivalent current carrying capacity. It was pure Cr4p!. Only to be bettered by AlCuMic...now who can remember that? I've still got some fittings for it!! and imperial Pyro, and wedge pot seals and ...it goes on and on