We have inherited one of these in the garden, connecting up to the water feature pump.
I want to remove it (from the socket), and I can't. Is there a trick to getting it off or is it just pull as hard as possible?
(I have managed to take it apart and take the cable out so now I just have the plug stuck in the socket).
TIA
tim
In article , tim writes
The socket sometimes has a spring flap which "locks" the plug in. Otherwise brute force and ignorance is needed!
twist then pull?
The lid of the socket latches onto the plug, so this must be lifted first. And then a damn good tug. ;-)
If the socket has a built in isolator, the plug may be interlocked so that it can only be removed if the isolator is in the off position. Also, if there is a button to the right of the plug, push it and the plug should rotate anticlockwise (about 15deg) which then allows it to be removed.
HTH
Trev.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "tim" saying something like:
If there's a locking collar (usually white/grey), twist it to the left and pull the main body out as normal.
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