The slot or groove is on the left (live) side as you look at the pins.
3mm wide and less than 1mm deep. It's about 10mm long and descends towards the live pin at about 45 deg. There is a 3mm hole at the lowest point which is positioned above the fuse, but it's too small to see anything.
Typically you can get several fingers in.
Only after kids have enlarged the hole.
Kids with bigger knobs than.... oh I see.....
I doubt if that was intended with my adapter. You can't see anything through that deep 3mm hole. If I shine a red laser pointer down it you can see something, but not it's colour of course. And none of this explains the groove.
I got this degree thing.
I got this degree thing ..
You mean that pathetic H&S certificate that shows you're a wimp who can't climb a ladder without a hiviz jacket?
A thermometer?
My guess would be someone with a drill and a jewellers' file wanting direct access to the live. The hole is in just the right position to poke a wire through to trap between the fuse and holder. You'd not see the fuse colour, as it seems to open behind the end cap of the fuse,
The other day I threw out my mother's double-bed electric blanket. Must be one of the few products that had not one hand-wired 13A MK plug - but two!
Such blankets say they should be returned for service every year (or was it every three years?). Pre-wired has been mandatory for many years now
- I think this must be 30+ years old. Yet this has never been serviced. (What do they do in a service?) So the bin was the only option in my book!
In my young day (the 1950s and 1960s) I seem to remember they were all like that.
Not when they aren't sleeved. You can guess how I know that... You do have to be a bit cack handed wrapping your fingers around the plug but it is certainly possible with adult fingers.
I did it once when I was a lad. Like having your fingers hit with a vibrating hammer.
"used to be"? Plug top fuses still are.
Close.
13 A Brown 10 A Yellow 5 A Black not Red 3 A Red 2 A Blue (but TBH without paying for and ownloading the relevant BS I'm not convinced that 2 A is still defined in the range).All other values are Black (5 A used to be Grey)
AFAIK I'm the only one with brain rot(*) in this group, what's your excuse?
(*) Parkinson's.
Many did, some didnt. Having worked before in a place wired in 1942 I do prefer modern wiring overall, even if some aspects of it are pointless.
NT
prefer modern wiring overall, even if some aspects of it are pointless.
I prefer to grow a pair of balls :-P
Could the hole have been a rivet mounting to hold the top end of the fuseholder in place? This was done with some MK plugs, and the recess in the base had some insulating materiaL loaded in to cover the (live rivet head.
o prefer modern wiring overall, even if some aspects of it are pointless.
I'm quite grateful I managed to stay alive long enough to.
Owain
prefer modern wiring overall, even if some aspects of it are pointless.
When did this nation turn into a bunch of pansies?
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