But where does the Wokingham address (just down the road from me!) come into a correspondence between a consumer in South Wales and their supplier (based in Gloucestershire)?
In the back of my mind I've a hunch that there was also a 10A socket, too - somewhere between the 5A and 15A sizewise.
I suppose I can relax given that I'm in the US and nobody here's ever heard of a ring main... :-) I *still* haven't worked out what one of the fuse boxes we have at home is even for - it's got power in and out, but if it's turned off everything in the house still carries on working...
Careful Jules.
When my RCD blew last month, and I turned off the circuit that was causing it, I couldn't work out what had stopped working..either..
..Till I walked down the garden and lifted the lid of the septic tank...
;-)
A supplier who then became part of the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB)!
The message from "Ron Lowe" contains these words:
A cultural thing. In the 60s and 70s you would expect a swag lamp or a pole lamp to be powered from such a switched receptacle. Quaint, maybe, but I was quite partial to the things. Indeed I staill have an American swag lamp in use (in the UK), taken from our lounge when we left North America and hooked up in our front room here. Not from a socket switched from the door, however :-(. If it were switched from the door I might have installed a 2A socket :-).
If you look underneath the typing, you can see:
Registered Office:
14-20 King William St London EC4has been changed to:
213 Finchampstead Road Wokingham BerksI can think of three reasons... either their were cutting costs, they were evacuated, or they were bombed out.
Aha, it looks like the building in question is off to the right of this picture:
Theo
Or they moved office as a precautionary measure For The Duration, or their offices were requisitioned for military or government use.
Owain
photographer:
Wow, thanks for that!
They are still available - try Abacus Electrical Supplies
url:
They are but the socket plate size is the same.
Every electrical wholesaler I know stocks them. And some even have online catalogues. ;-)
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Can you fo round and firebomb these spammers please ?
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