During the war it was illegal to use power sockets at all because of lack of electricity. A light socket plug could be made by breaking the glass off an old tungsten bulb and attaching fly leads to the wires inside. (Ok its only a joke).
John2
Later than that, surely. I remember buying them from Woolies in the 80s, Woolies had updated ones with a small sideways screw holding the screw-on cap on.
Owain
Have just taken some photos of the 2 bayonet plugs I have, these are the type that hardwire direct to the appliance.
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So is it legal or not to install Euro Schuko sockets in a UK house - if the answer is 'yes it's legal' - must they be wired according to UK (ring main) standards (in which case AFAIUI - possibly dangerous) or only on a radial circuit?
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Or make one from a dead light bulb and some epoxy and a bit of flex. After all, this is uk.deadify-yourself.
Someone on the IEE (sorry IET) forums claimed that their BCO said he would accept a Part P job done partly to German VDE100, specifically a schuko in the bathroom, which is apprently allowed under German regs, with caveats (30mA or lower RCD, 16A MCB, correct zone, fed from same CU as lights etc).
Cheers
Tim
A dead CFL will give a suitable cap to sloder two wires to.
use a lighting circuit (non RCD protected) to get an indication of the earthing quality of RCD perotected circuits. I really should update it. My megger is a nice one in an oak box, and takes ages to get up to speed.
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You really want to treat yourself to a new earth loop impedance tester. They've had units that don't trip RCD's for years.
Oh what a magazine that was! My dad got it and I always read it vidly.
A Teasmade! What a product!
It takes you back..................
I read it avidly as well......
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Still available for sale in Woolworths in about 1983. I know, 'cos I bought one (and probably still have it somewhere.) It was white, and the cap had a nylon locking screw to prevent it coming undone and exposing the screw terminals during removal from the lampholder.
I hope so, I've just fitted such a system to my loft conversion! (Actually three of them so that the bedside lights can be turned on/off independently at the door).
Christian.
I've started already! :-)
In fact what I want to do is reposition my TV aerial which is in the loft. It has been really hard getting the right position for the aerial and I need the TV to be there as I adjust its direction and position.
As the TV has no earth then I figured it's ok to run it off one of the hanging lights in the loft (there are no mains points there). The TV is a portable and uses about 70W when steady so the current loading should be ok.
Very nice. And in cool white too. And no Bakelite in sight either. I'm jealous!
Andy...
I'm sure that you will be able to tell me why it's not a sensible suggestion - but what on earth is wrong with a 13amp extension lead? It would be much safer and much more useful.
David
Stick a 13 amp socket fed off the lighting circuit via a FCU with a 3 amp fuse and clearly label the FCU and socket with a warning about max loading.
Ah! There's my secret plan to have a mains powered radio when I am working in the loft (it's lit, and clean so I use it like a sort of shed).
I could spur from the lighting circuit to a wall socket but that's really asking for trouble one day.
Provided your radio is double-insulated and doesn't require an earth then you could fit a 2-pin plug and install a shaver socket. AFAIK they are still permitted on a lighting circuit. However I ran a spur up from a socket in one of my bedrooms, when I was decorating, to a double in the loft - problem solved.
David
ISTR seeing some Argos light fittings that came with such a plug on. The idea was the fitting goes over the existing pendant and plugs into it, thus no wiring abilty needed. This was maybe 3 years ago
NT
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