RE: UK Voltage

["Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>]

Based on what I saw when in Benidorm several years ago.

 

there was a DIY store (more like an ironmongers) near the hotel and I "had" to have a look round, they sold all manner of rewireable plugs at the time. This was about 6 years ago so maybe things have changed since then.

 

A moulded 2 pin plug may start life as part of a double insulated appliance but no amount of regulations can stop some half-witted person who "thinks" they understand electicity from cutting a lead of a dead appliance and joining it to some other appliance to lengthen a lead that is just too short.

 

Several times in this country I have come across what appears to be a normal 13A extension lead only to find that someone had made it up using 2 core cable !!!!

Keith

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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger [mailto:roger@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 March 2002 23:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] UK Voltage

Errrrrrm..... A European 2-pin socket??????? News to me.....

 

Hope you are not confusing the Italian CEI23-16/VII, socket (not 19mm centres) or the Swiss SEC1011 sockets - 19mm centres, but the Swiss did not get in with any standardisation on this one, but still with earths, although in the Italian case possible to force a Shuko plug into.

 

Otherwise you have the CEE7/4 (Shuko) or CEE7/7 sockets, both with earths.Yes the earth is either the strip on the side, or the pin sticking out, respectively.

 

But remember you can only buy pre-wired plugs in Europe (one good thing we adopted) so a two-pin plug is on a bit of kit that is double insulated.

 

The cables are fully rated for the type of socket too, so no need for a fuse.

 

My Swiss colleagues take great delight in being able to plug two-pin leads into 13A sockets, and have got it down to a fine art :-))))

 

But you are right, it is a mess... even I was unaware of the Italian Job until recently.

 

Roger

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