Date   : Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:32:51 +0100
From   : rs423@... (Mick Champion)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
>
> BS1363 was designed between 1942 and 1945 and published in 1947.
>   
I'm amazed. When just a nipper in the early 70's, the only place that 
had 13 amp sockets in our house was the kitchen. 25 years after they 
became standard!!! We are slow to catch up aren't we.



>  
>   
>> see any good reason to install round sockets aside from novelty or
>> themed / historical reasons. Us Brits don't like letting go though, This
>>     
>  
> They are commonly used in specialist situations, such as remotely
> switched theatre lighting that needs to be movable to other
> locations. London Underground and the BBC use /fused/ 15A BS546s
> specifically to prevent unauthorised equipment from being plugged
> in.
>   
You learn something every day. When you replied to David about his 
safety certificate, one of the things was you mentioned were the round 
sockets saying that was "Bad installation practice". Why did you think 
this is the case?



>  
>   
>> about what you could. Glad it had a happy ending. Useful to know there's
>>     
>  
> Need to upload some after photos now that it's all nice and neat.
>   

Please do.  I guess that you purchased the cable and ran them from the 
basement to the communal entrance to the flats yourself, then then had 
to pay the supplier to move and connect the supply wires to the meters 
and isolation switches? How much did the supplier charge for what 2 
hours work? Too much probably!


Mick.