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Old 15th Jan 2009, 10:36 pm   #6
Brian R Pateman
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Default Re: Old electrical fittings

Graham's council house was probably wired up to use Dorman Smith plugs. These were very common in council installations until the now common 13A BS1363 ring mains came into widespread use.

When I was a lad starting out in TV servicing we had a variety of standards in use in my local area.

To ensure that the soldering iron could be plugged in on service calls in was fitted with a 5A two pin plug which also worked in our bench sockets. We then had a set of adaptor leads with a corresponding socket. There was one with a 13A plug, a 5A 3 pin, a Dorman Smith, a 15A plug, a 2A plug, one with a Wylex plug and one with a Bayonet adaptor for plugging into the light socket.

That covered most eventualities relatively safely!

The workshop had a large board for each bench with more sockets than you could shake a stick at.

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