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Old 5th Jul 2012, 12:45 pm   #1
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I'll start it off with my dinky 2A job.

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I have some 5 and 15 amp versions of these. I still use them.

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If a Grelco tree falls out of a socket when no-one is there to hear it, does it go Clang?

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I have some 5 and 15 Amp Grelco adapters, also possibly a 2 amp one but that might be MK, in my collection, love the picture that Lucien has posted!!

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I have some 5 and 15 amp versions of these. I still use them.

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Would that be on account of your theatrical connections?
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I used to help a neighbour do amateur theatre lighting back in the mid 80s and we used those old vintage Grelco adapters. Most were painted red. That's where I first heard of that make.

I used to hate unravelling all the cables tipped out of the bag. They got terribly knotted up .
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In theatre lighting, 'grelco' has become a generic term for 2-way 15A adaptors not just Grelco ones, with the term 'trelco' coined for a 3-way. However the current favourite type, imported from South Africa where the 15A plug (rated 16A) is still standard, is called a 'Snapper'. This is the actual trademark of the manufacturer Lumex who also make a 3-way cable-ended type called a 'Snapperdaptor'. So a 16A Snapper is a 15A grelco and a Snapperdaptor is a trelco. Don't get me started on dominoes and 3-in-lines...

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Hi,

Here's my contribution to this Grelco thread. I wonder how often the earth pin of a plug accidentally entered the live hole of a socket the next size up? Especially when groping along the skirting board behind the sofa!

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P.S. I can build adaptor trees too, Lucien!
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I think we've just discovered a new art-form.

Beats bricks.

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I have some 5 and 15 amp versions of these. I still use them.

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Would that be on account of your theatrical connections?
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