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Old 4th Aug 2011, 10:04 pm   #42
Antlong
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Location: Ellesmere, Shropshire, UK.
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Default Re: Another unusual plug and some other questions

Hello all,

"DS was in use for tech supplies at the BBC until fairly recently."

I don't think I've ever seen the fact that the DS plugs had a screw-in fuse which acted as the live pin; when they were ceased in my bit of the BBC I came across a number of these fuses which were actually the same size as a BS1363 so I cut all the threaded portions off...

Well, it was a long time ago!

"I discovered the separate new earth wire from the sockets ran to somewhere just under the floor- where it ended!"

A friend paid quite a lot of money in North London to have his large house rewired; a few years later it was found that every single fitting had but a few inches of new cable which was twisted to the old cable just outside the plasterbox!

Regards Ant
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