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Originally Posted by paulsherwin
Probably a BS73 plug and socket (1919 for 15A).
BS73 lasted a long time - my parental home was wired to BS73 despite being built as late as 1934. BS546 was well established by then so my grandad who had the house built must have specified BS73 because it was a bit cheaper. It resulted in some hair raising practices in my childhood, like running electric kettles and washing machines without an earth. The house was finally rewired to BS1363 in the mid 60s.
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Did it go directly from BS73 to BS1363 without involving BS564?
That must be rare.
I have a box of unused BS73 15A 2-pin sockets in Ivory rather than Brown, which suggests that BS73 ran into the late '50s.
I suppose it's obsolete now?