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emeritus · 11th Jan 2019, 9:50 pm

In the mid-1960's our house (really two flats with a common front door, 8 rooms) had 3 x 15A, 1 x 13A, 1 x 5A three- pin sockets, and for the rooms with no sockets, a double switched BC adaptor in the light socket with a pull cord for operating the light. A friend's house had 2 pin 5A sockets in every room except the kitchen, (3 pin 5A and 15A) , and used 2 pin 5A plugs with captive 2 pin to BC adaptors so they could also be used in light sockets. One aunt had two "Wandsworth" gauge sockets for which additional plugs and adaptors were unobtainium, so 2-way BC adaptors in the light socket were used. Another aunt's prefab bungalow had at least one 5A three pin socket in every room, but when they were re-housed in a pre-fab house in the early 1970's, it had 13A D&S sockets in every room. Probably accounts for my early interest in plugs and sockets!

By 1975 everyone had been rewired with modern 13A sockets.

11th Jan 2019, 9:50 pm	#129
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,345	Re: Modern MK Safety Plug. Not impressed In the mid-1960's our house (really two flats with a common front door, 8 rooms) had 3 x 15A, 1 x 13A, 1 x 5A three- pin sockets, and for the rooms with no sockets, a double switched BC adaptor in the light socket with a pull cord for operating the light. A friend's house had 2 pin 5A sockets in every room except the kitchen, (3 pin 5A and 15A) , and used 2 pin 5A plugs with captive 2 pin to BC adaptors so they could also be used in light sockets. One aunt had two "Wandsworth" gauge sockets for which additional plugs and adaptors were unobtainium, so 2-way BC adaptors in the light socket were used. Another aunt's prefab bungalow had at least one 5A three pin socket in every room, but when they were re-housed in a pre-fab house in the early 1970's, it had 13A D&S sockets in every room. Probably accounts for my early interest in plugs and sockets! By 1975 everyone had been rewired with modern 13A sockets. Last edited by emeritus; 11th Jan 2019 at 10:04 pm.