Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs - Page 6 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Tractorfan · 15th Nov 2010, 3:41 pm

It would probably fit 2amp, 5amp & 15amp 2 pin and unshuttered 3 pin sockets, albeit loosely . Having said that, it has a "continental" look about it.
Cheers, Pete

ben · 3rd Jan 2012, 9:04 pm

just seen this online fitted to a tandberg reel recorder. Looks rather lethal, is it a 'fitall'?

Lucien Nunes · 3rd Jan 2012, 9:09 pm

Yes. The pins rotate through 90° to lock, if you're lucky. Fitnone might have been a better name. Something not quite right about the wiring too!

Lucien

Brased · 3rd Jan 2012, 10:54 pm

Yes I remember them. Probably slightly safer than using bared wires stuffed into the socket with matchsticks.

Ed_Dinning · 4th Jan 2012, 9:47 am

The up lock for the pins did not always work either (it was controlled by small lever and shutter arrangement). This often led to fireworks on metalclad, floor mounted stage sockets.
I still have an example with slightly melted round pins.

Ed

Socketman · 26th Jul 2013, 4:13 pm

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Originally Posted by Colourstar

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Originally Posted by Tractorfan

Just for information, all 13amp plugs & sockets past and present were/are BS1363
Cheers de Pete

Just to throw a spanner in the works, I've noticed that out of the two externally identical MK switched single sockets in my photo, the cream one is to BS1363, whereas the brown one is to BS2814...

Steve

Please forgive me for this late addition, but I can add something here. The original 1947 BS 1363 standard was for unswitched sockets only, that was a deliberate decision made by the committee. However, there was a demand for switched sockets and a separate standard was published in 1957, BS 2814:1957 "Two-pole and earthing-pin flush-mounted 13-Amp switch socket-outlets for A.C. circuits up to 250 Volts". It took another 10 years before everything was brought together in the revised BS 1363:1967 "Specification for 13A plugs, switched and unswitched socket-outlets and boxes".

The paint spec mentioned by Herald1360 is not "BS 2814" but "BS EN ISO 2814" - something completely different.

15th Nov 2010, 3:41 pm	#101
Tractorfan Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.) Posts: 3,183	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs It would probably fit 2amp, 5amp & 15amp 2 pin and unshuttered 3 pin sockets, albeit loosely . Having said that, it has a "continental" look about it. Cheers, Pete __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

3rd Jan 2012, 9:04 pm	#102
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs just seen this online fitted to a tandberg reel recorder. Looks rather lethal, is it a 'fitall'? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Ben.

3rd Jan 2012, 9:09 pm	#103
Lucien Nunes Rest in Peace Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London, UK. Posts: 2,508	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs Yes. The pins rotate through 90° to lock, if you're lucky. Fitnone might have been a better name. Something not quite right about the wiring too! Lucien

3rd Jan 2012, 10:54 pm	#104
Brased Hexode Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London, UK. Posts: 318	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs Yes I remember them. Probably slightly safer than using bared wires stuffed into the socket with matchsticks.

4th Jan 2012, 9:47 am	#105
Ed_Dinning Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 8,194	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs The up lock for the pins did not always work either (it was controlled by small lever and shutter arrangement). This often led to fireworks on metalclad, floor mounted stage sockets. I still have an example with slightly melted round pins. Ed