Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs - Page 5 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

AC/HL · 30th Oct 2010, 2:13 pm

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Originally Posted by Tim

Found something interesting the other day at a boot sale. A 3-1(or rather 1-3) bayonet adaptor, for running 3 bulbs from one light socket. Black ridged Bakelite,although not that old and alas unbranded.
Unfortunately I was not in a posiition to buy it, or take pics.
3 bayonet sockets in line like a duck's foot.

That DS "Kingpin" IS interesting. Shame they never caught on.
A good place for finding old plugs is boot sales. There is often a box full worth a rummage.

In the past it was quite common to use these adapters to add power outlets to a light fitting when power sockets were sparse, often confined to downstairs. One of the sockets was sometimes switched so that you could turn the bulb off while leaving the other appliance switched on.

Tim · 9th Nov 2010, 2:21 pm

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One of the sockets was sometimes switched so that you could turn the bulb off while leaving the other appliance switched on.

I've got one of those too.

petertheorgan · 10th Nov 2010, 6:27 pm

Reading this thread made me think that I must get my adapters out ready for christmas as they are used every year to connect up my collection of vintage christmas lights.

The adapter mentioned in thread 76 and 78 is photographed below and as I am going on Friday to visit another forum member and take him a couple of vintage electric irons for his museum , I thought I would plug one in the proper way in my workshop and take a photograph or two ,,,,,,,,,enjoy but dont send the health and safety guys round !

Peter

JoshWard · 10th Nov 2010, 6:51 pm

That's some nice work Peter

As you can guess it's getting rather cold here in the countryside at the moment so I'm saving my adaptor like yours for an electric fire in the bathroom (which is very cold). Sadly the fire is a modern one so has a three pin plug with earth, which I will cut short and put on one of my clix plugs.

Should keep me nice and toasty

twocvbloke · 10th Nov 2010, 9:38 pm

Not really unusual, but, is it weird to polish up a BS1363 plug so the pins look like gold?

Tractorfan · 11th Nov 2010, 10:57 am

Hi,
You could flog that to an audiophool for an enormous sum

. Especially if it's got a golden fuse too!
Cheers, Pete

Tim · 11th Nov 2010, 12:00 pm

That was the adaptor thing I mentioned earlier as pictured in post 83!.

A small(1 bar) electric fire is OK of course, provided you don't have more that one on the circuit at a time. And not all the lights on as well..........

11th Nov 2010, 12:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Tractorfan

Hi,
You could flog that to an audiophool for an enormous sum

. Especially if it's got a golden fuse too!
Cheers, Pete

The golden fuse http://www.analogueseduction.net/pro...mp_HI-TU-6.325 worst part is the cable in the plug is probably 10 or 6A rated for most HiFi.

11th Nov 2010, 2:58 pm

If all your sets stop working and it goes dark it could be the incomming 60/80/100A fuse. A piece of 22mm copper pipe fits a treat. And if it goes dark again it will be the substation fuse, that's replaced for nothing by a man with a torch.

Tractorfan · 11th Nov 2010, 2:58 pm

Hi
Well, I was extracting the Michael, but . . .

Are they SERIOUS??

Cheers, Pete

twocvbloke · 11th Nov 2010, 3:14 pm

I don't get why people think that if they plate everything in gold, it makes it work better, cos underneath the gold is the same stuff as "regular" electricals...

I'm sure most would class audiophile equipment as "unusual BS1363" stuff...

Station X · 11th Nov 2010, 3:23 pm

They only work if you have silver wire all the way back to the power station which must have the generators wound with silver wire, silver slip rings and silver brushes.

Tim · 11th Nov 2010, 4:01 pm

Careful chaps, lets not get this excellent thread closed.........................

twocvbloke · 11th Nov 2010, 4:13 pm

I'm trying to think of something unusual, but I think most have been covered, I would add a 13a plug I once found up at the local small theatre that had a switch on the back, all in bakelite brown, but even now you can buy plugs like that, just not as elegant...

I think those have been mentioned already though...

JoshWard · 11th Nov 2010, 6:10 pm

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Originally Posted by Tim

A small(1 bar) electric fire is OK of course, provided you don't have more that one on the circuit at a time. And not all the lights on as well..........

OK I'll just put a telly on the other one and the bulb in the middle.

Got to have some entertainment in the bath!

Could always plug another adaptor into the first one......

Tractorfan · 11th Nov 2010, 9:00 pm

Hi,
I've got a few MK plugs with switches on the top plus a couple of W&G ones with a rocker switch and neon. These all date from the early 60s, or thereabout. I didn't see another switched plug until my last visit to B&Q who stock modern ones (as well as switched adapters). I still use some of mine here in a 13amp socket strip over the bench.
Cheers, Pete

mark pirate · 12th Nov 2010, 12:42 am

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I've got a few MK plugs with switches on the top

I have a very old brown mk plug with spring loaded 'protectors' on the neutral & live pins, never seen another....

Mark

Tractorfan · 12th Nov 2010, 11:10 pm

Yep! got one of those too, but in ivory white.
Cheers, Pete

audiomagpie · 14th Nov 2010, 10:58 pm

This was in a box of old electrical fittings from a junk shop. The two side grips are in fact sprung adjusters you squeeze in to reduce the spacing between the two pins, so to fit sockets of different sizes? Or an early type of travel plug perhaps? Made by Pargo, max. 2 amps.

Greg

twocvbloke · 14th Nov 2010, 11:10 pm

That one looks like it's more for BS546 to me, they had squeezy plugs (like the Fitall) to fit narrower sockets...

10th Nov 2010, 6:27 pm	#83
petertheorgan Hexode Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bromley, Kent, UK. Posts: 332	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs Reading this thread made me think that I must get my adapters out ready for christmas as they are used every year to connect up my collection of vintage christmas lights. The adapter mentioned in thread 76 and 78 is photographed below and as I am going on Friday to visit another forum member and take him a couple of vintage electric irons for his museum , I thought I would plug one in the proper way in my workshop and take a photograph or two ,,,,,,,,,enjoy but dont send the health and safety guys round ! Peter Attached Thumbnails

10th Nov 2010, 6:51 pm	#84
JoshWard Octode Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Near Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 1,962	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs That's some nice work Peter As you can guess it's getting rather cold here in the countryside at the moment so I'm saving my adaptor like yours for an electric fire in the bathroom (which is very cold). Sadly the fire is a modern one so has a three pin plug with earth, which I will cut short and put on one of my clix plugs. Should keep me nice and toasty

10th Nov 2010, 9:38 pm	#85
twocvbloke Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Colne, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 527	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs Not really unusual, but, is it weird to polish up a BS1363 plug so the pins look like gold? Attached Thumbnails

11th Nov 2010, 10:57 am	#86
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 Hi, You could flog that to an audiophool for an enormous sum . Especially if it's got a golden fuse too! Cheers, Pete __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

11th Nov 2010, 12:00 pm	#87
Tim Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,310	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs That was the adaptor thing I mentioned earlier as pictured in post 83!. A small(1 bar) electric fire is OK of course, provided you don't have more that one on the circuit at a time. And not all the lights on as well.......... __________________ "Nothing is as dangerous as being too modern;one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly."

11th Nov 2010, 2:58 pm	#89
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Bodgery...in the interests of getting our sets going! If all your sets stop working and it goes dark it could be the incomming 60/80/100A fuse. A piece of 22mm copper pipe fits a treat. And if it goes dark again it will be the substation fuse, that's replaced for nothing by a man with a torch.

11th Nov 2010, 3:14 pm	#91
twocvbloke Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Colne, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 527	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs I don't get why people think that if they plate everything in gold, it makes it work better, cos underneath the gold is the same stuff as "regular" electricals... I'm sure most would class audiophile equipment as "unusual BS1363" stuff...

11th Nov 2010, 3:23 pm	#92
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,288	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs They only work if you have silver wire all the way back to the power station which must have the generators wound with silver wire, silver slip rings and silver brushes. __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.

11th Nov 2010, 4:01 pm	#93
Tim Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,310	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs Careful chaps, lets not get this excellent thread closed......................... __________________ "Nothing is as dangerous as being too modern;one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly."

11th Nov 2010, 4:13 pm	#94
twocvbloke Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Colne, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 527	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs I'm trying to think of something unusual, but I think most have been covered, I would add a 13a plug I once found up at the local small theatre that had a switch on the back, all in bakelite brown, but even now you can buy plugs like that, just not as elegant... I think those have been mentioned already though...

11th Nov 2010, 9:00 pm	#96
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 Hi, I've got a few MK plugs with switches on the top plus a couple of W&G ones with a rocker switch and neon. These all date from the early 60s, or thereabout. I didn't see another switched plug until my last visit to B&Q who stock modern ones (as well as switched adapters). I still use some of mine here in a 13amp socket strip over the bench. Cheers, Pete __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

12th Nov 2010, 11:10 pm	#98
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 Yep! got one of those too, but in ivory white. Cheers, Pete __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

14th Nov 2010, 10:58 pm	#99
audiomagpie Heptode Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, UK. Posts: 824	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs This was in a box of old electrical fittings from a junk shop. The two side grips are in fact sprung adjusters you squeeze in to reduce the spacing between the two pins, so to fit sockets of different sizes? Or an early type of travel plug perhaps? Made by Pargo, max. 2 amps. Greg Attached Thumbnails __________________ Greg BVWS committee chairman

14th Nov 2010, 11:10 pm	#100
twocvbloke Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Colne, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 527	Re: Unusual BS1363 Socket Designs That one looks like it's more for BS546 to me, they had squeezy plugs (like the Fitall) to fit narrower sockets...