Another socket puzzle: Why the extra terminal?

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• Feb 9, 2019

• #31

Kept meaning to show you this @Lucien Nunes to see if it is of interest for your museum. Took it out of my house while doing a few changes.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

• #32

So it doesn't fit in a standard single k.o. box?

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Interesting piece of history there... never seen something like that before.
My gran had an adaptor from 13a plug to 2x15a + 1x 5a, so they could still use their old appliances without changing the plug.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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So it doesn't fit in a standard single k.o. box?

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No, it's a custom size.

Kept meaning to show you this

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Is that Bath - Off - Sink for a dual element immersion? Yes please, we don't have any of those. Will happily pay postage! Pity the red indicator lens is missing but we can find something suitable.

A side note about the fireside socket fuse. The original design shown here takes a BS646 fuse so the largest you could fit was 5A, which was correct for multiple 2A sockets on one circuit. But the later style in a standard 2G plate took a BS1362 fuse so a 13A fuse could be fitted leaving the sockets poorly protected. But in practice, unless the wrong appliances were connected to 2A plugs, due to a lack of 13A sockets, it was unlikely to cause serious hazard.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Lucien Nunes said:

Pity the red indicator lens is missing but we can find something suitable.

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The last one of those I saw (sadly still in use so I couldn't pinch it!) had a neon bulb in it which slightly protruded through the front hole.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Lucien Nunes said:

s that Bath - Off - Sink for a dual element immersion?

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Yes indeed thought it might have had a red bulb in it. Just tell me where to send it no postage required.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Ah, maybe that's it. I thought Santon used a domed red lens but perhaps that was someone else. In that case I think we have the correct neon.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Found this the other week in an old boiler house...

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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KEV 1 N said:

Found this the other week in an old boiler house...
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Non of this digital rubbish then!

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Fun! Outdoor compensation thermostat or some such, I'll take a closer look later.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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telectrix said:

deleted, need to steal more beer.

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;o)))))

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Had those sockets at home when growing up, as mentioned used for table lamps still used today but switched via a light switch on the wall as you enter a room.

 

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• Feb 9, 2019

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Lucien Nunes said:

Ah, maybe that's it. I thought Santon used a domed red lens but perhaps that was someone else. In that case I think we have the correct neon.

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I was mistaken, this similar one was the switch I was thinking of.

 

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• Feb 12, 2019

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SJD said:

My comment was in reply to Lucien's question just above as to what you would use the 2A sockets for!

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• Feb 12, 2019

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freddo said:

I was mistaken, this similar one was the switch I was thinking of.
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IP camera disguised as a non obtrusive switch to film certain shenanigans that are then streamed on the internet for a pay website at £19.99 pcm.

 

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