Irish socket outlets

[oracle]

Been on holiday in Ireland for a week and every socket outlet in the flat is single unswitched. It's not an old flat and I realise it's acceptable I'm just so used switched sockets.

 

[TJ Anderson]

Reading the title......I Just opened his thread genuinely expecting to see a photoshopped picture of three pins sticking out of a wall plate. Wasted opportunity lol

 

[Santa]

Gee ! Without a switch their could bee electrons leaking out, and falling onto the floor.

My godmother who lived in what was then a tiny Oxfordshire village spent most of her life without access to electrickery. When it was finally installed in her cottage (One socket and one light bulb in each room) she insisted that the socket switches had to be off when not used to stop the electric leaking out.

 

[Silly Sausage]

My godmother who lived in what was then a tiny Oxfordshire village spent most of her life without access to electrickery. When it was finally installed in her cottage (One socket and one light bulb in each room) she insisted that the socket switches had to be off when not used to stop the electric leaking out.

When I was a wee brat, I remember me mam taking the light bulb out and putting the lead from the iron in its place. No late night ironing in them days.

 

[TJ Anderson]

Reading the title......I Just opened his thread genuinely expecting to see a photoshopped picture of three pins sticking out of a wall plate. Wasted opportunity lol

My godmother who lived in what was then a tiny Oxfordshire village spent most of her life without access to electrickery. When it was finally installed in her cottage (One socket and one light bulb in each room) she insisted that the socket switches had to be off when not used to stop the electric leaking out.

Gosh.....how the other half lived.....my nan never even had switches on her socket outlets!

 

[Deuce]

They have some pretty sensible rules in Ireland. Apparently all baths have to be installed with the taps in the absolute centre. To ensure the bath always fills up level.

This was an adaption of earlier rules, that required taps at both ends of the bath to allow for manual adjustment to achieve a perfect level fill.

Clever thinking.

 

[oracle]

As I said before, I have been very impressed with the polite and friendly people here who have made my holiday here a really good experience.

I am returning to the UK tonight, so to indifferent service, impatient drivers an insulated people. No jokes!

 

[Deuce]

As I said before, I have been very impressed with the polite and friendly people here who have made my holiday here a really good experience.

I am returning to the UK tonight, so to indifferent service, impatient drivers an insulated people. No jokes!

I enjoyed my time in Limerick "stab city", where, predictably everyone was lovely. They're a generally well humoured people for sure.

Dublin was also fun but there was much beer to thank for that. Also went to a site visit and quote in Belfast, a place I can only describe as grey.