Plugs

[Stroppy]

Can anyone explain why some people refer to a British 13 amp plug as a 'plug-top'? Where does the 'top' bit come in? I call them a 13 amp plug, or if being unambiguous or pedantic a BS1363 plug.

 

[JulianC]

Nah, you're wrong. The plug's the bit in the wall that the plug plugs into innit.

 

[Darkwood]

Where in a trade where plugs are also things that anchor screws into walls .... keep asking your apprentice to pass you a plug and one day youll mean the other kind... now plug top means only one thing if asked for.....

Four Candles / Folk Handles

 

[moospark]

Nah, you're wrong. The plug's the bit in the wall that the plug plugs into innit.

Thats the socket. Innit.

 

[Engineer54]

Well, ...i've always called them plug tops and i'm not going to change now!! lol!!

 

[snowhead]

Thats the socket. Innit.

They're for tightening nuts up, or throwing at the apprentice when he/she brings you the wrong plug

 

[telectrix]

if and when i need my nuts tightening, i'll make an appointment with a surgeon.

 

[Des 56]

Times they are a changing,but us plugtoppers can still get understood by the suppliers
Plug Top 13 Amp Fuse by Branded

 

[snowhead]

In order to justify the use of the Noun "Top" to enhance the description of a plug, there would have to an equal and opposite descriptor, i.e. "Bottom"

I do believe I have heard a similar term to that used, but not in relation to electricity.:censored:

 

[richy3333]

Where in a trade where plugs are also things that anchor screws into walls .... keep asking your apprentice to pass you a plug and one day youll mean the other kind... now plug top means only one thing if asked for.....

Four Candles / Folk Handles

Isn't it foRk handles? As in handles for forks?

 

[Adam W]

In order to justify the use of the Noun "Top" to enhance the description of a plug, there would have to an equal and opposite descriptor, i.e. "Bottom"

I do believe I have heard a similar term to that used, but not in relation to electricity.:censored:

... So if a table has a 'tabletop' does it also have a 'tablebottom'?

 

[Stroppy]

I heard of an apprentice (and it wasn't me) being sent to the suppliers for a plug and was trying to explain that he only needed the removable cover, not the whole thing, as he had been asked to get a plug top. Had he been asked to get a BS1363 plug or a 13amp plug everyone would know what was needed.

When referring to a 'tabletop' you mean the top of the table, not the whole thing. See? Its silly!

 

[Adam W]

Maybe because the plug stands proud of the socket, ie it sits 'on top' of the socket.
I don't think everything with a 'top' necessarily needs a related 'bottom' - laptop, worktop, or 80s kids TV presenter Gaz Top.

 

[ian.settle1]

They're for tightening nuts up, or throwing at the apprentice when he/she brings you the wrong plug

That's a spanner

 

[decolad69]

... So if a table has a 'tabletop' does it also have a 'tablebottom'?

That's a tray !!!!!