European Sockets

[Pete999]

You could be in trouble doing what you suggest, we buy 110v sockets from MK and have to confirm in writing where and how they are installed, remember the continentals wire their sockets differently to us no RFCs over there, mostly DP RCBOs and the likes

 

[Rockingit]

You could be in trouble doing what you suggest, we buy 110v sockets from MK and have to confirm in writing where and how they are installed, remember the continentals wire their sockets differently to us no RFCs over there, mostly DP RCBOs and the likes

I'm taking it for granted that the OP would only fit these on a fused spur regardless. And it's not 110, it's 230V 'standardised' across Europe.

 

[mayfair]

One things for sure never had a good schuko plug all a pain in the butt to put on ...hate them

 

[Resu]

Yet to confirm the voltage in her house ......can you explain this a bit please

Correct me if I am wrong but across the UK the voltage ranges above and below the 240v mark. My thoughts being she might have been better off had it been nearer 230v, therefore closer to 220v. I have measured a voltage of 254v in a domestic property not far from her house (was reported).

 

[bigdavs83]

The official voltage rating in the uk is 230v + or - 10% so you can actually get between 207v to 253v but as most of us know it's pretty much hovering around the 240v as it has for years

 

[Engineer54]

If you do decide to install schuko outlets into your parents guest rooms, remember you will need the 47mm deep back boxes to accommodate them. Oh, and you'll also find that the terminals are just about large enough to accommodate 2 X 2.5mm conductors and no more, they are tiny!! lol!!

 

[Pete999]

I'm taking it for granted that the OP would only fit these on a fused spur regardless. And it's not 110, it's 230V 'standardised' across Europe.

Didn't say I was fitting 110v sockets in Europe did I, I just said that when we buy 110v sockets to fit in countries where they have 110v we have to confirm where we are fitting them

 

[telectrix]

buy adapters at £3 each. charge guests £5 deposit. if they nick them, you're £2 in profit.

 

[amckay]

My old dear has just got a place in Spain to rent out to holiday makers. Can anyone advise on where I can download Spanish regs (for free) as she wants British socket outlets next to the Spanish ones in bedrooms and livingroom for people with iPods hairdryers straighteners etc
Or does anyone know if its just an outright no. I've seen it before when I lived in Spain (before I trained as an electrician) but not sure if it was kosher!

 

[telectrix]

mayfair is your forum expert on spanish procedures.

 

[amckay]

Thanks tel

 

[Resu]

My old dear has just got a place in Spain to rent out to holiday makers. Can anyone advise on where I can download Spanish regs (for free) as she wants British socket outlets next to the Spanish ones in bedrooms and livingroom for people with iPods hairdryers straighteners etc
Or does anyone know if its just an outright no. I've seen it before when I lived in Spain (before I trained as an electrician) but not sure if it was kosher!

Basically the opposite of my question!

 

[telectrix]

so get your folks to sell up and buy a guest house in Spain. make sure they take some UK adaptors. :13:

 

[Guest111]

for me selling adaptors would be the way to go,putting in any form of foreign socket is bound to lead to some doughnut plugging in something that runs off a different voltage then saying they thought the sockets were 110v or something daft.

 

[telectrix]

phil. what day we going to elex? friday is best for me.