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[Pete999]

 

[7029 dave]

Mr Chumley Warner, enjoyed that.

 

[Strima]

All I can think of is Mr Chumley Warner...

 

[Midwest]

Good to see the electrician took the feed to the light switch, and not the light; just in case they wanted to fit one of those WiFi dimmers. Wonder if that was the bloke last weekend, asking how to change his pendant, he seemed pretty clued up.

 

[pirate]

Ah...so that's how you do it...well, I never!
Thank you, Mr Cholmondeley-Warner!

 

[static zap]

Oh ...so we don't need smart meters , Just basic maths !
(and Fused Neutrals !)

 

[The Ghost]

Was worried I was going to hear a scream and thud when she put the fuse in, as they were working without safe isolation...

 

[static zap]

Was worried I was going to hear a scream and thud when she put the fuse in, as they were working without safe isolation...

I'm assuming those were well engineered,
British " built to last " switches back then ....
unlike modern shower isolator pull switches !
(The furry stuff in the fuse holder -asbestos )

 

[Pete999]

I'm assuming those were well engineered,
British " built to last " switches back then ....
unlike modern shower isolator pull switches !
(The furry stuff in the fuse holder -asbestos )

Yep

 

[PEG]

Brilliant! Made all the more comforting,by the fact that i have the same meter in my house! They want to swap it for a "smart one" but to date,they have not worked out what the magic word is...

 

[Raeb]

Oh ...so we don't need smart meters , Just basic maths !
(and Fused Neutrals !)

Fuses needed in the neutrals, but not in the plugs, what could go wrong?

 

[Pete999]

Fuses needed in the neutrals, but not in the plugs, what could go wrong?

Kin lots

 

[freddo]

I wish I spoke like that! I do have one of those toasters though...

Makes great toast in less than half the time my useless modern one does, and this one only does one side at a time. Its voltage rating is 200V though. The element was open when I got it 4 years ago but a bit of wire to hold the broken ends together did the job, the repair hasn't failed yet!

 

[KEV 1 N]

I wish I spoke like that! I do have one of those toasters though...
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Makes great toast in less than half the time my useless modern one does, and this one only does one side at a time. Its voltage rating is 200V though. The element was open when I got it 4 years ago but a bit of wire to hold the broken ends together did the job, the repair hasn't failed yet!

Wow! Great toaster!......oh, just noticed, who has foolishly tiled around the socket and FCU??

 

[freddo]

Not me! Was the previous owners, that was one of the least terrible things they did to the house.

 

[KEV 1 N]

Not me! Was the previous owners, that was one of the least terrible things they did to the house.

Nothing worse than bad DIY!

 

[freddo]

I was wrong about the rating too it is 220-230V 600W. It broke down earlier as well, I must have spoken too soon! The fault was the fuse clip attached to the live pin had detached. Of course the plug is a crappy Hong Kong thing unlike the British made toaster. The fuse is a little on the small size too.

I have now fitted a proper British MK plug to it. I've left the 5a fuse that came with the plug in there, but the little fuse rating indicator has only 3, 7, and 13A positions, so it will have to be indicating wrong.

 

[KEV 1 N]

Shame the flex isn’t old red, black, green cores.

 

[freddo]

The original flex insulation had crumbled to dust.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Fuses needed in the neutrals, but not in the plugs, what could go wrong?

What indeed? Looks correct to me. The board was put in before the regs first stated that the supppliers' neutral could be relied upon to be earthed, (11th ed. rev. 1943?) so it was important to fuse the neutral to protect it against a short to earth. I think it was reasonably well understood that the circuit might still be live, even if not working, until the main switch (always DP) was turned off.

No fuses needed in the plugs, just as they are not in 95% of the rest of the world today, because the circuit fuse was rated to protect the appliance flex too. Fused plugs are only needed so that we can use small appliances on 32A circuits.

FWIW the lighting fuse box is a 'Prento', made by HB Prentice of Leeds.