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You must be a lot older than me Tel, .....Now your talking about mid to late 40's possibly early 50's ...lol!!
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early 50's. was only a nipper then. we could play outside without being abducted by a paedo, climb trees, get a clout round the head from the local bobby, then a belt from da for falling foul of plod. now both would be arrested and kid taken for counselling or into care. happy days.
I was told many years ago that the ring main came about in council houses built after the war with one single socket per room to allow the use of a single bar electric heater in every room, luxury knew no bounds eh. Not sure if thats an old wives tale but if it isnt true it should be.
was more to do with saving cable as copper was expensive and in short supply. a 30A RFC used less cable than the equivalent ccc of 15A radials, which, frequently were installed 1 radial to 1 socket
I was told many years ago that the ring came about in council houses built after the war with one single socket per room to allow the use of a single bar electric heater in every room, luxury knew no bounds eh. Not sure if thats an old wives tale but if it isnt true it should be.
anybody remeber Dorman Smith round pin with screw in fuse - my first introduction to the world of electrticity - I was five and took great pleasure going round the house unscrwing them all
I was told many years ago that the ring came about in council houses built after the war with one single socket per room to allow the use of a single bar electric heater in every room, luxury knew no bounds eh. Not sure if thats an old wives tale but if it isnt true it should be.
was more to do with saving cable as copper was expensive and in short supply. a 30A RFC used less cable than the equivalent ccc of 15A radials, which, frequently were installed 1 radial to 1 socket
There were designs on the table for the ring circuit, dating back to 1940, so the ring wasn't born from any crisis or copper shortage. It was however one of the reasons it became adopted relatively quickly after the end of WW11.... Probably why so many folk think it was the ONLY reason for the ring circuit being adopted!!
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