What is this please its in the house i have just bought

[Wesley hutton]

Can anyone please tell me what this Is? One wire runs a light, the other runs a forget extension, one looks to run to the box in the wall which I presume maybe earth, one is blank and it is all plugged into the wall. Can this just be unplugged,the box removed from the wall

 

[Dustydazzler]

Looks like a ‘hard wire’ 4 way splitter ?

 

[telectrix]

just unplug it and sell it to your local Italian restaurant.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

It’s kind of an extension lead/4 way adapter.
Allows you to have 4 items connected to one plug and socket.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Looks like one of the four terminals has no cover with fully exposed live parts

Better get some insulation tape over that...

Or better still sling the death trap in the bin

 

[Charlie_]

Unplug it before you sling it in the bin

 

[Dustydazzler]

Unplug it before you sling it in the bin

And cut the plug top off to keep in your junk box , you never know when you will need a plug top

 

[Charlie_]

The whole plug would be better but you never know you might need just the top one day

 

[DPG]

I believe that type of multiway connection unit was made by Masterplug, but not 100% certain. Never like them because the way the covers were secured on the plugs was very flimsy. Hence why one of yours had become detached.

As above, disconnect it and bin it. Fit standard 13A plug tops (hi George) and use a good branded multiway extension lead. If you're feeling really crazy then get a spark to fit you a couple of extra double sockets.

 

[Wesley hutton]

Thank you all, it's getting binned just wanted to check first

 

[telectrix]

Thank you all, it's getting binned just wanted to check first

 

[rapparee]

And cut the plug top off to keep in your junk box , you never know when you will need a plug top

It's called a plug.

Not a plug top.

I thought we sorted this last week.

 

[telectrix]

Fused 3 Pin Plug Top

This three-pin plug top comes complete with a 13A fuse, giving you a powerful current capacity that suits extension cables and household electrical devices.The 13A plug is manufactured to British Standard BS1363, conforming to the requirements for safety, construction quality, testing and...

www.toolstation.com

but that's toolstation. can't tell a fuse from a light switch

 

[DPG]

I'm sure we all agreed it was plug-tops and bulbs. Didn't we?

 

[telectrix]

I'm sure we all agreed it was plug-tops and bulbs. Didn't we?

i planted some bulbs. they grew ito tulips. can't wait to see what comes up from the plug tops i planted. will they grow into fully fledged plugs???

 

[Timbo]

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Seems in America, even tubes are bulbs.

 

[Charlie_]

A customer of mine who is a coffee roaster told me a story of a guy who travelled to Kenya many many years ago..
He was a coffee importer, as his business grew he went out to visit the natives who had been planting and growing the coffee beans for many years... To make their work easier he took a tractor out there to speed things up...
The next time he went out he noticed they were still struggling and asked about the tractor, a finger pointed to the exhaust pipe protruding out of the ground... They were taking very good care of it.

 

[driverman]

From adaptor, where do all those flex cables go to?

 

[DPG]

From adaptor, where do all those flex cables go to?

Appliances presumably

 

[Taylortwocities]

I'm sure we all agreed it was plug-tops and bulbs. Didn't we?

And plug sockets

 

[Dustydazzler]

And plug sockets

Yes

A plug top goes into a plug socket

 

[Taylortwocities]

Yes

A plug top goes into a plug socket

Oh thank you. I always wondered what the correct terms are.

 

[jasongregory]

Just unplug this 4-way adapter.