Hi there,

Recently I installed a maplin 10-way plug extender, with surge protection.
Cost £24.99 and was the only one that had 10 sockets, which i use, but not
all at once.

Anyway, it said on the box 'don't plug directly into the mains' - i take it
that means the main mains power source in the house, i've plugged it into a
socket in my room - has a few bits and bobs.

I'll be honest, it says 'dont have more than 13amps on it' plug-wise, i've
prob got more than that....

Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as nothing
was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut out.

I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through it?

It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of other
minor things like wireless router.

I don't want to damage the house.

Indicentilly, we had one 4 way extender plugged into another one that was
plugged into the wall, and it's been fine for 2 years - but i finally
realised how dangerous it potentially was and thought i should splash out.

Maplin only sell the one 10-way extender, the rest are either 2,4 or 6,
which wasn't enough.

Any suggestions/help anyone?

Cheers!

"Goo Goo" wrote in message
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Hi there,

Recently I installed a maplin 10-way plug extender, with surge protection.
Cost £24.99 and was the only one that had 10 sockets, which i use, but not
all at once.

Anyway, it said on the box 'don't plug directly into the mains' - i take
it that means the main mains power source in the house, i've plugged it
into a socket in my room - has a few bits and bobs.

I'll be honest, it says 'dont have more than 13amps on it' plug-wise, i've
prob got more than that....

Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as nothing
was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut out.

I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through it?

It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of other
minor things like wireless router.

I don't want to damage the house.

Indicentilly, we had one 4 way extender plugged into another one that was
plugged into the wall, and it's been fine for 2 years - but i finally
realised how dangerous it potentially was and thought i should splash out.

Maplin only sell the one 10-way extender, the rest are either 2,4 or 6,
which wasn't enough.

Any suggestions/help anyone?


http://tinyurl.com/4k6qj is the item - for all those who wish to have a
look....cheers!

Goo Goo wrote:

Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as nothing
was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut out.

What do you mean by a power cut? Why can't you tell what was cut - are
you saying the power came back on by itself?

I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through it?

Er - why would you think that?!!

It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of other
minor things like wireless router.

What other "minor things"? That doesn't sound like 13A so far - where
do you get that figure from?

David

"Lobster" wrote in message
...
Goo Goo wrote:

Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as nothing
was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut out.

What do you mean by a power cut? Why can't you tell what was cut - are
you saying the power came back on by itself?

I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through it?

Er - why would you think that?!!

It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of other
minor things like wireless router.

What other "minor things"? That doesn't sound like 13A so far - where do
you get that figure from?


By a power-cut i mean everything went off in the room i was in, the hoover
on the one socket itself, and the 8/9/10 sockets on the mains-extender which
was plugged into a socket the opposite side of the room. Then everything
came back on.

Later on the computer restarted twice, along with other items powerong off
then back on, so i believe the extender to be the cause.

Also, i don't know what you're thinking of, but how can 13 amps not be
achieved already?!

A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching 10
items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could have no
items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp - that's a bit
****e isn't it?

It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 18:16:57 GMT, "Goo Goo" strung
together this:

By a power-cut i mean everything went off in the room i was in, the hoover
on the one socket itself, and the 8/9/10 sockets on the mains-extender which
was plugged into a socket the opposite side of the room. Then everything
came back on.

Nothing to do with the mains extender then, if the hover was in
another socket then it can't be that. Nothing, (unless you have some
rare industrial control system as a CU), will be in your wiring to
automatically reset the fuses\MCB's in your CU.

Later on the computer restarted twice, along with other items powerong off
then back on, so i believe the extender to be the cause.

Anything else in the house?

Also, i don't know what you're thinking of, but how can 13 amps not be
achieved already?!

A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching 10
items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could have no
items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp - that's a bit
****e isn't it?

What?

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. If an appliance has a
3A fuse, it means it draws less than 3A, could be 0.001A. I've got a
TV, amplifier, CD player, DVD player, various other boxes of musical
orign, 2 STB's and a Quattro switcher. I haven't got it to 3A yet.

If I add a PC I still won't be anywhere near 13A.

You need to check the actual rating of all the appliances you have
plugged in, not the fuse sizes.
--

SJW
Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject

Goo Goo wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
...

Goo Goo wrote:


Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as nothing
was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut out.

What do you mean by a power cut? Why can't you tell what was cut - are
you saying the power came back on by itself?


I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through it?

Er - why would you think that?!!


It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of other
minor things like wireless router.

What other "minor things"? That doesn't sound like 13A so far - where do
you get that figure from?



By a power-cut i mean everything went off in the room i was in, the hoover
on the one socket itself, and the 8/9/10 sockets on the mains-extender which
was plugged into a socket the opposite side of the room. Then everything
came back on.

Later on the computer restarted twice, along with other items powerong off
then back on, so i believe the extender to be the cause.

Also, i don't know what you're thinking of, but how can 13 amps not be
achieved already?!

A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching 10
items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could have no
items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp - that's a bit
****e isn't it?

It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.


What the feck are you on? Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse
DOES NOT MEAN the item will draw that current. The fuse just protects
the cable from overload. To find the current drawn, have a look on the
back of your equipment and read the plate where the voltage and current
will be specified.

"Lurch" wrote in message
...
What?
I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. If an appliance has a
3A fuse, it means it draws less than 3A, could be 0.001A. I've got a
TV, amplifier, CD player, DVD player, various other boxes of musical
orign, 2 STB's and a Quattro switcher. I haven't got it to 3A yet.

If I add a PC I still won't be anywhere near 13A.

You need to check the actual rating of all the appliances you have
plugged in, not the fuse sizes.

Oh well apologies to the aforementioned poster! I was told to check the fuse
by a maplin attendant! It was a bird tho, so maybe that's why.... har har,
just kidding ladies...

I don't know how to check the 'amps' of the appliances, the back labels say
nothing relevant!

I have a freeview box, a small portable television, a video recorder, a
printer, 19inch computer monitor, high spec PC (medium wattage im guessing)
an amplifier, a light, and a wireless router. All ten sockets are used up...
i'd guess 13amps are well used up?

"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...
What the feck are you on?
Hardcore drugs...

Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse DOES NOT MEAN the item will
draw that current. The fuse just protects the cable from overload. To
find the current drawn, have a look on the back of your equipment and read
the plate where the voltage and current will be specified.

The back of the video says 67w... No 'maximum amps used: 500 mAmps' like on
the printer adapter....

Argh so rubbish and hard

"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...
Goo Goo wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
...

Goo Goo wrote:


Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as
nothing was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut
out.

What do you mean by a power cut? Why can't you tell what was cut - are
you saying the power came back on by itself?


I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through it?

Er - why would you think that?!!


It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of other
minor things like wireless router.

What other "minor things"? That doesn't sound like 13A so far - where do
you get that figure from?



By a power-cut i mean everything went off in the room i was in, the
hoover on the one socket itself, and the 8/9/10 sockets on the
mains-extender which was plugged into a socket the opposite side of the
room. Then everything came back on.

Later on the computer restarted twice, along with other items powerong
off then back on, so i believe the extender to be the cause.

Also, i don't know what you're thinking of, but how can 13 amps not be
achieved already?!

A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching
10 items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could
have no items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp -
that's a bit ****e isn't it?

It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.
What the feck are you on? Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse
DOES NOT MEAN the item will draw that current. The fuse just protects the
cable from overload. To find the current drawn, have a look on the back
of your equipment and read the plate where the voltage and current will be
specified.

Did the OP say another socket in the room went off ?

Implies something loose in the back of the one with the 10 way in it (and
the other one being a spur off it, not off the ring)

"brugnospamsia" wrote in message
. uk...
It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.
What the feck are you on? Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse
DOES NOT MEAN the item will draw that current. The fuse just protects
the cable from overload. To find the current drawn, have a look on the
back of your equipment and read the plate where the voltage and current
will be specified.

Did the OP say another socket in the room went off ?

Implies something loose in the back of the one with the 10 way in it (and
the other one being a spur off it, not off the ring)

I am the OP :-D

Excellent.

I was wondering how the sockets were wired up.... it's an old house as well,
and the sockets are blatently old. I may get an electrician in; although
it's possible the neighbourhood had a powercut a few times during the day -
but unlikely i'd suggest.

Goo Goo wrote:
"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...

What the feck are you on?

Hardcore drugs...


Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse DOES NOT MEAN the item will
draw that current. The fuse just protects the cable from overload. To
find the current drawn, have a look on the back of your equipment and read
the plate where the voltage and current will be specified.


The back of the video says 67w... No 'maximum amps used: 500 mAmps' like on
the printer adapter....

Argh so rubbish and hard


Watts = Volts x Amps

therefore Watts divided by Volts is Amps

Assuming you are in the UK, 67 / 240 = 0.28 Amps

"Goo Goo" wrote in message
...
"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...
What the feck are you on?
Hardcore drugs...

Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse DOES NOT MEAN the item will
draw that current. The fuse just protects the cable from overload. To
find the current drawn, have a look on the back of your equipment and
read the plate where the voltage and current will be specified.

The back of the video says 67w... No 'maximum amps used: 500 mAmps' like
on the printer adapter....

Argh so rubbish and hard


The bottom line is all the electrical energy you get from a socket turns
into heat in the room.
13 amps is over 3KW - which you'd probably notice.

The one exceptional circumstance is the switch on surge of electric motors
etc. 3 fridges on the thing /might/ blow a fuse if you switched the 10 way
on with all 3 plugged in.

The key thing here is it DIDN'T blow a fuse.

What I would do is plug something robust into the 10 way and the other
socket - a couple of lamps maybe ... and pull on the 10 way slightly.

As I said in my other post, It's my guess the wires in the back of the
socket are loose.

You don't sound very /au fait/ with things electrical so I'd advise you get
someone else to take a look at it (and maybe the rest of your wiring)

Goo Goo wrote:

The back of the video says 67w... No 'maximum amps used: 500 mAmps' like on
the printer adapter....

Argh so rubbish and hard

Current = Power/Voltage = 67W/240V = 0.28A (ie 280 mA)

David

"Goo Goo" wrote in message
...
"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...
What the feck are you on?
Hardcore drugs...

Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse DOES NOT MEAN the item will
draw that current. The fuse just protects the cable from overload. To
find the current drawn, have a look on the back of your equipment and
read the plate where the voltage and current will be specified.

The back of the video says 67w... No 'maximum amps used: 500 mAmps' like
on the printer adapter....

Argh so rubbish and hard
Watts=Volts X Amps
So that 67w appliance takes about .3 amps

"brugnospamsia" wrote in message
. uk...

SNIP


The bottom line is all the electrical energy you get from a socket turns
into heat in the room.
13 amps is over 3KW - which you'd probably notice.

sorry that was a bit fuzzy but I'm ready for an early night :-)

SNIP

In message , Goo Goo
wrote


I have a freeview box,

10 Watts

a small portable television,

200 Watts

a video recorder,

30 Watts

a
printer,

20 Watts

19inch computer monitor,

200 Watts (maximum)

high spec PC (medium wattage im guessing)

350 Watts (maximum)


an amplifier,

Probably less than 100 Watts

a light,

Probably less than 100 Watts

and a wireless router.

30 Watts

All ten sockets are used up...
i'd guess 13amps are well used up?

Nowhere near!

Probably a total of just over 1000 Watts if everything was switched on -
or around 4 to 5 Amps.

The handbook for each piece of equipment should give the power usage
figure

--
Alan

"Goo Goo" wrote in message
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"brugnospamsia" wrote in message
. uk...
It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.
What the feck are you on? Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse
DOES NOT MEAN the item will draw that current. The fuse just protects
the cable from overload. To find the current drawn, have a look on the
back of your equipment and read the plate where the voltage and current
will be specified.

Did the OP say another socket in the room went off ?

Implies something loose in the back of the one with the 10 way in it (and
the other one being a spur off it, not off the ring)

I am the OP :-D

Excellent.

I was wondering how the sockets were wired up.... it's an old house as
well, and the sockets are blatently old. I may get an electrician in;
although it's possible the neighbourhood had a powercut a few times during
the day - but unlikely i'd suggest.


How old is old? Are they round pin or square?

"Goo Goo" wrote in message
...
"Lurch" wrote in message
...
What?
I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. If an appliance has a
3A fuse, it means it draws less than 3A, could be 0.001A. I've got a
TV, amplifier, CD player, DVD player, various other boxes of musical
orign, 2 STB's and a Quattro switcher. I haven't got it to 3A yet.

If I add a PC I still won't be anywhere near 13A.

You need to check the actual rating of all the appliances you have
plugged in, not the fuse sizes.

Oh well apologies to the aforementioned poster! I was told to check
the fuse
by a maplin attendant! It was a bird tho, so maybe that's why.... har
har,
just kidding ladies...

Listen mate, you're in no postition to talk!

"brugnospamsia" wrote in message
. uk...

"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...
Goo Goo wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
...

Goo Goo wrote:


Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as
nothing was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut
out.

What do you mean by a power cut? Why can't you tell what was cut - are
you saying the power came back on by itself?


I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through
it?

Er - why would you think that?!!


It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of
other minor things like wireless router.

What other "minor things"? That doesn't sound like 13A so far - where
do you get that figure from?



By a power-cut i mean everything went off in the room i was in, the
hoover on the one socket itself, and the 8/9/10 sockets on the
mains-extender which was plugged into a socket the opposite side of the
room. Then everything came back on.

Later on the computer restarted twice, along with other items powerong
off then back on, so i believe the extender to be the cause.

Also, i don't know what you're thinking of, but how can 13 amps not be
achieved already?!

A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching
10 items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could
have no items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp -
that's a bit ****e isn't it?

It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.
What the feck are you on? Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse
DOES NOT MEAN the item will draw that current. The fuse just protects
the cable from overload. To find the current drawn, have a look on the
back of your equipment and read the plate where the voltage and current
will be specified.

Did the OP say another socket in the room went off ?

Implies something loose in the back of the one with the 10 way in it (and
the other one being a spur off it, not off the ring)


re-reading it, actually I bet it's the other way round - the hoover's
probably plugged into the other socket on a regular basis and the cable gets
tugged ...

"brugnospamsia" wrote in message
. uk...

"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
...
Goo Goo wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
...

Goo Goo wrote:


Today i was hoovering through *another*socket in my room, and we had a
power-cut, i think it was in the entire house but i can't tell as
nothing was 'on' that would indicate so, but everything in my room cut
out.

What do you mean by a power cut? Why can't you tell what was cut - are
you saying the power came back on by itself?


I don't want to blow up the house, but surely if it says 10-way socket
expander it *should* be ok, even with more than 13amps going through
it?

Er - why would you think that?!!


It's a comptuer, video,tv,printer,monitoramplifier and a couple of
other minor things like wireless router.

What other "minor things"? That doesn't sound like 13A so far - where
do you get that figure from?



By a power-cut i mean everything went off in the room i was in, the
hoover on the one socket itself, and the 8/9/10 sockets on the
mains-extender which was plugged into a socket the opposite side of the
room. Then everything came back on.

Later on the computer restarted twice, along with other items powerong
off then back on, so i believe the extender to be the cause.

Also, i don't know what you're thinking of, but how can 13 amps not be
achieved already?!

A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching
10 items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could
have no items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp -
that's a bit ****e isn't it?

It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.
What the feck are you on? Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse
DOES NOT MEAN the item will draw that current. The fuse just protects
the cable from overload. To find the current drawn, have a look on the
back of your equipment and read the plate where the voltage and current
will be specified.

Did the OP say another socket in the room went off ?

Implies something loose in the back of the one with the 10 way in it (and
the other one being a spur off it, not off the ring)


re-reading it, actually I bet it's the other way round - the hoover's
probably plugged into the other socket on a regular basis and the cable gets
tugged ...

"James Salisbury" wrote in message
...
I was wondering how the sockets were wired up.... it's an old house as
well, and the sockets are blatently old. I may get an electrician in;
although it's possible the neighbourhood had a powercut a few times
during the day - but unlikely i'd suggest.


How old is old? Are they round pin or square?

Round-ISH... i can just tell they're old, they're not the same design as
modern mains sockets, and the switches aren't the same design as what i'd
consider 'modern' plugs.

"OG" wrote in message
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Listen mate, you're in no postition to talk!

Wrong.

I'm not your mate.

Goo Goo wrote:
"OG" wrote in message
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Listen mate, you're in no postition to talk!


Wrong.

I'm not your mate.


No, you're a clueless, ignorant clutz.

"Goo Goo" wrote in message
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"James Salisbury" wrote in message
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I was wondering how the sockets were wired up.... it's an old house as
well, and the sockets are blatently old. I may get an electrician in;
although it's possible the neighbourhood had a powercut a few times
during the day - but unlikely i'd suggest.


How old is old? Are they round pin or square?

Round-ISH... i can just tell they're old, they're not the same design as
modern mains sockets, and the switches aren't the same design as what i'd
consider 'modern' plugs.

I suggest turning the mains master switch off and moving into an hotel until
you get an electrician in. If you don't have the 'modern' style square pin
sockets, the wiring is decades past its useful life and it is dangerous.

Colin Bignell

Goo Goo wrote:

I'm not your mate.

I think you'e rapidly becoming *nobody's* mate

In article ,
Goo Goo wrote:
A monitor has a high-fuse, along with the amplifier surely, and the
television. In fact it would be **** easy to go way over the 13a
thresh-hold.

Not with the things you're likely to have plugged into it - computer type
things, or hi-fi?

But hint. All appliances have their power consumption marked on them
somewhere. In watts. And to keep things simple, make 250 watts one amp -
so something at 1000 watts would be 4 amps.

If you think about it there's actually a far higher chance of attaching
10 items to it and going over 13amps than NOT going over it - you could
have no items rated at 13amps, one at 3 amps, and nine items at 1amp -
that's a bit ****e isn't it?

Few computer or hi-fi things take anything like one amp. Many will be only
a few watts.

It's the only 10-way-extender i saw in maplin and 2 other
electrical-specific-parts retailers, so i guess that is why.

I've got two 6 way ones for my computer stuff - so 11 outlets - and am way
under the 13 amp limit.

Even more on the hi-fi.

--
*To err is human. To forgive is against company policy.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
Goo Goo wrote:

I'm not your mate.

I think you'e rapidly becoming *nobody's* mate

On a newsgroup full of geeks? Shame

nightjar wrote:
"Goo Goo" wrote in message
...
"James Salisbury" wrote in
message
...
I was wondering how the sockets were wired up.... it's an old
house as
well, and the sockets are blatently old. I may get an electrician
in;
although it's possible the neighbourhood had a powercut a few
times
during the day - but unlikely i'd suggest.


How old is old? Are they round pin or square?

Round-ISH... i can just tell they're old, they're not the same
design as
modern mains sockets, and the switches aren't the same design as
what i'd
consider 'modern' plugs.

I suggest turning the mains master switch off and moving into an
hotel until
you get an electrician in. If you don't have the 'modern' style
square pin
sockets, the wiring is decades past its useful life and it is
dangerous.

Colin Bignell


I suspect a different situation. There is no such thing as a roundish
pin plug, not here, and the OP seems a bit short on basic electrical
knowledge. Plug pins are either rectangular or round, or occasionally
flat, but not roundish.

I expect the OP has early square pin sockets, which have straight top
and bottom and rounded sides, like this: (__) These can be as recent as
1980s, in which case theres no reason to worry, or they could date back
to the 60s.

The 3 copper metal pins on the mains plugs, the prongs that go into the
wall socket holes, if /theyre/ round, Colin's right, and your install
will be truly risky. Very very unlikely, but if the plugs only have 2
round metal pins instead of 3, leave now, that would be 1930s or
earlier wiring, complete with the dreaded clix plugs.

Otherwise I dont think anything youve told us indicates any cause for
concern or need for an electrician. But I'm well aware that might not
be the case: your info is so totally muddled its basically imposible to
know whats going on. Poor lad doesnt even know what a power cut is.

There is one thing you can easily do to spot problems, that is waggle
all the mains flexes, plugs and so on. If it causes power to cut out
you do need an electrician to fix something. Dont do it yourself,
seriously, stick to the things you do know about.


NT

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:15:50 GMT, "I.P.Freely" strung
together this:

I'm not your mate.

I think you'e rapidly becoming *nobody's* mate

On a newsgroup full of geeks? Shame

Well, that'll get you some helpful responses.
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SJW
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